[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 598 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 598

 Recognizing the life and legacy of Isaac ``Ike'' Fulwood, Jr., Police 
    Chief for the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of 
                      Columbia from 1989 to 1992.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2017

 Ms. Norton submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
            the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Recognizing the life and legacy of Isaac ``Ike'' Fulwood, Jr., Police 
    Chief for the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of 
                      Columbia from 1989 to 1992.

Whereas Ike Fulwood was born in the District of Columbia on April 28, 1940, and 
        passed away in the District of Columbia on September 1, 2017, at the age 
        of 77;
Whereas Ike Fulwood was appointed Chief of Police during the national crack 
        cocaine crime wave, which was especially serious in the District;
Whereas Ike Fulwood focused on both high levels of violence and on the negative 
        side effects of aggressive law enforcement, especially in the African-
        American community;
Whereas Ike Fulwood was one of the first police officials to introduce community 
        policing and spoke often about the importance of drug treatment and the 
        inability of police alone to prevent crime;
Whereas Ike Fulwood retired as Chief of Police in 1992;
Whereas, upon the recommendation of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, 
        President George W. Bush appointed, and the Senate confirmed, Ike 
        Fulwood to the United States Parole Commission in 2004, and, upon the 
        Congresswoman's recommendation, President Barack Obama designated Ike 
        Fulwood as Commission Chair in 2009;
Whereas Ike Fulwood established a 21st-century model for the United States 
        Parole Commission;
Whereas Ike Fulwood, as Chair of the United States Parole Commission, instituted 
        best practices, such as alternatives to incarceration and access to 
        mental health programs, graduated sanctions, and allowing offenders to 
        retain jobs and support their families when possible, without the cost 
        of full incarceration at the Federal Bureau of Prisons;
Whereas Ike Fulwood retired from the United States Parole Commission in 2015;
Whereas Ike Fulwood, after retiring as Police Chief, served as an adjunct 
        professor on community policing and ethics at the University of the 
        District of Columbia;
Whereas after retiring, Ike Fulwood chaired the District of Columbia Commission 
        on Black Men and Boys, which focuses greater attention on the problems 
        of Black men and boys, such as high dropout rates from school, high 
        crime and absent-father rates, and low marriage rates; and
Whereas Ike Fulwood is survived by his wife and high school sweetheart, the 
        former Ruth Johnson, children Gary and Angela, and grandchildren Brayden 
        and Brent: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the life and 
legacy of Isaac Fulwood, Jr., and acknowledges his contributions to the 
District of Columbia, to law enforcement, to community policing, and to 
creating a more peaceful and stable society.
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