[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 15 (Tuesday, February 22, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 22, 1994]
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                        MAKING OUR STREETS SAFE

  (Ms. HARMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, ``Officer Down.'' The two most dreaded words 
in law enforcement.
  In the last several months, the communities in California's 36th 
Congressional District have been rocked by the tragic and unprecedented 
murders of Officers Martin Ganz of Manhattan Beach and Mike Tracy and 
Tom Vanderpool of Palos Verdes Estates.
  At the moving joint service for Tracy and Vanderpool which I attended 
yesterday, their colleagues and relatives described ``Trace'' as a dirt 
bike racer with a pet nickname for everyone and ``Vandy'' as an 
incurable romantic who touched the hearts and lives of many as the 
Christmas Santa over the years.
  Monday's Los Angeles Times carried a touching front page story 
headlined ``Toll of Violence Haunts Families of Police Officers.''
  I cannot bring these officers back, but I can lend my voice and all 
my conviction to the effort to deter our young from lives of crime and 
punish swiftly and severely those who commit violent crimes or any 
crimes using a firearm--with the ultimate penalty for those who kill 
our law enforcement officers.
  I stand 100 percent behind the peace officers in my district. They 
risk their lives to make my family and our community safe. We must find 
the way to make them safe.

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