[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23241-23242]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   IN MEMORY OF TYLER MATTHEW PINCHOT

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                          HON. EDWARD R. ROYCE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2003

  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Tyler Matthew 
Pinchot, a 23-year veteran of the Buena Park Police Department.
  He was a motorcycle officer and on June 13, 2003, Mr. Pinchot was 
struck by a car from behind, during a traffic pursuit. His condition 
had deteriorated rapidly recently, and on Sunday, September 21, he 
passed away.
  Mr. Pinchot was raised in Garden Grove and Orange, and graduated from 
Golden West

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College's police program in 1979. Mr. Pinchot won the Officer of the 
Year Award two years in a row, in 1991 and 1992. He also was a Special 
Weapons and Tactics team member, Explorer Post adviser, station-house 
Santa Claus, unofficial department photographer and a tactical officer 
at Fullerton College's police reserve academy.
  It is through the hard work of law enforcement officers like Mr. 
Pinchot that our communities stay safe and secure. I am honored to join 
with my colleagues today in paying tribute to one of California's 
finest.

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