[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 127 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S5369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL SIELICKI

 Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. President, I wish to recognize the exceptional 
public service of my good friend Police Chief Michael Sielicki. Mike 
Sielicki has worked as a New Hampshire law enforcement officer for more 
than 26 years, retiring as the chief of police of the Kensington Police 
Department.
  After serving in the U.S. Army with the 82nd Airborne Division from 
1979 to 1983, then as a combat engineer in Germany from 1983 to 1986, 
Chief Sielicki returned to New Hampshire to serve in the New Hampshire 
criminal justice system. He first joined the Hillsborough County 
Department of Corrections in 1986 and then the Coos County Department 
of Corrections in 1987. Mike Sielicki began his law enforcement career 
with the Colebrook Police Department in 1987 and attended the New 
Hampshire Police Academy in 1989. Through his hard work and dedication, 
he rose through the ranks and became the chief of the Colebrook Police 
Department in 1993, serving in that capacity until 1999, when he 
accepted the chief's position in Hancock, where he worked from 1999 to 
2003. In 2003, he was appointed the chief of police of the Rindge 
Police Department, where he served until accepting the chief's position 
in Kensington in 2012.
  In a career that has spanned three decades, Mike has established a 
reputation as a knowledgeable, respected and compassionate public 
safety professional and engaged community member. He established the 
Colebrook Police Athletic League in 1994. Chief Sielicki became a 
foster parent and subsequently served as the president of the New 
Hampshire Foster Parent Association from 1999 to 2004. He led the Law 
Enforcement Torch Run for NH Special Olympics from 2008 to 2011.
  During my tenure as New Hampshire's attorney general, it was my 
privilege to work directly with Chief Sielicki on many important law 
enforcement initiatives. Mike earned the respect and admiration of his 
peers and has been a thoughtful, effective leader in efforts to improve 
the criminal justice system and public safety in New Hampshire. Active 
in the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police, Chief Sielicki 
rose through the executive board chairs and served as its president 
from 2013 to 2014, a term he just completed. A courageous and respected 
leader, Mike often spoke out on important public policy issues, such as 
opposing the legalization of marijuana, and the expansion of gambling.
  As Chief Sielicki 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 Kim, and their family well in all future endeavors.

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