[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13652]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING SERGEANT KEVIN GLASER

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                          HON. JO ANN EMERSON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 14, 2011

  Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Sergeant Kevin 
Glaser of Sikeston, Missouri, for his 28 years of dedicated law 
enforcement with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The people of my 
congressional district and the State of Missouri are grateful for 
Kevin's commitment to ridding our communities of illegal drug activity.
  For 22 years Kevin has been on the front lines of drug enforcement in 
Missouri as the leader of the Southeast Missouri, SEMO, Drug Task 
Force. The SEMO Drug Task Force's main objective is to crack down drug 
creation, distribution and use through southern Missouri. Kevin 
commanded the task force for over 16 years.
  Kevin displayed courageous leadership in the face of great challenges 
in the name of safer Missouri communities. As methamphetamine use 
spread across rural America, Kevin and his squad made record arrests 
and seizures. In fact, over 75 percent of their efforts in drug 
enforcement were fighting the scourge of meth use in southern Missouri.
  In a 1997 L.A. Times article, Kevin was quoted as saying: ``It's hard 
to imagine a drug controlling you the way it does . . . They see their 
family falling apart, their bodies falling apart, but the only thing 
that matters to them is the dope.'' This drug was Kevin's enemy and the 
SEMO Drug Task Force's enemy, and they fought the enemy tirelessly.
  I am thankful for Kevin's dedicated service with the Missouri State 
Highway Patrol. I am excited for his retirement, although I hear he is 
still playing an advisory role with the officers' training. Kevin, I 
wish you the very best on this new venture.

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