[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 615]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO THOMAS B. ARCIERO

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                           HON. STEVE ISRAEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 5, 2002

  Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize one of my 
constituent's great service to the United States of America. I ask for 
the text of this letter to be put in the Record. Thomas B. Arciero 
joined the Suffolk County Police Department on January 21, 1963. Upon 
his graduation from the Police Academy, he was assigned to the First 
Precinct as Patrolman #653. In January of 1967, Patrolman Arciero 
became Detective #322 and was assigned to the First Squad. In October 
of 1967, he returned to patrol, and shortly thereafter, was promoted to 
Sergeant #418 on January 5th, 1970 remaining in the First Precinct. He 
was a Sergeant in the First Precinct for seven years before being 
promoted to Lieutenant where he remained in the First Precinct.
  In 1987, Lieutenant Arciero was transferred to the Marine Bureau. He 
was promoted to Captain on January 23d , 1989 and was transferred to 
Special Patrol Bureau as Executive Officer. After seven years, Thomas 
Arciero was promoted to Deputy Inspector becoming the Commanding Office 
of the Special Patrol Bureau. He remained there until his promotion to 
Inspector on February 23, of 2001 at which time he was transferred to 
the Chief of Patrol's Office in Headquarters, the position he currently 
holds. As can be seen, Lieutenant Arciero is a man worth many praises 
and we will be sad to see him retire on February 19th 2002. Thank you 
for all of your hard work, Thomas. I ask all of my colleagues to join 
in the acknowledgement of Thomas and his generous service to the state 
of New York and the United States of America.

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