[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3890]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        SERGEANT CANDICE BRIESE

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                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 18, 2010

  Mr. BERMAN. Madam Speaker, I am honored to pay tribute to Sergeant 
Candice Briese on the occasion of her retirement from the Los Angeles 
County Sheriff's Department and to recognize her contributions to the 
community for over three decades.
  Sergeant Briese is a native of Galt, Missouri, but a lifelong 
resident of southern California. She has been a committed public 
servant with a professional career worthy of mention. Her extensive 
achievements and experience in law enforcement and security established 
her as a leader in community safety. Sergeant Briese served as a Deputy 
Sheriff in the Sybil Brand Institute, Lakewood Sheriff's Station, and 
Employee Support Services. As a Deputy Sheriff, she devoted her time 
and effort to ensuring safety in prisons, enforcing the law, and 
helping her department members through counseling and peer support.
  Sergeant Briese has been a model public servant who always rises to 
meet challenges and never allows an obstacle to stop her in her efforts 
to improve the community. She served as a sergeant in the Men's Central 
Jail and in the notorious Twin Towers Correctional Facility. She has 
served with great dedication in various courts in Long Beach, Los 
Angeles, Inglewood, and Van Nuys.
  While Sergeant Briese was serving at the Lakewood Sheriff's Station, 
she received a commendation from Sheriff Sherman Block for her heroic 
actions that saved the lives of five infants. She is known not only for 
her professionalism on the job, but also for her generous and 
compassionate nature. She was the leading force behind efforts to teach 
inmates how to read in the Biscailuz Recovery Center.
  In addition to being a hardworking law enforcement officer, Sergeant 
Briese is also a wife and the mother of three successful children. I 
know that her husband, Glenn Jorritsma, and her children, Beu Alan 
Briese, Cara Bethanie Briese, and Ted Dustin Briese, are proud of her 
service.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting Sergeant Candice Briese, 
for her distinguished service and outstanding commitment to our 
society.

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