[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 129 (Thursday, July 31, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H7634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           COMMENDING SANTA ANA POLICE DETECTIVE CHUCK SALLE

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, on May 18, 2007, a 
young mother was executed in cold blood by her former live-in 
boyfriend. The woman's 11-year-old daughter was in the house and heard 
her mother begging for her life, then a pause, then a gunshot, and then 
silence.
  Santa Ana Police Detective Chuck Salle, badge number 2005, was on 
assignment to the United States Marshall's Fugitive Task Force and was 
tasked with tracking down and arresting that suspect.
  Task force members located the suspect in a crowded restaurant and 
arranged a meeting away from the public area. Detective Salle 
approached the suspect, identified himself as a police officer, and the 
suspect pointed his gun directly at Salle's head and fired. The bullet 
missed, officers returned fire, and the suspect fell to the ground 
fatally wounded.
  Today, the Treasury Department will recognize Officer Salle with the 
highest valor award that they honor ATF agents with.
  Today, I publicly commend and thank Detective Salle, the United 
States Marshall's Fugitive Task Force, and law enforcement officers all 
across this great Nation for their efforts in protecting and serving 
our communities, day or night, rain or shine, every minute of the day.

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