[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15968]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO DETECTIVE WILLIAM J. ZIMMERMAN

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating an extraordinary public servant, Detective William 
``Bill'' Zimmerman, as he retires from the United States Capitol Police 
force, USCP.
  For 32 years, Detective Zimmerman has served the USCP with great 
distinction, including 28 years with the threat assessment section, the 
division responsible for investigating threats made against Members of 
Congress and their families.
  To every challenge, Detective Zimmerman brought unparalleled skill 
and dedication, ultimately helping to establish programs for threat 
assessment and management programs that are used by other law 
enforcement agencies across the United States and in Great Britain. 
Detective Zimmerman served as the first president of the Washington, 
D.C., chapter of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, 
and in 2004, he became the inaugural recipient of the association's 
distinguished Meritorious Service Award.
  Throughout his career, Detective Zimmerman consistently went above 
and beyond the call of duty to protect and serve. For my office, 
Detective Zimmerman was often our go-to person in an emergency, and he 
always handled any situation with professionalism, commitment, passion, 
and calm. Detective Zimmerman is not only the consummate professional, 
he is also a wonderful human being, and his well-deserved retirement is 
a huge loss for Congress.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson said, ``To know one life has breathed easier 
because you have lived, that is to have succeeded.'' By that and every 
other measure, Detective Zimmerman had a remarkably successful career, 
and I congratulate him, thank him, and wish him all the best as he 
begins the next exciting chapter.

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