[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 20, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E587-E588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO CARL D. BOCCHICCHIO

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 20, 2010

  Mr. PASCRELL. Madam Speaker, I would like to call to your attention 
the work of an outstanding individual, Carl D. Bocchicchio, who is 
being recognized on the occasion of his retirement from an accomplished 
34-year law enforcement career. It is only fitting that he be honored 
in this, the permanent record of the greatest democracy ever known, 
because he is the embodiment of the patriotism that makes our nation so 
great.
  Carl was born in Brooklyn, NY, and was active in the NYPD Police 
Athletic League. In 1972, while attending Midwood High School, he began 
his journey in law enforcement as an NYPD Auxiliary Police Officer in 
the 63rd Precinct. While in college, he became a seasonal U.S. park 
ranger at the Gateway National Recreation Area. Later he served as a 
park ranger at the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and 
subsequently as a supervisory law enforcement park ranger at the Boston 
National Historical Park.
  Along Carl's law enforcement journey he joined the U.S. Customs 
Service as a customs inspector on the Canadian border along New York 
State. Carl was later assigned as a customs patrol officer to the 
Office of Investigations, Special Agent in Charge office located in 
Newark, NJ. In 1984 he was selected and promoted as a customs special 
agent assigned to the Resident Agent in Charge, Fort Myers, FL, then 
became a customs agent in Miami, FL. During his tenure in Miami, he was 
assigned to open a U.S. Customs Service, Office of Internal Affairs, 
Resident Agent in Charge (RAC) office in Northern Virginia. The office 
was opened as a RAC Field Office servicing Virginia, Maryland, and 
Washington, DC. In 1989 he was selected to establish a U.S. Customs 
Service, Office of Internal Affairs (IA), Training Division at the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Brunswick, GA. From 
Miami he would regularly travel to FLETC to develop curriculum and 
instruct and deploy Police Ethics and Integrity Training programs to 
all U.S. customs special agents and customs personnel stationed 
worldwide.
  Always seeking to learn and grow, Carl attended St. John's University 
and College of Staten Island earning a BS in Administration of Criminal 
Justice. Carl served as a captain with the Georgia Department of 
Defense, National Guard Bureau, Georgia State Defense. Force. He 
attended the U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 
focusing on National Security Policy and Strategy, and earned a 
Graduate Certificate at the Institute of World Politics focusing on 
Intelligence and National Security Policy.
  He is married to his wife Judy for 28 years and they have two sons, 
Matthew, 21 years old, and Christopher, 15 years old, and they reside 
in Peachtree City, GA.
  The job of a United States Congressman involves much that is 
rewarding, yet nothing compares to being able to acknowledge great 
Americans like Carl.
  Madam Speaker, I ask that you join our colleagues, Carl's family and 
friends, all those whose lives have been touched by him, and

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me in recognizing the outstanding contributions of Carl D. Bocchicchio 
to his profession and to this great nation.

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