[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 21, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E357-E358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       IN RECOGNITION OF CHIEF OF POLICE WILLIAM ``TOM'' TACKETT

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 21, 2018

  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the exemplary 
work of William ``Tom'' Tackett as he retires as Chief of Police for 
the Town of Argyle, TX on March 22, 2018. He has over 25 years of 
service at the Argyle Police Department and previously served his 
country in the U.S. Army as a Military Police Officer.
  After his military service, Chief Tackett graduated from the Tarrant 
County College Police Academy and joined the Argyle Police Department 
in April 1992 as a part-time reserve police officer. He transitioned to 
a full-time police officer in March 1995 and rose through the ranks to 
become Chief of Police in April 2000. Not only is Chief Tackett the 
most tenured Chief to lead the Argyle Police Department, he is the 
longest tenured employee to serve the Town in its 55 year history. He 
is a licensed Master Peace Officer and holds Texas Commission on Law 
enforcement certifications for Instructor, Forensic Hypnosis and 
Special Investigator.
  Chief Tackett also serves as the Town's Emergency Management 
Coordinator and is an amateur radio operator and active in the Denton 
County Amateur Radio Club. In addition to his professional work, he is 
a Master Mason, serving as past Master of Roanoke

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Lodge 668, and he is a life member of the Moslah Shrine Circus and 
Legion Corps.
  For more than two and a half decades, Chief Tackett has faithfully 
served and protected the citizens and businesses of Argyle, while 
holding himself and his staff to high ethical and professional 
standards as he has capably led the Police Department. I am deeply 
grateful for his service to the City of Argyle and North Texas and 
extend best wishes to Chief Tackett and his family upon his retirement.

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