[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 31, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E93]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING GRAPEVINE SENIOR OFFICER WARREN ORR

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                          HON. KENNY MARCHANT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 31, 2012

  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I recognize 
retiring Grapevine Senior Officer Warren Orr for his 24 years of 
service as a police officer.
  Senior Officer Orr began his law enforcement career with the Bonham, 
Texas Police Department. He served as a Bonham police officer from 
December 1987 to November 1994.
  In November 1994, Senior Officer Orr joined the Grapevine Police 
Department where he continued his career until he retired in January 
2012. During his tenure at the Grapevine Police Department, Senior 
Officer Orr served as a patrol officer, motorcycle officer and 
detective. In addition to his normal duties, Senior Officer Orr served 
as a hostage negotiator for many years and obtained a Master of Peace 
Officer certification from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement 
Standards and Education. While assigned as a motorcycle officer, Senior 
Officer Orr received extensive training in crash reconstruction and 
became one of only three hundred worldwide members of the International 
Network of Collision Reconstructionists.
  Senior Officer Orr and his wife, Grapevine Police Department Senior 
Officer Darcey Sutton, own a ranch in east Texas. Senior Officer Orr 
plans to spend his retirement raising cattle and shoeing horses, a 
trade he learned from his father and has passed on to his son, Bruce 
Orr. Bruce is a junior in the honors program at Tarleton State 
University.
  I am very proud of the Grapevine Police Department, and I am honored 
to recognize Senior Officer Orr for his contribution to the community. 
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the 24th Congressional District of Texas, I 
ask all my distinguished colleagues to join me in thanking Warren Orr 
for his service as a police officer.

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