[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 149 (Tuesday, November 27, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1814]
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          IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS KEVIN BOWDEN AND ADRIAN MORRIS

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 27, 2012

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, since August of this year, the people of 
Prince George's County, Maryland, have lost two of their finest. 
Tragically, in separate incidents, two Prince George's County police 
officers were killed in car crashes. Both men served with distinction 
and were dedicated to keeping our communities safe.
  On August 20, while he and his partner were in a high-speed pursuit 
of a suspect in an attempted car theft, Officer Adrian Morris's police 
cruiser veered off of the Capital Beltway near Laurel, Maryland. Adrian 
was killed in the line of duty, and his partner, Mike Risher, severely 
injured. An immigrant originally from Kingston, Jamaica, Adrian wanted 
to be a police officer since a young age. While attending Eleanor 
Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, he participated in the Prince 
George's County Police ``Explorers'' program, which helps young people 
learn about and prepare for careers in law enforcement. Adrian achieved 
his dream by joining the Prince George's County Police Department's 
Sixth District in 2010. When he was killed this past August, Adrian was 
only 23 years old. His mother, Sherrin Crosdale, and a younger brother 
survive him.
  In a second, tragic setback to the men and women of the Prince 
George's County Police Department, on October 18 an accident took 
another officer's life. Off-duty Officer Kevin Donnell Bowden was 
headed home in his police cruiser after a shift when he was killed in a 
crash in Clinton, Maryland. Kevin had been with the force for six 
years, serving at the Oxon Hill station. His colleagues remembered him 
as a steady officer with a sense of humor who loved his job. Kevin grew 
up in the area and graduated from Surratsville High School. He loved 
football and was an avid fan of the Dallas Cowboys. Kevin, who was 28 
years old, was also a devoted father of sons DeAndre and Joshua and 
daughter Mahogany.
  The loss of these two outstanding officers was a terrible blow to the 
Prince George's County Police Department and to all who call the County 
home. Adrian Morris and Kevin Bowden represent the finest tradition of 
service to our communities, and they will be sorely missed. I join in 
mourning their passing and in comforting their families and communities 
during this difficult time, and I am confident that their memories will 
inspire young people to follow in their footsteps in service to county, 
state, and country.

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