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    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SR 14-B

    By Senator Lawson





    6-2706-07

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing members of the

  3         Department of Corrections on winning recent

  4         national and regional honors.

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  6         WHEREAS, two teams of Department of Corrections'

  7  officers won recent national and regional acclaim, and

  8         WHEREAS, the National Corrections & Law Enforcement

  9  Training & Technology Center Skills Competition was held in

10  Moundsville, West Virginia, May 10 to 11, 2007, and

11         WHEREAS, first place overall in the skills competition

12  was awarded to the Gulf Correctional Institution's Corrections

13  Emergency Response Team, including Lieutenant Michael

14  Mashburn, Sergeant Trampus Gray, Sergeant David Swain,

15  Sergeant Kevin Romer, Officer Kenneth Stephens, Officer Jeremy

16  Cross, Officer Michael Pabis, and Officer Joseph Mastro, and

17         WHEREAS, Lieutenant Michael Mashburn also took fourth

18  place individual honors in the Super S.W.A.T. Competition, and

19         WHEREAS, the Gulf Correctional Institution's

20  Corrections Emergency Response Team was the least penalized

21  team in all events, employing the motto, "We will not lower

22  our standards to raise yours," and

23         WHEREAS, canine teams from five states competed for top

24  honors during the 2007 Southern States Manhunt Field Trials,

25  which were hosted by the Arkansas Department of Corrections

26  and took place March 12 to 16, 2007, at Camp Robinson National

27  Guard Post in North Little Rock, and

28         WHEREAS, there were 31 canine teams from Florida,

29  Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri which competed

30  for top honors at this competition, and

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    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SR 14-B
    6-2706-07




 1         WHEREAS, Sergeant Burley Townson and Correctional

 2  Officer Jamie Sanders, along with their beagles from Century

 3  Correctional Institution, won first place in the Multiple

 4  Leash Competition, and

 5         WHEREAS, the two teams demonstrated award-winning

 6  skills and commitment to their respective missions of seeking

 7  positive resolution of crisis events, participating in

 8  narcotics searches and contraband interdictions, and assisting

 9  local law enforcement agencies, NOW, THEREFORE,

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11  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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13         That the Senate salutes the Gulf Correctional

14  Institution's Corrections Emergency Response Team for their

15  team and individual awards in various skills competitions, and

16  the canine unit from Century Correctional Institution for

17  their award in the Multiple Leash Competition.

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