[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 5, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H2301-H2302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING CHATTANOOGA POLICE OFFICERS TIM CHAPIN AND LORIN JOHNSTON

  (Mr. FLEISCHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEISCHMANN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor two members of 
the Chattanooga Police Department who were shot over the weekend, one 
of them fatally, while responding to a robbery in progress.
  Sergeant Tim Chapin was a 26-year veteran of the Department. He lost 
his life in the line of duty on Saturday during a gun battle with an 
escaped

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convict who had robbed a local store. Throughout my law career, I had 
the chance to interact with Sergeant Chapin on many occasions. I found 
him to be an outstanding officer and an even better human being.
  Officer Lorin Johnston, who a few years ago donated a kidney to a 
fellow officer, was wounded during the gun battle as well.
  I ask everyone to join me in saying many prayers for Sergeant 
Chapin's family and his wife, Kelle, as she now has to raise two boys 
as a single mother.
  Today we remember officers Chapin and Johnston and those who serve 
alongside of them keeping our community safe. They are our heroes.

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