[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 68 (Thursday, April 26, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E544-E545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING POLICE CHIEF RONDA WALLACE

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 26, 2018

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in honoring the career and achievements of 
Chief Ronda Wallace of Kodiak, Alaska, who has served her community and 
the Kodiak Police Department with distinction for the past 20 years. 
Chief Wallace first joined the Department in 1997 as a Public Safety 
Dispatcher, and the next year was commissioned as a patrol officer. She 
steadily rose through the Department's ranks and held numerous 
positions including Narcotics and Investigative Detective, Patrol 
Sergeant, and Lieutenant, until becoming Kodiak's first female Police 
Chief in 2013.
   Chief Wallace's leadership by example, care for the community of 
Kodiak, and compassion for its citizens have come to define the Kodiak 
Police Department. During her career she has gotten countless drugs off 
our streets, solved homicides, worked tirelessly to help women and 
children who are victims of abuse and assaults, and consistently raised 
the bar for professional police work. And, like all true leaders, her 
shining example will continue through the legacy she has created in 
Kodiak and the many people she has mentored, both within her police 
department and the community at large.
  Throughout her 20-year career she has displayed the highest possible 
standards of police work, and is an inspiration to future generations 
of law enforcement professionals and public servants. I greatly 
appreciate and admire her selfless dedication to Kodiak, to her fellow 
citizens, to our great State of Alaska, and to our Nation as a whole 
through her cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 
the Coast Guard Investigative Service.
  Therefore, it gives me distinct pleasure to honor Chief Wallace 
today, and I ask that my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives join me in congratulating Ronda and wishing her 
continued success.

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