[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 19 (Thursday, February 7, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                     TRIBUTE TO VINNIE BAIOCCHETTI

 Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. President, I wish to recognize and 
congratulate chief of police Vinnie Baiocchetti of the Belmont, NH, 
Police Department for his 37 years of dedicated service to the 
firefighting and law enforcement professions, the town of Belmont, and 
the State of New Hampshire.
  Beginning his public safety career as a firefighter and emergency 
medical technician in 1976, Vinnie then joined the Laconia, NH, Police 
Department in 1983 as a part-time police officer, became a full-time 
officer for the Gilmanton, NH, Police Department in 1984, and was 
promoted to sergeant in that agency in 1991. He joined the Belmont, NH, 
Police Department in 2001, where he was promoted to sergeant in 2002, 
and appointed chief of police in 2003.
  During his long career as a public safety professional, Chief 
Baiocchetti continued to serve with the Laconia NH, Fire Department as 
a call firefighter and fire investigator. Chief Baiocchetti has been a 
leader in promoting community-oriented policing, improving public 
safety within the State of New Hampshire, and promoting sound public 
policies and practices, which have helped keep New Hampshire one of the 
safest States in the Nation. Chief Baiocchetti has worked tirelessly 
with his peers and with other public safety officials to better the 
administration of justice and to train members of New Hampshire's 
police and fire communities. He has focused on mentoring young people 
interested in the law enforcement profession through Law Enforcement 
Exploring. Chief Baiocchetti served as an adviser, assistant commander, 
and commander of the New Hampshire Police Cadet Training Academy during 
his more than 25 years of work with this unique and nationally emulated 
summer program for teenagers.
  As Chief Baiocchetti celebrates his retirement, I want to commend him 
on a job well done and ask my colleagues to join me in wishing him, his 
wife Tammy, and daughter Ashley, well in all future endeavors.

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