[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16499]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          IN MEMORY OF SAM SIMMONS, SHERIFF OF GREENVILLE, SC

 Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I received sad news from my home 
State last week. Sam Simmons, the sheriff of Greenville, SC, was 
tragically taken from us. Sheriff Simmons was a tremendous public 
servant and long-time friend to law enforcement. He began his law 
enforcement career at the age of 20 and served his community and state 
for nearly 29 years in this field.
  During his career, this tenacious, yet soft-spoken man worked his way 
up through the ranks in the Greenville County Sheriff's Office from 
dispatcher to the top law enforcement officer for Greenville County. I 
had the opportunity to work with Sheriff Simmons and his staff over the 
years and knew him to be an extraordinary example of how law 
enforcement officials should conduct both themselves and their 
departments.
  Last week, several police officers in Sheriff Simmons' department 
called him a ``lawman's lawman.'' I echo these sentiments and offer my 
heartfelt condolences to his wife, Mona, and their family.

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