[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 27, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S941]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO JIM ALEXANDER

 Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. President, today I rise to recognize and 
congratulate chief of police M. James ``Jim'' Alexander, Jr., of the 
Lebanon New Hampshire Police Department for his more than 26 years of 
dedicated law enforcement service to our State and Nation.
  The Chief began his law enforcement career as a police officer with 
the Brattleboro, VT, Police Department in 1987. Chief Alexander then 
joined the Lebanon New Hampshire Police Department in 1990 as a patrol 
officer. He was promoted to patrol supervisor in 1991, sergeant in 
1996, lieutenant in 1999, captain in 2002, and deputy chief in 2004. 
Jim was appointed Lebanon's chief of police on March 1, 2006.
  During his long career as a public safety professional, Chief 
Alexander 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 Alexander 
has worked tirelessly with his peers and with other public safety 
officials to better the administration of justice. He is well known for 
his collaboration with local, county, State, and Federal law 
enforcement agencies. He was recognized in 2007 with the Community 
Health Leadership Award, and in 2009 he received recognition for his 
extraordinary commitment and contributions to the Grafton County Drug 
Court Program. Under his leadership, the Lebanon, NH, Police Department 
was cited for the extraordinary assistance provided to the U.S. 
Marshals Service in helping to successfully end a dangerous 9-month-
long standoff with convicted antigovernment activists.
  As Chief Alexander celebrates his retirement, I commend him on a job 
well done. I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing him, his wife Deb, 
and their adult children, Nick and Jacqui, well in all future 
endeavors.

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