[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 67 (Thursday, May 19, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1020-E1021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY

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                               speech of

                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 6, 2005

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this week marks 
National Police Week, with May 15th designated as Peace Officers' 
Memorial Day. It's a week where we pay tribute to our nation's law 
enforcement officers. In recognition of this event, I would like 
acknowledge the efforts of our federal, state and local law 
enforcement. Without their courage, commitment, and ability to meet the 
many challenges, our lives as Americans would be very different.
  Simply put, law enforcement officers risk their lives so that others 
are protected. Every day these brave men and women go to work knowing 
there is a possibility they may not come home.
  Last year, 153 police officers were killed in the line of duty. That 
is 153 fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, daughters, and sons who 
weren't able to go home to their families at the end of the workday.
  The Dallas Police Department has lost a total of 75 police officers:
C.O. Brewer, William H. Riddell, William McDuff, Leslie N Patrick, T.A. 
Tedford, W. Roy Thornton, Leroy Wood, Johnnie E. Gibson, John R. Crain, 
Charles S. Swinney, Dexter Clayton Phillips, Clarence Marshall Isbell, 
Alex W. Tedford, Sam Griffin Lanford, Jesse Emmett Griffin, Luke J. 
Bell, Ernest E. Leonard, Jr., John W. Dieken, John R. Roberts, Ralph 
Wendell Hoyt, Victor Leon Morris, Ernest Elmer Bates, Jr., Preston D. 
Hale, William Edward Stafford, Johnny W. Sides, Leonard C. Mullenax, 
Ray Allen Underwood, J.D. Tippit, Frank Weldon Bennett, James Douglas 
Stewart, Floyd A. Knight, Robert H. Shipp, Johnnie T. Hartwell, Allen 
Perry Camp, Carl Jackson Cooke, Howard Kenton Hicks, Joe Jones, Levy 
McQuietor, Jr., Milton E. Whatley, Donald P. Tucker, Sr., Leslie G. 
Lane, Jr., Alvin Duane Hallum, Alvin E. Moore, Robert W. Wood, John T. 
McCarthy, Charles J. ``Chip'' Maltese, Jr., John R. Pasco, Carl J. 
Norris, Ronald D. Baker, Robert L. Cormier, James C. Taylor, Thomas Lee 
Harris, Gary Reeves Blair, James Allen Joe, John Glenn Chase, Gary Don 
McCarthy, Walter Leon Williams, Lawrence R. Cadena, Sr., Lisa L. 
Sandel, Mark L. Fleming, Michael R. Okelberry, Thomas G. Burchfield, 
Sunny Ma Lov, Lawrence David Bromley, Harold Lee Hammons, Billy W. 
Daughterty, John Paul Jones, Jr., Richard A. Lawrence, David R. Galvan, 
Thomas D. Bond, Henry Allen Brown, Harold F. Baird, Jr., Donald F. 
Flusche, Jr., Christopher K. James, and Patrick Lee Metzler.
  Mr. Speaker, the risk encountered by law enforcement officers serving 
in communities throughout this country is enormous; and this 
extraordinary sacrifice is all too often viewed as routine. Police 
officers put themselves at risk so that our communities can be safe. 
One week of recognition is simply not enough for that type of 
selflessness. America's men and women in uniform give us their best, 
and they deserve the best from us in return.

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