[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 92 (Monday, June 18, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S4237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO ALECK SHILAOS

 Mr. LEE. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the 
exemplary service of Chief Aleck Shilaos, who has served in law 
enforcement for 43 years and as the chief of police for the city of 
Price, UT for 25 years.
  Shilaos began his career in 1969 as the first parking officer ever 
hired by the University of Utah. When the university's security force 
became an official police department, Aleck joined the police force. 
The school's biggest need for police stemmed from theft at the 
University Hospital, where felons from Utah's prison system would 
receive medical treatment. The crime wave was quickly stopped, saving 
the hospital untold long-term costs.
  In 1972, Shilaos accepted a position with the Lakewood, CO Police 
Department, where he served for a decade and continued to improve his 
merits as a nationally ranked pistol shooter. Those skills helped him 
to gain immediate respect from fellow officers when he joined the 
police force in his hometown of Price a decade later. Five years later, 
he was named chief of police in Price, a position he would hold for the 
next quarter of a century.
  Under Shilaos's leadership, the Price Police Department advanced into 
the information age. With Shilaos at the helm, Price began implementing 
technologies that increased efficiency and paved the way for the next 
generation of police officers.
  Shilaos graduated from the FBI National Academy in 1995, created his 
department's first detective division, and a new field training 
program. Additionally, Shilaos looked beyond his own department and 
helped to found a regional drug strike force and SWAT team, and 
implemented the DARE anti-drug program in local schools.
  Shilaos also fought a brave personal battle against non-Hodgkin's 
lymphoma. Diagnosed in 2010, the disease is now in remission. Shilaos 
recently commented that the good days now outnumber the bad ones.
  Aleck Shilaos has been an outstanding public servant for the city of 
Price, UT and will surely be missed. His career is an example of 
leadership, dedication, and commitment. I wish he and his wife Shirley 
a long and enjoyable retirement, and thank him for his dedicated 
service.

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