Florida Senate - 2009                            (NP)    SR 2702
       
       
       
       By Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       11-02243-09                                           20092702__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution honoring Captain Scott Michael Bierwiler
    3         and extending the sympathy of the members of the
    4         Florida Senate to his family and his extended law
    5         enforcement family.
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, Scott Michael Bierwiler was born in Cold Spring,
    8  New York, on March 21, 1966, and
    9         WHEREAS, Captain Bierwiler began work at the Hernando
   10  County Sheriff's Office as a deputy sheriff in October 1986, and
   11  rose through the ranks to Sergeant in 1998, to Lieutenant in
   12  2003, and to Captain and Operations Bureau Commander in January
   13  2008, and
   14         WHEREAS, Captain Scott Michael Bierwiler served the
   15  residents of Hernando County as special operations section
   16  commander and vice and narcotics unit supervisor, he served in
   17  the STEP (traffic) unit, the criminal investigations division,
   18  and the intelligence unit, and also served as a patrol
   19  supervisor, and
   20         WHEREAS, Captain Scott Michael Bierwiler was a graduate of
   21  the Command Officer Management School at St. Leo University and
   22  the F.B.I. National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and
   23         WHEREAS, Captain Scott Michael Bierwiler received numerous
   24  commendations throughout the course of his law enforcement
   25  career, including a Medal of Valor from the Hernando County
   26  Sheriff's Office, a Medal of Valor and the Combat Cross from the
   27  Fair Lawn Police Department, citations from the New Jersey
   28  Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly, a Meritorious
   29  Service Award and Departmental Citation from the Bergen County
   30  Prosecutor's Office and the Bergen County Police Chief's
   31  Association, and a Valor Citation from the Bergen County
   32  Conference of the New Jersey State Policeman's Association, and
   33         WHEREAS, on February 19, 2009, Captain Scott Michael
   34  Bierwiler died in the line of duty, just 1 month shy of his 43rd
   35  birthday, and
   36         WHEREAS, Captain Scott Michael Bierwiler is survived by his
   37  wife of 20 years, Angie, and three children, daughters Kayla,
   38  18, and Kiley, 16, and son Scottie, 9, who are devastated by
   39  their loss, but forever grateful for having been loved and
   40  inspired by him, NOW, THEREFORE,
   41  
   42  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   43  
   44         That the Senate hereby honors Captain Scott Michael
   45  Bierwiler for his outstanding and selfless service to the people
   46  of Hernando County and the State of Florida, and extends its
   47  deepest sympathy to his family and his extended law enforcement
   48  family.
   49         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   50  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Angie, Kayla,
   51  Kiley, and Scottie Bierwiler as a tangible token of the
   52  sentiments of the Florida Senate.