[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 98 (Monday, June 23, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING THE CAREER OF CHIEF MIKE DAVIS

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                           HON. DEREK KILMER

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 23, 2014

  Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the City of Gig 
Harbor, Washington's Chief of Police, Mike Davis, for his many years of 
public service to our community.
   Chief Davis's career is evidence of his commitment to serving the 
community. Davis joined the Kitsap County Sheriff's Department nearly 
30 years ago on July 1, 1984. During his time in Kitsap County, he 
served as a corporal, sergeant, undersheriff, and sheriff.
   Serving as Gig Harbor's Police Chief since 2004, Davis has been an 
invaluable resource to our community and has dedicated himself to 
ensuring the safety of all residents. Under his tenure, Davis has 
helped the department upgrade and streamline vital technology, has 
maintained the department's response time of less than four minutes, 
and has bridged the gap with the community by encouraging the 
department's customer-service directed model. With his upcoming 
retirement, he succeeds in being the longest-serving police chief in 
the city of Gig Harbor's history.
   Davis has gone above and beyond to make our community a better 
place. In his work as a D.A.R.E. officer in the Kitsap County Sheriff's 
department, he worked to prevent drug abuse among the area's youth. As 
Police Chief of the Gig Harbor Police Department, Davis established the 
Jaycox Police Benevolent Fund. In addition to helping Project Safe 
Harbor and the department's Citizens Offering Police Support program, 
the Jaycox Fund provides scholarships to high school seniors who strive 
to work in criminal justice one day.
   Davis has dedicated himself to serving his community, and as someone 
who lives in that community and who is raising two little girls, I'm 
enormously grateful for that. He will retire on June 30, 2014, after 
protecting our region for exactly 30 years. Despite his retirement, 
Davis's work will remain an inspiration in the years to come.
   Mr. Speaker, I would like to close by again applauding Davis for his 
dedication to serving the people of Kitsap County and Gig Harbor. He is 
an extraordinary first responder and a great American. I am honored to 
recognize his service today in the United States Congress.

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