Florida Senate - 2011                            (NP)    SR 1442
       
       
       
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       18-00287A-11                                          20111442__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution commending Dolores Keen, Rose Louis-Paul
    3         Dodson, and Renee Roundtree as Women of Great Valor.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, Dolores Keen, Rose Louis-Paul Dodson, and Renee
    6  Roundtree demonstrated tremendous valor and bravery through
    7  their actions in the early morning hours of June 29, 2010, when
    8  they witnessed the shooting of two officers from the Tampa
    9  Police Department, and
   10         WHEREAS, upon hearing gunfire, Dolores Keen called 911
   11  without hesitation to report to the Tampa Police Department that
   12  two officers had been shot by an unknown assailant, and
   13         WHEREAS, Rose Louis-Paul Dodson and Renee Roundtree ran to
   14  the aid of the fallen officers, Officer David Curtis and Officer
   15  Jeffrey Kocab, in an effort to offer lifesaving assistance and
   16  comfort as they lay dying, and
   17         WHEREAS, these upstanding citizens truly “did the right
   18  thing” without concern for their personal welfare in a community
   19  where such incidents are more often ignored due to the potential
   20  for criticism, retribution, and threat of being ostracized by
   21  neighbors, friends, family members of the perpetrator, or gangs,
   22  and
   23         WHEREAS, through their actions, Dolores Keen, Rose Louis
   24  Paul Dodson, and Renee Roundtree have set a premier example of
   25  valor, bravery, and most of all, human compassion, NOW,
   26  THEREFORE,
   27  
   28  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   30         That the Senate does pause in its deliberations to pay its
   31  respects to Dolores Keen, Rose Louis-Paul Dodson, and Renee
   32  Roundtree for their brave actions of human compassion and
   33  kindness which set an exemplary standard for every person, young
   34  and old, throughout the State of Florida, thereby creating a
   35  better quality of life for every man, woman, and child in this
   36  great state.