[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 26, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E122]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     MEMORIALIZING MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP POLICE DETECTIVE CHRIS JONES

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 26, 2011

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to memorialize one of 
Bucks County's finest, Middletown Township Police Detective Chris 
Jones.
  Chris Jones was working overtime on January 29, 2009 when he was 
struck and killed while in the performance of his duties.
  As he was returning to his patrol car, two cars collided and careened 
into his vehicle, which then struck and pinned him under his own police 
cruiser. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to 
his injuries a short time later.
  Mr. Speaker, our nation's police officers risk their lives every day 
in order to preserve communities throughout our country that are safe 
and free. Those who give their lives in that mission deserve our 
eternal gratitude.
  Detective Jones served with the Middletown Township Police Department 
for 10 years and had previously served in the United States Navy for 7 
years, a veteran of Operation Desert Storm. Just 37 at the time, Chris 
left a wife and three children at home the day he went to serve the 
people of his community.
  Detective Jones is the only officer of the Middletown Township Police 
Department to have lost his life in the line of duty and he will be 
remembered this week during a solemn ceremony at the police station 
where he served.

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