[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15640-15641]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      TRIBUTE TO WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER COLLIN ROSE

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 1, 2016

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart to 
commemorate the life of Wayne State University police officer Collin 
Rose, who was killed in the line of duty on November 23, 2016. Officer 
Rose was my constituent, and lived in St. Clair Shores, Michigan.
  A K9 officer with the Wayne State University Police Department in 
Detroit, Officer Rose not only protected the faculty, staff and student 
body at the University, but also the community surrounding Wayne 
State's campus. He was known to his friends and colleagues as a person 
of boundless energy, for his commitment to the safety of those he was 
sworn to serve, and for his kindness and generosity to others. A fellow 
member of the Wayne State University Police Department, Chris Powell, 
described Officer Rose as ``. . . the light of the

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room. He was bears to honey. Everyone would befriend him.''
  As a memorial bicyclist with Chapter One of the Police Unity Tour, 
Officer Rose proudly honored police officers throughout the country who 
died in the line of duty. In addition to helping to broaden public 
awareness of the sacrifices made by fallen officers, Officer Rose and 
other Unity Tour participants throughout the nation have helped to 
raise millions of dollars for the National Law Enforcement Officers 
Memorial Fund and the National Law Enforcement Museum. An avid cyclist, 
Officer Rose proposed to his fiancee, Nikki Salgot, after completing 
the last leg of the Police Unity Tour on May 12th of this year.
  A 13-year old boy, Kameren Greene, who lives near Wayne State and who 
came to know Officer Rose though his consistent outreach to young 
people in the neighborhood, told WXYZ-TV in Detroit, ``It's sad that he 
lost his life, and we lost a good friend.'' So with profound sadness at 
his loss and deep gratitude for his service, I encourage my colleagues 
to join me in paying tribute to Officer Collin Rose, who was indeed a 
good friend to so many people, and in offering sincere condolences to 
Officer Rose's fiancee, Nikki Salgot; to his parents, Randy and Karen 
Rose and his brother Curtis Rose; to his colleagues with the Wayne 
State Police Department; and to the Wayne State community.




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