[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E527]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING VIRGINIA'S FALLEN OFFICERS DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

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                     HON. ABIGAIL DAVIS SPANBERGER

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 18, 2022

  Ms. SPANBERGER. Madam Speaker, During National Police Week, 
Virginians have reflected on the sacrifice of the men and women who 
keep our communities safe--and they honor those who never came home. As 
part of these commemorations, the Rappahannock Regional Criminal 
Justice Academy in Fredericksburg, Virginia held their fallen officer 
memorial service alongside family members of the fallen and those they 
proudly served alongside.
  Today, I am honored to remember the names of the officers who were 
recognized and remembered by the Academy:
  Sergeant Harry V. Smeeman--Ashland Police Department; Deputy Strother 
W. Lewis, Sr.--Caroline County Sheriff's Office; Sheriff Thomas G. 
Thornton--Caroline County Sheriff's Office; Deputy George R. Lillard, 
Jr.--Culpeper County Sheriff's Office; Captain James A. Sisk--Culpeper 
County Sheriff's Office; Sergeant Charles E. Murray, Jr.--Fauquier 
County Sheriff's Office; Deputy John H. Walter--Fauquier County 
Sheriff's Office; Officer Todd A. Bahr--Fredericksburg Police 
Department; Officer William F. Mines--Fredericksburg Police Department; 
Officer Ellsworth A. Moore--Fredericksburg Police Department; Sergeant 
Roy G. Wright--Fredericksburg Police Department.
  Sheriff Joel L. Powers--Goochland County Sheriff's Office; 
Investigator Chadwick A. Carr--Greene County Sheriff's Office; Deputy 
Craig L. Brooks--King George County Sheriff's Office; Sergeant Donald 
C. Benson, Sr.--Lancaster County Sheriff's Office; Deputy James A. 
Brent--Lancaster County Sheriff's Office; Sergeant John D. Conner, 
III--Manassas City Police Department; Deputy John W. Sanford, Jr.--
Northumberland County Sheriff's Office; Sheriff Willie C. Bond--Orange 
County Sheriff's Office; Sheriff Willie B. Young--Orange County 
Sheriff's Office; Sergeant Julian F. Boyer--Orange Police Department; 
1st Sergeant Michael J. Krueger--Rappahannock Regional Jail.
  1st Sergeant Challoughlczilczise Randle, II--Rappahannock Regional 
Jail; Deputy Bryan M. Berger--Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office; 
Deputy Dean Ridings--Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office; Detective 
Richard L. Samuels--Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office; Deputy Ford 
T. Humphrey--Stafford County Sheriff's Office; Deputy Jason E. Mooney--
Stafford County Sheriff's Office Marine; Patrol Officer Peter 
Crockett--V.M.R.C.; Trooper Adam M. Bowen--Virginia State Police; 
Trooper Jose M. Cavazos--Virginia State Police; Trooper Jessica J. 
Cheney--Virginia State Police; Trooper Rannie DeWitt Kennedy--Virginia 
State Police.
  As the U.S. Representative for Virginia's Seventh District, I am 
humbled to present their names before the U.S. House of 
Representatives. On behalf of a grateful Commonwealth and country, I 
thank them for keeping our communities safe. They will be remembered.

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