[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 9, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E16-E17]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 IN RECOGNITION OF MR. JEFFREY STAMPER

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                         HON. DAVID G. VALADAO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, January 9, 2018

  Mr. VALADAO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Sergeant Jeffrey 
Stamper for twenty-six years of dedicated service to the public safety 
of the citizens of Kings County, California.
  Sergeant Stamper is a lifelong Kings County resident. Born in 1967, 
Jeffrey grew up in the small farm town of Corcoran, California. He 
attended local schools and graduated Corcoran High School in 1985 
before attending California State University, Long Beach.

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  Sergeant Stamper's law enforcement career started in 1991, as a 
Deputy Sheriff in Kings County. He was promoted to Senior Deputy 
Sheriff in February of 2000. After sixteen years in the Kings County 
Sheriff's Department, Sergeant Stamper transitioned to the Kings County 
District Attorney's Office as an Investigator in November of 2007.
  In 2010, Sergeant Stamper was sworn into the Inaugural Police 
Department for the City of Avenal, California. His experience and 
leadership made him a preferred candidate to help establish a new 
department to protect the citizens of Avenal. This year completes seven 
full years of service to the citizens of Avenal and twenty-six years of 
total law enforcement experience.
  In retirement, Sergeant Stamper will be spending more time with his 
loving family, wife Julie and daughters Taylor and Lilly. On this 
special day for Jeffrey, it is important to remember his son Brandon 
who was taken from his loved ones and our community too soon in 2012.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives to join me in commending Sergeant Jeffrey Stamper on 
his retirement from the City of Avenal and his service to the people of 
Kings County over the past twenty-six years. As he embarks on the next 
chapter of his life, I wish him my absolute best.

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