[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18239]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING WILLIAM FRANCIS

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 5, 2013

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
William Francis upon his retirement as a District Attorney Investigator 
for the County of Napa. I thank Mr. Francis for his more than 28 years 
of dedicated service to the people of Napa County, during which time 
his commitment to improving the safety and well-being of the Napa 
community is both admirable and deserving of recognition.
  Mr. Francis began his career in public service in 1981 as a reserve 
police officer with the City of St. Helena. He then went on to work as 
a Napa County Sherriff's Deputy in 1985 before beginning his career as 
an Assistant District Attorney Investigator for the County of Napa in 
1997.
  Mr. Francis has also been involved with a wide variety of 
organizations dedicated to improving the wellbeing of the Napa 
community. He has been a member of the California Sexual Assault 
Investigator's Association, California Homicide Investigator's 
Association, Napa County Homicide Task Force, Tri County Investigator's 
Association, Western State's Livestock Investigator's Association, 
California Safe and Burglary Association, Governor's Rural Crime 
Prevention Task Force and the California Crime Prevention Officer's 
Association. He is currently a member of the California District 
Attorney Investigator's Association as well as the National Senior Pro-
Rodeo Association. Notably, Mr. Francis won the 2010 Investigator of 
the Year award given by the California District Attorney Investigator's 
Association.
  Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate at this time that we honor and thank 
Mr. Francis for his invaluable service to the County of Napa. William 
Francis' unyielding dedication to making Napa County a safer place to 
live, work and raise a family is greatly appreciated by the entire Napa 
community and we wish him a most enjoyable retirement.

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