[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1242-E1243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     IN RECOGNITION OF ASSISTANT CHIEF WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER CHANDLER

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 16, 2021

  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Assistant Chief 
of Police William Christopher Chandler and his exemplary public service 
to the City of The Colony, Texas. After over 31 years as a Texas Police 
Officer, he is retiring as a respected law enforcement professional and 
community leader.
  In high school, Chief Chandler met a fellow student and the love of 
his life, Olga. Chief

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Chandler and Olga married after high school in January 1986, and he 
started working at Houston Lighting and Power Company as a Power Plant 
Manintenance Mechanic. Olga attended the University of Houston on a 
full scholarship, and the couple intended that Chief Chandler would 
enroll in college after she graduated. Life got in the way, and while 
Olga was attending college, they added to their family with the births 
of two sons.
  Following in the footsteps of his father, a police officer, Chief 
Chandler began his law enforcement career in December 1989, joining his 
cousin as a fellow officer at the Jacinto City Police Department. He 
was promoted to Sergeant in 1993 by Chief Joe Clark. In 1996, Chief 
Clark was hired as Chief of The Colony Police Department, and he hired 
Chief Chandler away to serve as his Lieutenant and second-in-command. 
May 28, 1996 marked the first day of Chief Chandler's career at The 
Colony Police Department.
  Chief Chandler was promoted to the rank of Captain in October 1998 
and Assistant Chief in March 2012. Chief Chandler worked in the 
Operations Division overseeing Patrol, SWAT, Crossing Guards, and Bike 
Patrol. In January 2016, he took over the Support Services Division and 
oversaw the Criminal Investigations Division, School Resource Officers, 
Jail Operations, Communications, and Records.
  He has been a committed life-long learner. He earned his Associates 
Degree in Criminal Justice from Collin County Community College, 
followed by a Bachelors of Applied Arts and Sciences Degree in 2021 
from the University of North Texas. He is a graduate of the Bill 
Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas Leadership 
Command College at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. He also 
graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, 
Session No. 275, at Quantico, Virginia. Chief Chandler holds a Master 
Peace Officer License through the Texas Commission of Law Enforcement 
(TCOLE) and has compiled more than 5,890 hours of training since 
beginning his career.
  He and Olga are the proud parent of three boys, each who have 
followed their father into law enforcement and are serving as officers 
in the cities of Frisco, Plano, and Carrollton.
  For more than three decades, he has been devoted to protecting the 
citizens of the communities he has served, putting strangers' safety 
above his own. I am deeply grateful for his public service to the City 
of The Colony and North Texas, and I wish Chief Chandler and his family 
the best in his retirement.

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