[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 127 (Friday, July 29, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E808]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING OFFICER TONY BREEDEN ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                           HON. RALPH NORMAN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 29, 2022

  Mr. NORMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the dedicated 
service of Police officer Tony Breeden who will officially retire this 
year.
  Tony was born in Winchester, Virginia, where he and his family lived 
for 2 years. His family later moved to Charlotte, N.C. where he 
attended Myers Park High School graduating in 1988. Upon graduating 
from High School, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps where he served from 
1988 to 1992.
  After spending four years in the Marine Corps, he then joined the 
Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Department where he worked for 2 years, 
until joining the Rock Hill Police Department in 1995 through 2022.
  He rose through the ranks beginning with the traffic unit, sergeant 
of the street crimes unit, patrol Lieutenant of Charlie Shift, and 
member of the highly decorated SWAT team unit for 26 years serving from 
1996 to 2022.
  Officer Breeden found time to serve the greater Rock Hill community 
by coaching various sports for over 27 years at his church and in the 
city leagues, dating back to 1995.
  Tony and his wife, Brooke, have 3 children Austin, Kolby, and Devin. 
Officer Breeden is the epitome of the American success story, where he 
has risen above many personal challenges, including having his father 
leave his family when Tony was 5 years of age. He and his brother and 
sister were left to be raised by a single mother.
  The greatest tragedy the Breeden family has faced was the sudden loss 
of their son Kolby on March 14th, 2021. In the words of one of Kolby's 
closest friends, Julianne Young, ``Kolby was the epitome of good. He 
not only lit up every room he walked in but made everyone in that room 
a better person just by spending time with them.''
  The Rock Hill Police Department and the greater Rock Hill community 
will lose a true public servant who epitomized the police officer motto 
of ``To Protect And To Serve''.
  Lieutenant Tony Breeden has set the Gold Standard for 27 years of 
dedicated service and commitment which will long be remembered and for 
that we all join in saying Thank You.

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