[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15595]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      POLICE OFFICER DEREK KOTECKI

  (Mr. ALTMIRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ALTMIRE. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, October 12, tragedy struck my 
home town of Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania. That night, Police Officer 
Derek Kotecki was shot during an armed confrontation with a wanted 
criminal. He is believed to be the first Lower Burrell police officer 
ever to be killed in the line of duty.
  Patrolman Kotecki was a 1989 graduate of Burrell High School and had 
been a local police officer for 18 years. At the time of his death, 
Patrolman Kotecki was Lower Burrell's K-9 officer and a regular and 
respected face at community events throughout the year.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in praying for the family he left 
behind. We hope that his wife, two sons, and his parents know that 
Lower Burrell will always remember Derek's bravery and valor. He died 
serving the community he loved, and for that we are forever grateful.

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