HR 9001B

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution honoring the Florida Department of
3	Corrections' Gulf Correctional Institution's Corrections
4	Emergency Response Team and Century Correctional
5	Institution's Canine Team.
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7	WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Corrections' Gulf
8	Correctional Institution's Corrections Emergency Response Team
9	and Century Correctional Institution's Canine Team won recent
10	national and regional acclaim, and
11	WHEREAS, the National Corrections and Law Enforcement
12	Training and Technology Center Skills Competition was held in
13	Moundsville, West Virginia, May 10-11, 2007, and
14	WHEREAS, first place overall in the skills competition was
15	awarded to the Gulf Correctional Institution's Corrections
16	Emergency Response Team, consisting of team members Lieutenant
17	Michael Mashburn, Sergeant Trampus Gray, Sergeant David Swain,
18	Sergeant Kevin Romer, Officer Kenneth Stephens, Officer Jeremy
19	Cross, Officer Michael Pabis, and Officer Joseph Mastro; and
20	Lieutenant Michael Mashburn placed fourth with individual honors
21	in the Super S.W.A.T. competition, and
22	WHEREAS, the Gulf Correctional Institution's Corrections
23	Emergency Response Team was the least penalized team in all
24	events, employing the motto, "We will not lower our standards to
25	raise yours," and
26	WHEREAS, canine teams from five states competed for top
27	honors during the 2007 Southern States Manhunt Field Trials that
28	were hosted by the Arkansas Department of Corrections and took
29	place March 12-16, 2007, at Camp Robinson National Guard Post in
30	North Little Rock, Arkansas, and
31	WHEREAS, there were 31 canine teams from Florida, Arkansas,
32	Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri that competed for top
33	honors, and
34	WHEREAS, Sergeant Burley Townson and Correctional Officer
35	Jamie Sanders from the Century Correctional Institution, along
36	with their beagles, won first place in the Multiple Leash
37	Competition, and
38	WHEREAS, these emergency response and canine teams from
39	Florida demonstrated award-winning skills and commitment to
40	their respective missions of seeking positive resolution of
41	crises and participating in apprehending escapees and protecting
42	the public by assisting law enforcement agencies with felon
43	apprehensions, missing children searches, and the finding and
44	aiding of people in distress, NOW, THEREFORE,
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46	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
47	Florida:
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49	That the Florida House of Representatives salutes the
50	Florida Department of Corrections' Gulf Correctional
51	Institution's Corrections Emergency Response Team and Century
52	Correctional Institution's Canine Team for their award-winning
53	performances.

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