Bill Text: AZ SR1008 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Brian Terry; death resolution

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 21-7)

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-23 - Transmitted to Secretary Of State [SR1008 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2012-SR1008-Enrolled.html

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Senate Engrossed

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fiftieth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2012

 

 

SENATE RESOLUTION 1008

 

 

 

A RESOLUTION

 

on the death of united states border patrol agent brian a. terry.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

United States Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry died on December 15, 2010, at the age of forty.

Brian Terry was born in Lincoln Park, Michigan, on August 11, 1970 to Josephine and Kent Terry.  At the age of six, Brian and his family moved to Flat Rock, Michigan.

Brian was known by classmates for his sense of humor and his willingness to help others.  He ran cross country in high school.

Growing up, Brian had a love for law enforcement.  He would visit his Uncle Bob, a police officer in Lincoln Park, Michigan, who would give Brian tours of the police station.

After high school, Brian enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. After boot camp in Camp Pendleton, California, he spent most of his four year tour of duty in Naples, Italy.  Brian then returned to Michigan and earned an associate degree in criminal justice from Henry Ford Community College.  Brian began his law enforcement career in 1998 with the Ecorse Police Department.  After two years, he transferred to the Lincoln Park Police Department.

Although he was a decorated police officer, Brian decided to apply with the United States Border Patrol.  He was accepted in 2007, and graduated President of his class at the Border Patrol Academy in El Paso, Texas.  He was assigned to the Naco Station in Bisbee, Arizona.

Brian was approved as a member of the elite tactical unit known as BORTAC.

On December 14, 2010, Brian was conducting operations as a member of BORTAC in Nogales, Arizona.  Brian and his team were targeting a "rip crew," which seeks to rob and assault drug runners.  Brian and his team encountered five people in the Peck Well area near Rio Rico.  Brian was shot in the lower back during an exchange of gunfire and died the next day.

Brian Terry is survived by his parents, Kent and Josephine, his brother Kent, his sisters, Michelle and Kelly, five nieces and one nephew.

Therefore

Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona:

That the Members of the Senate express regret at the death of Brian A. Terry and extend their deepest condolences to his surviving family members.

 

 

 

 

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE SENATE FEBRUARY 23, 2012.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FEBRUARY 23, 2012.