[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 126 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                              SHAWN HAUSE

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                           HON. ED PERLMUTTER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 19, 2021

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor 
Shawn Hause for his longstanding and esteemed career in law enforcement 
and service to our country.
  At the age of 19, Shawn knew he wanted to serve in law enforcement 
and joined the Washington State Patrol Explorers in the Spokane 
District 4 Detachment and learned the ways of Washington State Patrol 
for two years until aging out of the program. At the age of 23, he was 
accepted into the Spokane County Reserve Deputy program where he 
volunteered a minimum of 16 hours a month in patrol work as a deputy 
sheriff. During this time, Shawn also was hired by the Colfax Police 
Department in Colfax, Wash. as a part-time officer. Shawn was credited 
with making the largest drug bust of any Colfax officer at that time 
after stopping a vehicle and seizing over one pound of marijuana 
enroute to the Washington State University campus.
  Two years later, Shawn was hired by the Spokane County Sheriffs 
office as a full-time deputy sheriff. He attended the Spokane Police 
Academy and graduated at the top of his class in firearms proficiency. 
He went on to work graveyard, swing shift, power shift and dayshift 
patrol. He volunteered to be a firearms instructor where he instructed 
new recruits and his peers for six years. He was then accepted into the 
Spokane County SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) Team. He graduated 
from the Hanford SWAT Basic School in Richland, Wash. and served with 
the SWAT team for approximately nine months.
  After working as a patrol deputy for about seven years, successfully 
making numerous arrests for various drug violations, Shawn was accepted 
to Spokane County's drug unit, known as the Investigative Support Unit. 
In that role, he worked low to mid-level drug crimes within the Spokane 
County area. He worked in that position for four and a half years until 
the position was defunded at which time he returned to patrol work. 
Following six months of patrol, Shawn was accepted as part of the 
Spokane Regional Drug Task Force (SRDTF).
  In the SRDTF, Shawn worked closely with the Drug Enforcement Agency, 
U.S. Attorney's Office and other state and local agencies to identify, 
infiltrate and dismantle high-level drug traffickers and Drug 
Trafficking Organizations in the Eastern District of Washington. During 
this time, Shawn was involved in an officer-involved shooting that took 
the life of his partner and best friend. Shawn also worked in an 
undercover capacity, buying large quantities of methamphetamine from 
different factions of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel, Shawn also assisted 
other agents/officers with a large scale, multi-state Oxycodone 
investigation that involved the Eight-Trey gang out of California in 
which the SRDTF and DEA were nationally recognized for their work. 
Shawn also worked with the FBI's Gang Enforcement Task Force where he 
worked to specifically target drug cartels and gang members that were 
committing drug crimes. While working with the FBI, Shawn held a Top 
Secret security clearance. As a five-year rotated position, Shawn was 
rotated out of his drug investigator role after being granted an extra 
year based on his undercover work that was ongoing in the U.S. and 
Mexico.
  In total, Shawn spent more than 10 years working drug crimes and 
finished his career as a uniformed patrol deputy. He medically retired 
in good standing in 2019. I want to extend my deepest appreciation for 
Shawn Hause's service to the State of Washington, the surrounding 
region and our country.

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