[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18458]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 IN MEMEORIAL OF OFFICER ISABEL NAZARIO

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                        HON. ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 10, 2008

  Ms. SCHWARTZ. Madam Speaker, on Friday September 5, 2008, Officer 
Isabel Nazario, an 18-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police 
Department and a constituent of the 13th Congressional District was 
killed in a crash while assisting fellow officers in the pursuit of a 
stolen vehicle. The crash also injured her partner, 12-year veteran 
Terry Tull.
  Officer Nazario, 40, left behind a 15-year-old daughter, Jazmin, and 
a fiancee, Carlos Buitrago. She was remembered by her friends and 
colleagues as a ``beautiful mother'' and ``a great officer.''
  Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey called her, ``a very, very good 
officer in a very high-profile unit with highly motivated officers.''
  Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said she ``was a dedicated public 
servant who spent her life protecting others.''
  Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5 President John McNesby said, 
``She had a great work ethic and a great reputation on the street. She 
was always willing to do what needed to be done.''
  Officer Nazario joined the Department because she was called to make 
her community a better place. A graduate of Olney High School in 
Northeast Philadelphia, Nazario was promoted to the Narcotics Strike 
Force division 12 years ago. She was part of a police family, her 
sister Maritza Mohamad and her fiancee were also Philadelphia Police 
Officers.
  Jazmin Nazario said the thing that she admired most about her mother 
was her strength--the type of strength that enabled a single mother to 
walk the beat through city streets and put away criminals.
  Madam Speaker, in the 4 years I have represented the people of the 
13th Congressional District, 4 police officers from my district have 
been killed in the line of duty. The loss to families, communities and 
the force is acute. It is our duty to recognize the sacrifice of our 
law enforcement officers who put themselves in harm's way to protect 
the people of our great city.
  I ask that the House of Representatives extend its condolences to 
Jazmin Nazario, her family, and the Philadelphia Police Department for 
their significant loss.

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