[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 2 (Thursday, January 6, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E34]
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   IN RECOGNITION OF COMMANDER DANIEL J. HURLEY FOR HIS 29 YEARS OF 
              SERVICE TO THE EL CERRITO POLICE DEPARTMENT

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                         HON. ELLEN O. TAUSCHER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 6, 2005

  Mrs. TAUSCHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the career 
accomplishments of Commander Daniel J. Hurley during his service to the 
El Cerrito Police Department.
  Commander Hurley represents very high professional standards of law 
enforcement and service to his community, and he will be missed after 
his retirement.
  In the Department, which he joined in 1975, he held positions of 
increasing responsibility, advancing to the rank of Sergeant in 1980, 
and to the rank of Police Commander in 2000.
  He also held a wide range of positions, from administration to field 
operations, that required both technical and managerial expertise.
  In a characteristic quest for excellence, Commander Hurley continued 
on with his higher education while he was working for the Department, 
and he earned a Bachelor's Degree.
  Commander Hurley's life work, like the work of law enforcement 
officers in all our communities, is the source of stability and safety 
we all count on and enjoy in our daily lives.
  My purpose in speaking today is to give due recognition to the quiet, 
knowledgeable, and reliable work Commander Hurley has consistently 
performed in his twenty-nine years with the El Cerrito Police 
Department.
  I thank him for his essential contributions to the quality of life in 
El Cerrito and the Tenth Congressional District, and I wish him a well-
deserved retirement with his wife Deborah and their children Danielle, 
Erin, and Ryan in the desirable community he has worked well and hard 
to shape.

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