[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 91 (Thursday, June 23, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1172]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             HONORING HUGHSON POLICE CHIEF JANET RASMUSSEN

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                            HON. JEFF DENHAM

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 23, 2011

  Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge and honor 
Hughson Police Chief Janet Rasmussen, who rose through the ranks to 
become the County of Stanislaus and the City of Hughson's First Female 
Chief nearly 7 years ago, announced her retirement as of July 30, 2011; 
after serving in law enforcement for 36 years; and
  Chief Rasmussen started her law enforcement career as a Volunteer 
Dispatcher-Clerk in April 1975, School Resource Officer and Matron-
Dispatcher-Clerk in May 1976, and Dispatcher-Clerk in June 1977 through 
January 1982, Explorer Advisor in January 1979 through January 1982; 
and Reserve Police officer in January 1979 through January 1982; and
  Janet Rasmussen continued her career serving in the Tulare County 
Sheriffs Department, hired by the Corcoran Police Department in 1976, 
Tulare Police Department in 1977, Tulare Sheriff's Department in 1982; 
and the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department in 1991; while attending 
College of the Sequoias and receiving her Associates of Science in 
Criminal Justice in 1981, becoming a P.O.S.T Graduate in 2002, and 
completing her Bachelors of Science program in 2006; and
  Janet Rasmussen was selected as the First Woman Narcotics Detective 
in Tulare County and First Woman Sergeant to serve in patrol, the First 
Female selected in Stanislaus County Sheriffs Department, the First 
Woman Instructor for Stanislaus County Sheriffs Department at the Ray 
Simon Regional Training Center Police Academy for Firearms, Weaponless 
Defense, Expandable Baton, Oleoresin Capsicum; the First Woman Team 
Leader for a Hostage Negotiation Team and in 2005 was selected as the 
First Woman in Stanislaus County Sheriffs Department serving as Chief 
of Police for the City of Hughson; and
  Allowed attendance only by invitation and through an extensive 
nomination process she was the 2nd Woman in Stanislaus County to attend 
the FBI National Academy graduating in 2007, whereby only 12,000 women 
out of 39,000 attended the academy since its inception in 1935; and 
during the Chief's tenure in Stanislaus County, Criminal and gang 
activity remained at a level that placed Hughson as one of the safest 
communities in the Stanislaus County compared to communities in the 
area; and
  Chief Rasmussen was very active in various organizations and extended 
her service to society by participating and volunteering in various 
organization such as serving as Governing Board Member--Stanislaus 
County Association of Law Enforcement Executive; Joint Powers Advisory 
Board Member for the Stanislaus County Drug Enforcement Agency; 
Advisory Board Member for the Stanislaus County Domestic Preparedness 
Task Force and Joint Board Member for the Office of Emergency Services 
Operational Area County; and a Member of the FBI National Academy 
Association; receiving AAA Auto Theft Recovery Award; and the 
Excellence in Law Enforcement and Public Safety Award.
  Chief Rasmussen has been an outstanding and highly effective Police 
Chief whose quiet and steady leadership is an excellent example to us 
all of how to serve humanity.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring and commending the 
outstanding contributions made to law enforcement and the Hughson 
Community by Chief of Police Janet Rasmussen and hereby wish her 
continued success in her retirement.

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