[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S3689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING DEPUTY SHERIFF BRANDON SHIRLEY

  Mr. PAUL. Madam President, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has 
lost one of its own. Deputy Sheriff Brandon Shirley, 26, of Louisville, 
was fatally shot by two suspects. It is painful whenever we lose an 
officer, but it is especially horrendous when that loss is for no 
apparent reason.
  Deputy Sheriff Shirley was working as a security officer at Rockford 
Lane Auto Sales when he was shot at approximately 2:30 a.m. Brandon was 
able to report the shooting on his radio and was transported to the 
University of Louisville Hospital, where he ultimately succumbed to his 
wounds.
  In a particularly agonizing moment for our country, Deputy Sheriff 
Shirley was the 25,000th law enforcement officer killed in our Nation's 
history, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a nonprofit 
organization that reports U.S. law enforcement deaths.
  Deputy Sheriff Shirley was well-liked and respected by his colleagues 
and supervisors. Jefferson County Sheriff John Aubrey shared these kind 
words, ``He loved being a deputy sheriff, and he was a good one.'' He 
was equally praised by Lt. Col. Carl Yates of the sheriff's office as 
being ``very active, proactive, courageous, a good Deputy, and well-
liked.''
  Deputy Sheriff Brandon Shirley was an asset to the residents of 
Louisville and a testament to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. I 
am proud to salute Brandon and mourn alongside the entire Shirley 
family.

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