[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 107 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E663-E664]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNIZING THE TULARE-KINGS POLICE ACADEMY

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                         HON. DAVID G. VALADAO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 23, 2022

  Mr. VALADAO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Tulare-
Kings Police Academy at the College of the Sequoias on its 60th 
anniversary.

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  Since its inception in 1962, the Tulare-Kings Police Academy has been 
a vital part of training our future law enforcement officers in the 
Central Valley. The program initially began its operations out of the 
Tulare County Sheriff's Office and trained future recruits there for 
over a decade.
  In 1973, the program moved to the College of the Sequoias campus in 
Visalia, providing even more access to young students looking to enter 
a career of public service. The program spent nearly forty years at the 
Visalia campus, with dozens of students graduating each year eager to 
begin protecting and serving the Central Valley. In 2010, the program 
made its most recent move into a state-of-the-art facility on the 
Hanford College of the Sequoias campus.
  After sixty years of operation, the Tulare-Kings Police Academy has 
produced over 150 graduating classes from its programs across three 
different campuses. These men and women have gone on to protect our 
communities throughout the Valley. Their service has been a consistent 
display of duty, honor, and commitment to their communities--all traits 
instilled into them by the Tulare-Kings Police Academy.
  I ask my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to 
join me in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Tulare-Kings Police 
Academy at the College of the Sequoias.

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