[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11031-11032]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  THANKING CHIEF WILLIAM MICHAEL ROTH

 Mr. GRAHAM of South Carolina. Mr. President, I wish to 
recognize the accomplishments of one of my constituents, William 
Michael Roth, and to commend him for his tenure as Chief of Police for 
the Town of Lexington, South Carolina Police Department as he leaves 
after 29 years of service.
  Chief Roth has served as a law enforcement professional for over 31 
years. Under his leadership, the size of the Lexington Police 
Department has more than tripled and it has received many awards for 
its efforts in public and youth safety. Roth exhibits an innovative and 
hands-on approach to law enforcement that has greatly benefited the 
police department and the Lexington community through the establishment 
of new safety services and the creation of outreach programs to 
individuals of all ages.
  Roth was instrumental in the creation of local school-based 
programming such as School Resource Officers and DARE classes for 
elementary and middle school students. Roth oversaw the creation of an 
``Adopt-a-Cop'' Program within the Lexington Police Department that was 
recognized as the 2003 Public Safety Program of the Year by the 
Municipal Association of South Carolina and as a Model Cities Program 
by the National League of Cities at their annual conference. Roth was 
directly responsible for the establishment of an investigative division 
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Police Department that includes a Child and Elder Abuse Investigator 
and a full time Victim's Advocate.
  Roth has been an asset to the Lexington Police Department and to the 
State of South Carolina. I invite you to join me in thanking Chief 
William Michael Roth for his service and dedication to quality law 
enforcement and the safety of the citizens of Sourth Carolina.

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