[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 544]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING RICO SMITH

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 13, 2014

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
diligent law enforcer, Chief Rico Smith.
  Mr. Smith was born and raised in Coahoma, Mississippi. He is the only 
son of Robert and Bettye Smith Malane. Chief Smith attended Coahoma 
Agricultural High, and Coahoma Community College, in Clarksdale, 
Mississippi. He entered the United States Army for 3 years and was in 
the Army Band. He also graduated from Valley State in Itta Bena, 
Mississippi.
  Chief Smith began his law enforcement career in 1995 as a patrolman 
and juvenile officer with the Friars Point Police Department where his 
dedication and commitment afforded him an opportunity to work with 
juveniles and participate on numerous boards, committees and forums.
  Chief Smith served on the Coahoma County School Board, a board member 
for the Boys and Girls Club, a team facilitator for the Coahoma County 
Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Review Team and was appointed by the 
former Governor Haley Barbour to the Children's Justice Act Task Force 
for the State of Mississippi.
  Chief Smith is an advocate for juveniles by working with such 
programs as the Adolescent Opportunity Program and the Toney Gobar 
Program.
  Chief Smith is the former Chief of Police for the Town of Coahoma and 
is presently the Police Chief for the Town of Tutwiler, in Tutwiler, 
Mississippi.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Chief Rico 
Smith for his dedication in being an outstanding Law Enforcer.

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