Bill Text: CA ACR33 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Officer Richard T. Steed Memorial Highway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 73, Statutes of 2011. [ACR33 Detail]

Download: California-2011-ACR33-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 33	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  73
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 23, 2011
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JULY 14, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 6, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Harkey

                        MARCH 7, 2011

   Relative to the Officer Richard T. Steed Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 33, Harkey. Officer Richard T. Steed Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 5 in the City of San Clemente as the Officer Richard T. Steed
Memorial Highway. This measure would also request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering those costs, to erect those signs.



   WHEREAS, Richard (Rick) Thomas Steed was born on December 27,
1947, to Henry and Martha Steed, and grew up in Alexandria, Virginia
with his brother Hank and sister Donna; and
   WHEREAS, During the summers of 1964 to 1967, he managed a
community pool in Washington, D.C.; and
   WHEREAS, After completing high school Rick enlisted in the United
States Marine Corps, where he served for eight years and rose to the
rank of Staff Sergeant. During his service Rick spent one tour of
duty in Vietnam as a radio technician in the Recon Platoon, and also
served in Okinawa. Rick was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal, a Good
Service Medal, and a Combat Action Ribbon. He also earned his jump
wings; and
   WHEREAS, While still on active duty Rick became interested in law
enforcement and became a reserve police officer with the San Clemente
Police Department in July 1975; and
   WHEREAS, After receiving his associate of arts degree in criminal
justice from Saddleback Community College, Rick was hired as a
full-time police officer with the San Clemente Police Department on
June 6, 1977. Officer Steed attended the Police Academy at Los
Medanos College in Pittsburgh, California, where he was elected class
president; and
   WHEREAS, Always quick with a smile or a joke, Rick was very
popular with everyone from his fellow officers to the citizens he met
on the job. Despite his sense of humor, Rick took his position very
seriously. He was a very quick learner, and was described by a
supervisor as a man who took pride in everything he did; and
   WHEREAS, On his final patrol shift, on November 29, 1978, Officer
Steed answered a call for medical aid in an adjacent beat. Officer
Steed announced his arrival to the dispatcher and indicated that he
saw a subject approaching from behind his vehicle. As he exited the
car and turned toward the subject, Officer Steed was immediately, and
without provocation, shot twice with a .38 caliber handgun, and died
from those injuries; and
   WHEREAS, A massive manhunt involving multiple law enforcement
agencies resulted in apprehending the suspect and retrieving the
murder weapon. The suspect was incarcerated in a state mental
hospital; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Steed is the only San Clemente police officer to
die in the line of duty; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Steed was enshrined on Honor Rolls in the Santa
Ana Courthouse, Sacramento, and Washington, D.C., and named in the
Honor Roll and Officer Down Memorial Internet Web sites, and on
memorial bricks in the Vietnam section of the Saddleback College
Veterans Memorial and at the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico,
Virginia. Additionally, a 64-acre park and sports complex was named
the Richard T. Steed Memorial Park, and a plaque prominently
displayed at Park Semper Fi near the San Clemente Pier; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Steed was survived by his wife Kathy; and
   WHEREAS, In recognition of Officer Steed's great contributions,
service, and sacrifice to the City of San Clemente, it would be a
fitting tribute to designate a portion of State Highway Route 5 in
the City of San Clemente as the Officer Richard T. Steed Memorial
Highway; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 5 between the Avenida San Luis Rey
exit and the Camino De Estrella exit in the City of San Clemente as
the Officer Richard T. Steed Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.