[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15927]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   DEPUTY CONSTABLE NEHEMIAH PICKENS

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, on the hot humid night of July 6, 2005, in 
Houston, Texas, a police chase occurred. After midnight, a car driven 
by a criminal was fleeing from the police. His vehicle crashed into the 
gate of an apartment complex. The suspect, a Justin Doyle, jumped from 
his car and took off on foot fleeing from the law during the darkness. 
Deputy Constable Nehemiah Pickens had with others joined the police 
chase to capture this individual. Eventually, a shootout occurred and 
Deputy Pickens was killed while assisting in the pursuit of Doyle.
  Nehemiah Pickens was a member of the Harris County Constable's Unit, 
Precinct 6. He was 33 years of age. He is remembered as a hardworking 
family man who worked multiple security jobs in addition to his work as 
a police officer to support his wife and his three daughters. He was 
working a part-time security job when he was killed to obtain money for 
a new home. Tomorrow, he will be buried in Houston, Texas. In the wake 
of this tragedy, we are reminded that we must never take for granted 
the police officers of America that work every day to enforce the law.
  Deputy Pickens died doing what was his duty to protect, serve, and 
defend the people. As hundreds of police officers and law enforcement 
personnel, friends and family gather tomorrow for his funeral, our 
prayers go out to his family for allowing his life to be sacrificed for 
the rest of us.

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