[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 86 (Monday, May 22, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING UNT POLICE CHIEF ED REYNOLDS

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 22, 2023

  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the exemplary 
leadership and public service of Chief Ed Reynolds, as he retires as 
Police Chief of the University of North Texas (UNT) Police Department. 
Chief Reynolds has served as Police Chief since November 2015, and 
since joining the UNT Police Department in 1994 as an officer, he has 
accumulated almost three decades of faithful service to the 45,000 
students, faculty and staff members on UNT's Denton campus.
  Chief Reynolds earned an associate degree in criminal justice from 
North Central Texas College and graduated cum laude with a bachelor's 
degree in criminal justice from UNT. He attended the UNT police academy 
and graduated as valedictorian. He holds a master peace officer, 
firearms, and instructor license issued by the Texas Commission on Law 
Enforcement.
  During his career at UNT, Chief Reynolds has served the department as 
a police officer, corporal, sergeant, lieutenant and deputy chief. In 
doing so, he has supervised every division within the department 
including operations, investigations, and administration.
  He led the department's successful effort to become nationally 
accredited in 2006 by The Commission on Accreditation for Law 
Enforcement Agencies and the International Association of Campus Law 
Enforcement Administrators, a distinction that fewer than 7 percent of 
law enforcement agencies nationwide achieve. He received a UNT 
Presidential Award, the Bob Rogers Service and Community Engagement 
Award, in 2023, for outstanding service to the university and 
collaboration with the surrounding community. In 2018 he was also 
recognized nationally by Campus Safety Magazine as their Higher 
Education Director of the Year, honoring him for outstanding 
achievement and leadership in security, public safety and emergency 
management.
  The UNT community is indebted to Chief Reynolds as he steps down from 
leading the 65 full-time employees and the department he has directed 
for almost 8 years. He has put the safety of others above his own and 
has honorably carried the burden of law enforcement leadership during 
one of the most challenging periods our country has witnessed. I am 
proud and grateful to have had someone with the character and servant 
heart of Chief Reynolds serving my alma mater, and I wish him and his 
family the best in retirement.

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