[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 138 (Wednesday, October 13, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2086]
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  CAPTAIN SANDRA REDDING MAKES HISTORY WITH CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 13, 1999

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I would like today to call your 
attention to an unprecedented accomplishment by Capt. Sandra Redding, 
who on Nov. 1 will become the first woman to serve as assistant chief 
of the California Highway Patrol.
  A graduate of San Gorgonio High School in San Bernardino, Capt. 
Redding has risen quickly through the ranks of the CHP to her present 
position as commander for the San Bernardino area, where she has served 
since 1996.
  Although she originally attended California State College, San 
Bernardino, with the goal of becoming a teacher, Capt. Redding 
developed a love of law enforcement and joined the San Bernardino 
Police Department in 1977. That same year, she was appointed to the CHP 
academy, and in 1978 joined that renowned law enforcement agency.
  Serving throughout Southern California, Capt. Redding was promoted 
sergeant in 1983--the second woman to reach that position in the CHP. 
She became the second woman promoted to lieutenant in 1987, and was the 
third woman appointed as captain in 1996.
  When she moves up to her new post as assistant chief, Capt. Redding 
will move to CHP headquarters in Sacramento to oversee programs in the 
Personnel and Training Division. She will be joined there by her 
husband, Jarrell, who is retiring after 27 years in the CHP, and 
stepdaughters Jessica and Jacqueline. But the Inland Empire will keep a 
claim on her through her proud parents, Joseph and Betty Hayes, who 
live in Highland.
  Mr. Speaker, we can all be proud of the accomplishments of this 
product of San Bernardino schools. I ask you and my colleagues to join 
me in congratulating her and wishing her well in her new assignment.

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