[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 952]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          TED VALERIO TRIBUTE

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                          HON. SCOTT R. TIPTON

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 26, 2011

  Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Detective Ted 
Valerio of Montrose, Colorado. The Montrose Police Department recently 
awarded him the Employee of the Year for 2010, as well as a Merit 
Citation.
  Detective Valerio was hired on April 30, 2001. Since then, his 
superiors and coworkers have recognized him as a respected individual 
of exceptional character and integrity. Detective Valerio has taken the 
lead and solved a number of important felony cases in the past decade 
and continues to prove himself an asset on the force. Aside from his 
responsibilities as a detective, he administers pre-hire polygraph 
exams for all police department employees--he is the second polygraph 
examiner to ever work in the Montrose Police Department. Detective 
Valerio also serves on the Montrose Special Weapons and Tactics team 
(SWAT), which carries a great risk of personal injury.
  Mr. Speaker, Detective Valerio is consummate law enforcement 
professional and I am proud to congratulate him on his recent awards. I 
would also like to thank him and the countless other officers who 
continue to serve their communities.

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