[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 8 (Friday, January 13, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E94]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   TRIBUTE TO MADISON A. BAILEY, JR.

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                             HON. JACK REED

                            of rhode island

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 13, 1995
  Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise today on 
behalf of an outstanding Rhode Islander, Chief Madison A. Bailey, Jr., 
on the occasion of his retirement from the Portsmouth Rhode Island 
Police Department.
  The people of Rhode Island have been well-served by his 
professionalism and devotion to duty. A native Rhode Islander, Chief 
Bailey graduated from Rogers High School in Newport and enlisted in the 
Naval Reserve. Appointed in 1967 to the Portsmouth Police Department, 
he is a graduate of the Pawtucket Police Academy and the Rhode Island 
Municipal Police Academy. After receiving his bachelor's degree from 
Salve Regina College in 1973, he continued his police education by 
graduating from the FBI National Academy in 1974, and was promoted to 
deputy police chief. In 1981, he was appointed police chief of the 
Portsmouth Police Department.
  Chief Bailey served as president of the New England Police Chiefs 
Association during 1991-92 and was president of the Rhode Island Police 
Chiefs Association the following year. While serving on the Portsmouth 
Police Department, he was awarded the American Legion Medal of Heroism 
for saving a child's life.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my home State of Rhode Island, I 
respectfully ask that my fellow colleagues join me in saluting Chief 
Madison A. Bailey, Jr. on his many contributions to society and 
applauding his outstanding citizenship.


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