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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sorrow felt at |
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the loss of Lieutenant Milton Gabriel Resendez of the San Benito |
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Police Department, who died in the line of duty on October 17, 2023, |
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at the age of 54; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to Meliton and Susana M. Resendez on |
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September 2, 1969, Milton Resendez grew up with the companionship |
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of his five siblings, José, Terry, Mauricio, Xavier, and |
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Jacqueline; after graduating from San Benito High School, he |
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attended Texas Southmost College and the Lower Rio Grande Valley |
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Development Council Police Academy on the way to a career in law |
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enforcement; he was employed with the Brownsville and Palm Valley |
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Police Departments before joining the San Benito Consolidated |
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Independent School District's police force, and he spent the last |
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26 years of his career with the San Benito Police Department; and |
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WHEREAS, Lieutenant Resendez found great fulfillment in |
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protecting and serving the residents of his hometown of San Benito, |
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and he demonstrated tremendous courage and devotion to duty up |
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until the final moments of his life; and |
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WHEREAS, Blessed with a family whom he adored, Lieutenant |
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Resendez shared 27 years of marriage with the love of his life, |
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Melissa G. Resendez, and he enjoyed the affection of many nieces, |
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nephews, and godchildren; he was an avid comic book and toy |
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collector, and he also took pleasure in gardening, watching movies, |
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cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Texans, and |
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listening to his favorite band, KISS; and |
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WHEREAS, Serving the community he loved with honor and |
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dedication, Milton Resendez embodied the highest ideals of his |
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profession, and his heroism and sacrifice will long be remembered |
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by all those whose lives he touched; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Lieutenant Milton Gabriel Resendez and extend heartfelt sympathy |
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to his family, his friends, and his brothers and sisters in blue; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Milton |
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Resendez. |