[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 20, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E7-E8]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING ROBERT PARKS DAILEY, WHO AFTER 34 YEARS OF SERVICE IS 
          RETIRING AS THE CLOVERDALE, CALIFORNIA POLICE CHIEF

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 20, 2004

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Cloverdale Police Chief Robert Parks Dailey, who is retiring after 34 
years of service to his community.
  Chief Dailey has spent all of his adult life in lain enforcement. He 
began his career as a Senior Patrol Officer with the Berkeley, 
California Police Department in 1970 and spent nine years on the force 
during one of the most tumultuous periods in this city's colorful 
history.
  He joined the Cloverdale Police Department as a Sergeant in 1979 and 
quickly advanced through the ranks. He was promoted to Lieutenant, a 
rank he held until 1987, when he became the Chief of Police. In 1993, 
his title was changed to Director of Public Safety when the Cloverdale 
Fire Department was added to his command. When the Fire Department 
hired a full time Chief in 1996, he reacquired the rank of Chief of 
Police, a position he held until December 31, 2003.
  During his tenure with the Cloverdale Police Department, he automated 
the police records system, restructured the Department for clearer 
lines of authority and responsibility, implemented a remodeling of the 
Department, and oversaw the Department's participation in the county-
wide Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System/Mobile Data 
Computer Program.

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  Chief Dailey is a member of the California Peace Officer's 
Association, the California Police Officers Association, the 
International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Sonoma County Law 
Enforcement Chiefs Association (where he served two terms as President) 
and the Santa Rosa Training Center Advisory Committee. He also 
represented the California Police Chief's Association on the State 
Association of Chiefs of Police Committee.
  Chief Dailey also served his community as a member and Past President 
of the Cloverdale Rotary Club, President of the Cloverdale Citrus Fair 
Board of Directors, and a member of the Cloverdale Eagles Boosters Club 
and Cloverdale Project Graduation Committee.
  Mr. Speaker, Chief Dailey is a dedicated public servant who plans to 
spend his retirement years working with the League of California Cities 
Interim Chief of Police program, traveling, and improving his golf 
handicap. It is appropriate that we honor him today.

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