[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25587]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               A TRIBUTE TO DEPUTY CHIEF DAVID P. BARRERE

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 22, 2009

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Deputy Chief 
David P. Barrere.
  David Barrere began his career in law enforcement as a Patrol Duty 
Officer at the 63rd Precinct in Brooklyn, New York on April 25, 1990. 
He then was assigned to the 32nd Precinct in Harlem as a Patrol 
Supervisor in 1994, and subsequently as a Sergeant and a Lieutenant at 
the 75th Precinct for three additional years.
  David Barrere was promoted to Captain in 1999, and served as Captain 
and Executive Officer of the 67th Precinct before his promotion to 
Commanding Officer of the 76th Precinct in Red Hook, Brooklyn. He 
continued his remarkable progression through the ranks of the New York 
Police Department in 2002 when he was assigned as Commanding Officer of 
the 114th Precinct in Astoria, Queens, where he was later promoted to 
Deputy Inspector and then to Inspector. In September 2005, he returned 
to Brooklyn to command the 75th Precinct.
  Today, he serves as the Commanding Officer of the Central Robbery 
Section, where he was again promoted to Deputy Chief. Chief Barrere is 
currently writing his thesis in Criminal Justice while studying at Long 
Island University. He also graduated from the Police Management 
Institute at Columbia University.
  Chief Barrere and his wife Patricia of 15 years are the proud parents 
of three children: Kristina, Jennifer, and David.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing Deputy 
Chief David P. Barrere for his extraordinary record of service to New 
York's 10th Congressional District and to New York City at large.

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