[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 13176-13177]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING BLACK LAW ENFORCEMENT PIONEERS

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                          HON. E. SCOTT RIGELL

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, August 1, 2012

  Mr. RIGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an important 
milestone in my community. On August 20, 2012, the Virginia Beach 
Police Department is hosting an event to honor Black Law Enforcement 
Pioneers

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from our area. Robert E.W. Sparrow, Mondoza Holloway, Clyde I. Siler, 
Alexander H. Woodhouse, Russell H. Lawrence, Charles Pace, Johnny E. 
Parks III, Warfield M. Wood and as many as 22 auxiliary police officers 
who patrolled Virginia Beach prior to 1969, will be honored for serving 
during a time when bigotry and racism ran rampant throughout our 
country. I want to thank these fine men for standing bravely in the 
face of hatred, and doing their jobs honorably. Because of men like 
these, America remains the greatest country in the world, where the 
bastions of liberty and freedom stand over those who wish to harm it. 
We can all learn from their outstanding character and commitment to 
doing what is right.

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