Florida Senate - 2011                             (NP)    SR 840
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-01569-11                                            2011840__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the bravery, heroism, and
    3         dedication of fallen Miami-Dade Police Department
    4         detectives Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth and
    5         expressing the gratitude of all Floridians for their
    6         service.
    7  
    8         WHEREAS, on January 20, 2011, four Miami-Dade Police
    9  Department detectives, Diedre Beecher, Roger Castillo, Amanda
   10  Haworth, and Oscar Plasencia, went to a Miami residence to serve
   11  a murder warrant on a suspect who had a long criminal history,
   12  and
   13         WHEREAS, as detectives Diedre Beecher, Roger Castillo,
   14  Amanda Haworth, and Oscar Plasencia interviewed the occupants of
   15  the house, the 23-year-old subject of the arrest warrant opened
   16  fire on them, and
   17         WHEREAS, detectives Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth were
   18  shot and fatally wounded, with Detective Castillo dying at the
   19  scene and Detective Haworth dying during emergency surgery at a
   20  local hospital, and
   21         WHEREAS, Detective Diedre Beecher sustained an injury
   22  during the shootout, but survived, and Detective Oscar Plasencia
   23  returned fire on the suspect, killing him, and
   24         WHEREAS, Detective Roger Castillo was born in Miami and
   25  grew up in Westchester, attending Royal Palm Elementary, Riviera
   26  Middle School, and Southwest Miami Senior High School, and
   27         WHEREAS, Detective Roger Castillo entered the Miami-Dade
   28  Police Academy at age 20 and was a 21-year veteran of the Miami
   29  Dade Police Department, and
   30         WHEREAS, when Detective Roger Castillo was assigned to
   31  train rookie officer Debbie Perez, he met the love of his life,
   32  whom he married in 1995, and
   33         WHEREAS, Detective Roger Castillo was devoted to Debbie and
   34  their three sons, Anthony, Michael, and Brian, and treasured the
   35  time they spent together as a family, and
   36         WHEREAS, Detective Amanda Haworth was a graduate of Miami
   37  Sunset High School and Miami-Dade College and was a 23-year
   38  veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department, where she served
   39  since January 2003 as a member of the Strategic and Specialized
   40  Investigations Bureau, Career Criminal Section, and
   41         WHEREAS, Detective Amanda Haworth was devoted to her 13
   42  year-old son, Austin, often playing baseball with him in their
   43  back yard and never missing a game played by the Weston Red
   44  Hawks, Austin’s team, and
   45         WHEREAS, Miami-Dade detectives Roger Castillo and Amanda
   46  Haworth bravely served, and Miami-Dade detectives Deidre Beecher
   47  and Oscar Plasencia continue to show great valor in serving, the
   48  residents of this state, and
   49         WHEREAS, Miami-Dade detectives Roger Castillo and Amanda
   50  Haworth are heroes, not because of how they died, but because of
   51  how they lived, NOW, THEREFORE,
   52  
   53  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   54  
   55         That this legislative body does pause in its deliberations
   56  to pay its respects to the dedication of fallen Miami-Dade
   57  Police Department detectives Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth
   58  and to express the gratitude of all Floridians for their
   59  service.