Bill Text: NY K00299 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring Undersheriff Richard Castle upon the occasion of his retirement after 35 years of distinguished service to the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-04-17 - adopted [K00299 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-K00299-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 299

BY: M. of A. Woerner

        HONORING  Undersheriff  Richard  Castle  upon  the
        occasion  of  his  retirement  after  35  years   of
        distinguished   service   to   the  Saratoga  County
        Sheriff's Office

  WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize  and
honor  those  distinguished  officers  who  devote  themselves to public
service, demonstrating great courage and diligence in providing for  the
care  and  welfare  of  the citizens of their communities and this great
Empire State; and

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to honor Undersheriff
Richard Castle upon the occasion of his retirement  after  35  years  of
distinguished  service  to  the  Saratoga County Sheriff's Office, to be
celebrated on April 21, 2023; and

  WHEREAS, Richard Castle, born and raised in Waterford, New York,  is
a  graduate  of  LaSalle Institute, Empire State College, and the Zone 5
Law Enforcement Academy; and

  WHEREAS, His career commencing in Public Safety  at  19  years  old,
Richard Castle began as a dispatcher for the Waterford Police Department
in Waterford, New York; and

  WHEREAS,  Richard  Castle, under New York's Saratoga County Sheriff,
James D. Bowen, was promoted to Deputy Sheriff in 1991, Patrol  Sergeant
in 2000, and Patrol Lieutenant in 2008; and

  WHEREAS,  During  his  tenure,  Richard  Castle, headed the Saratoga
County  Sheriff's  Department  Traffic  Safety  Unit,  served  as   lead
investigator  and  instructor for the Collision Reconstruction Unit, and
was Systems Administrator for the Department of Information  Technology;
and

  WHEREAS,  In  2014,  Richard Castle, was promoted to Chief Deputy by
Saratoga County's Sheriff, Michael Zurlo, and was sworn in on March  11,
2016, as Sheriff Zurlo's Undersheriff; and

  WHEREAS,  A long-time resident of Halfmoon, New York, Richard Castle
served on the Advisory Board for the Zone 5  Law  Enforcement  Board  in
Schenectady,  New York; he is also a licensed commercial aircraft pilot,
a past officer of the U.S.  Coast  Guard  Auxiliary,  and  an  emergency
medical technician; and

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  sense  of  this  Legislative  Body that those
dedicated public servants who unselfishly  devote  their  lives  to  the
preservation  of  order  and the protection of others are worthy and due
full praise for their commitment and noble endeavors; now, therefore, be
it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
honor  Undersheriff  Richard  Castle upon the occasion of his retirement

after 35 years of distinguished service to the Saratoga County Sheriff's
Office; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Richard Castle.