[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 152 (Friday, December 12, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6783-S6784]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  REMEMBERING MICHAEL DAVID DAVIS, JR.

  Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask my colleagues to join me 
in honoring the life of Placer County Sheriff's Detective Michael David 
Davis, Jr., an experienced detective, dedicated public servant and 
beloved husband, father, brother, son and grandson who was tragically 
killed in the line of duty on October 24, 2014.
  Michael Davis, Jr. was born on October 29, 1971, in Bellflower, CA. 
After spending his childhood in Southern California, Michael moved to 
Placer County to pursue a career in law enforcement, continuing a 
family commitment to public service. Detective Davis's father, Michael 
Davis, Sr., was a Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy who also tragically 
lost his life in the line of duty. Detective Davis's aunt and uncle 
both retired from the Placer County Sheriff's Department, and Detective 
Davis's wife, Jessica, and his brother, Sergeant Jason Davis, worked by 
his side until Michael's life was so senselessly cut short on October 
24.
  Following his graduation from the Butte College Law Enforcement 
Academy, Detective Davis began his career in public safety as a Reserve 
Deputy for the Placer County Sheriff's Department in 1996. He later 
joined the Auburn Police Department as a Patrolman before returning to 
the Sheriff's Department in 1999 as a Deputy. In 2005, he was promoted 
to become a Homicide Detective in the Crimes Against Persons Division.
  At a memorial service on November 4, Placer County Sheriff Edward 
Bonner recalled that Detective Davis approached his job with ``respect, 
tact, and empathy.'' Others remembered Michael Davis as a quick-witted 
family man who lived his life to the fullest, spending time with his 
loved ones at family gatherings, coaching Little League, rooting for 
his beloved San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Dodgers, and riding 
motorcycles with friends.

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  On behalf of the people of California, whom Detective Davis served so 
bravely, I extend my gratitude and deepest sympathies to his wife, 
Jessica; daughters Angelique and Samantha; stepchildren Ivey and 
Chayse; mother Deborah; brother Jason; and grandparents Bob and Joan.
  We are forever indebted to him for his courage and sacrifice, and he 
will be deeply missed.

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