[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 140 (Thursday, September 20, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1940]
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                      TRIBUTE TO SERGEANT AL LEWIS

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                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 20, 2007

  Mr. STARK. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Sergeant Al 
Lewis on his retirement from the City of Newark, California, after 
serving over 29 years as a police officer and sergeant and 31 years as 
a member of the Newark Police Department.
  Sergeant Lewis began his career with the Newark Police Department as 
a reserve police officer in January 1976 and served in this capacity 
until his promotion to the rank of police officer in January 1978. He 
was selected as the department's first school resource officer in 1988 
and was promoted to the rank of sergeant in February 1991.
  Sergeant Lewis was most recently assigned to the Patrol Division, but 
has also served as a range instructor and supervised the K9 unit. His 
passion has been the police K9 program, which he is responsible for 
bringing back to the department.
  He has also held numerous specialized assignments during his tenure 
including patrol officer, traffic officer, property detective, field 
training officer, weaponless defense instructor, police reserve officer 
program coordinator, substitute DARE instructor, member of the accident 
review board, SWAT member, SWAT leader, SWAT sniper, SWAT sergeant, 
liaison to the Newark communications volunteers, member of C.O.P.P.S. 
design team, and acting lieutenant for the detective division.
  Sergeant Lewis has been a key member of the Citizen Police Academy 
teaching staff, covering many of the courses taught during the annual 
10-week class. He has earned the Reserve Police Officer of the Year 
award in 1976 and the Police Officer of the Year award in 1982. In 
addition, he has also received numerous other department awards 
throughout his career.
  I join the Newark Police Department in thanking Sergeant Al Lewis for 
his years of service and commitment to the City of Newark and the 
community.

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