Bill Text: TX SR673 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the detention officers and jail employees of the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-04 - Reported enrolled [SR673 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR673-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize the detention officers and jail employees of the Dallas | ||
County Sheriff's Department on the occasion of National | ||
Correctional Officers and Employees Week, which is being | ||
observed May 3 through 9, 2015; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Dallas County Sheriff's Department detention | ||
service staff is composed of more than 1,500 licensed officers who | ||
work alongside an administrative staff that includes approximately | ||
200 clerks in the nation's seventh-largest jail system; detention | ||
service workers include jailers, records managers, administrators, | ||
caseworkers, and medical providers; and | ||
WHEREAS, These dedicated men and women provide custodial | ||
care and control for approximately 6,000 inmates each day at the | ||
system's five jail facilities and at its new, state-of-the-art | ||
medical and mental health facility; and | ||
WHEREAS, Approximately 80,000 inmates are booked into | ||
Dallas County jail facilities annually, and employees will | ||
process more than 100,000 criminal and civil court cases; and | ||
WHEREAS, The employees of the Dallas County Sheriff's | ||
Department have through the years maintained the highest | ||
standards of jail operation, and they are truly deserving of | ||
special recognition for the vital role they play in the | ||
administration of justice; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
Legislature, hereby commend the detention officers and jail | ||
employees of the Dallas County Sheriff's Department on their | ||
commitment to public service and extend to them best wishes for a | ||
memorable National Correctional Officers and Employees Week; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
them as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
Huffines | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 4, 2015. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |