[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1677]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF OFFICER BRANDON SIGLER OF MOBILE, ALABAMA

                                 ______
                                 

                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 8, 2009

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of one of 
Alabama's finest who recently made the ultimate sacrifice in the 
service of his city and the people he protected.
  Mobile Police Officer Brandon Sigler was killed in the line of duty 
earlier this month. Officer Sigler was shot while responding to a 
domestic disturbance. He was off-duty trying to break up a fight in the 
parking lot of his apartment complex.
  Brandon Sigler was a bright light in the Mobile Police Department as 
well as in his community. Brandon attended McGill-Toolen High School 
and was a graduate of Murphy High School. He played football at 
Tennessee Tech University and Delta State University. Brandon graduated 
from Faulkner University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science degree in 
Criminal Justice. He served as an officer in the Mobile Police 
Department for less than two years and, in that short time, he became 
known as an outgoing and positive individual. He always had a smile, a 
smile by which so many came to know him.
  Mobile Chief of Police Phillip Garrett told the hundreds of people 
who attended Brandon's funeral, ``In his short years, he meant a lot to 
a lot of people. And every one of them talked about his smile.''
  Madam Speaker, I urge you and my colleagues to take a few moments to 
pay tribute to Officer Brandon Sigler of the Mobile Police Department. 
I ask that you remember him as a man who always put other people first. 
He was a young man who loved his family, friends, and community with 
unquestionable devotion. The city of Mobile has lost a true role model 
and hero.
  We should also remember Brandon's parents, Nina Gordon and Herman 
Woods; his brothers, Timothy and Joel Gordon; his sisters, Sarita and 
Adrienne Woods; and his fiance, LaKenda Craig; her daughter, Katlyn 
McCormick; and his colleagues at the Mobile Police Department--as well 
as his many other family members and friends. We should keep all of 
them in our prayers and ask that God will comfort them through the 
difficult days ahead.
  Officer Brandon Sigler was an honorable and courageous man who died 
serving the city of Mobile. May he rest in peace.

                          ____________________