[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18360]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  IN HONOR OF THE RETIREMENT OF A TRUE HERO, LIEUTENANT DAVID M. MAURO

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 10, 2007

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute 
to a true hero upon his retirement from a long history of public 
service to his community and his country. On June 1st, Lt. David M. 
Mauro retired after 26 years of credited service with the Morris 
County, New Jersey Sheriff's Office. Though the Sheriff's Office will 
be losing a respected public servant and true expert in gang 
intelligence and crime prevention, I have little doubt that Lt. David 
Mauro will continue to be an active member of his community.
  Lieutenant Mauro served his country with the U.S. Army Airborne for 6 
years before joining the Sheriff's Office in 1984. During his law 
enforcement career, he served for 12 years as a diver and instructor 
with the Morris County Underwater Search and Recovery Task Force. 
Additionally, he served as chief firearms instructor for the Bureau of 
Corrections, emergency management coordinator, and aerosol instructor.
  His true expertise, however, is with gang investigations, and it is 
there that Lt. Mauro leaves the most indelible mark on Morris County. 
In 2000, Lt. Mauro founded the Morris County Gang Intelligence Unit and 
he served as the Unit Commander until 2005. While with this unit, Lt. 
Mauro was directly responsible for training more than 10,000 people on 
the subject of gangs and for the validation of 250 gang members within 
the County and the identification of 15 gangs operating there. Under 
his command, the Gang Intelligence Unit was nominated for and received 
a number of commendations, including the Sheriff's/Chief Award in 2001 
and a Unit Citation in 2002.
  Lt. Mauro was the first member of the Morris County Sheriff's Office 
to be assigned to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to serve 
with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Gang Investigations Unit. 
He is also a member of the New Jersey Gang Investigator's Association, 
East Coast Gang Investigator's Association, National Major Gang Task 
Force, International Latino Gang Investigator's Association, and the 
Morris County Latino Peace Officer's Association. He regularly shares 
his experience by making presentations throughout the community to law 
enforcement and civic groups about gangs. In fact, he is the founder 
and Chief Instructor of G.I.U. Associates, a consulting and educational 
company dedicated to providing gang training to government, corporate, 
and civic groups.
  I commend Lieutenant Mauro for his extraordinary commitment to the 
people of Morris County and the surrounding community.

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