Florida Senate - 2020                            (NP)    SR 1900
       
       
        
       By Senator Broxson
       
       
       
       
       
       1-02984-20                                            20201900__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution congratulating Officer Mary Green on her
    3         recognition as the 2019 Pensacola Police Department
    4         Officer of the Year.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, in 2019, Pensacola Police Department Officer Mary
    7  Green was assigned as one of two school resource officers (SROs)
    8  at Pensacola High School, and
    9         WHEREAS, during the school year, Officer Mary Green went
   10  above and beyond the regular duties of an SRO, serving as a
   11  mentor to students and constantly pursuing opportunities for
   12  student engagement, and
   13         WHEREAS, Officer Mary Green was the inspiration for the
   14  Manna Food Pantries SRO Food Program, which was launched in 2019
   15  after Officer Green realized that, for some students, a school
   16  lunch is their only meal of the day, and
   17         WHEREAS, in cooperation with Manna Food Pantries, SROs
   18  countywide now keep a box of nonperishable food in their offices
   19  to distribute at their discretion to students, and the SRO Food
   20  Program will serve as a best practice model for SROs statewide,
   21  and
   22         WHEREAS, over the summer, Officer Mary Green accompanied
   23  participants in the General Daniel “Chappie” James Flight
   24  Academy to Tuskegee, Alabama, where her extraordinary commitment
   25  to students was recognized by the academy board chair, and
   26         WHEREAS, Officer Mary Green has been named the 2019 Officer
   27  of the Year by the Pensacola Police Department, NOW, THEREFORE,
   28  
   29  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   30  
   31         That Officer Mary Green is congratulated on her recognition
   32  as the 2019 Pensacola Police Department Officer of the Year.
   33         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   34  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Officer Mary
   35  Green as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida
   36  Senate.