Bill Text: GA SR1640 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Wells, Karen Anita; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-29 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1640 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR1640-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1640
By:
Senator James of the 35th
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RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Morehouse College Police Dispatcher Karen Anita Wells; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Morehouse College Police Dispatcher Karen Anita Wells demonstrated calm under
extreme pressure, skillful execution of her training, and compassionate service
that helped in the release of four carjack victims on April 25, 2010;
and
WHEREAS,
on Sunday evening April 25, 2010, Ms. Wells received a call from one of four
students who had been carjacked and kidnapped by three men in Atlanta, Georgia;
and
WHEREAS,
the three Morehouse College students and one American Intercontinental
University student were on the campus of Morehouse College when they were
carjacked at gunpoint and two passengers were forced into the trunk of the car;
and
WHEREAS,
upon receiving a call for help from a victim in the trunk, Ms. Wells directed
officers from Morehouse College and other Atlanta University Center campuses to
the Wachovia Bank in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta, where the carjackers
were taking the victims to gain access to their bank accounts with their stolen
ATM cards; and
WHEREAS,
a graduate of Tupelo High School, Ms. Wells earned a bachelor's degree in
criminal justice from Jackson State University and attended Georgia State
University's master program in criminal justice; and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Wells has served as a dispatcher for Morehouse College Campus since 2009 and
has 25 years of experience with the Atlanta Police Department, where she served
in numerous capacities, including administrative sergeant, security commander,
post sergeant, team sergeant, and sector sergeant; and
WHEREAS,
POST and GCIC certified, Ms. Wells has been trained in expansive areas of law
enforcement, including first response, mass arrest, management, and criminal
procedure just to name a few; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the extraordinary accomplishments of
this distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
Morehouse College Police Dispatcher Karen Anita Wells on her professional, calm,
and quick thinking that saved the lives of four carjack victims.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Morehouse College Police
Dispatcher Karen Anita Wells.
