Bill Text: PA HR232 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring the life and extending condolences for the supreme sacrifice of Pittsburgh Police Officer Stephen J. Mayhle, who was killed in the line of duty on April 4, 2009.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2009-06-30 - Adopted [HR232 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR232-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1723
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 232 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY D. COSTA, DEASY, FRANKEL, WALKO, READSHAW, DERMODY, MATZIE, ADOLPH, BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, BROOKS, BROWN, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CASORIO, CAUSER, CHRISTIANA, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, P. COSTA, COX, CRUZ, CURRY, DALEY, DALLY, DELOZIER, DePASQUALE, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EACHUS, ELLIS, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FARRY, FLECK, FREEMAN, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GERGELY, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARHART, HARKINS, HARPER, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KESSLER, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KOTIK, KRIEGER, LEVDANSKY, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McCALL, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MENSCH, METCALFE, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, MUNDY, MURPHY, MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PARKER, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PAYTON, PEIFER, PETRI, PICKETT, PYLE, QUIGLEY, QUINN, RAPP, REICHLEY, ROSS, SABATINA, SAINATO, SANTARSIERO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SEIP, SHAPIRO, SIPTROTH, M. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, STEVENSON, STURLA, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, R. TAYLOR, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WAGNER, WATERS, WATSON, D. EVANS, PHILLIPS, BRADFORD, BURNS, CUTLER, DeLUCA, HOUGHTON, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, KULA, MAHONEY, METZGAR, D. O'BRIEN, OLIVER, PRESTON, REED, ROAE, ROCK, TALLMAN, WHEATLEY, EVERETT, ROEBUCK AND BENNINGHOFF, MAY 4, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MAY 4, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and extending condolences for the supreme
sacrifice of Pittsburgh Police Officer Stephen J. Mayhle, who
was killed in the line of duty on April 4, 2009.
WHEREAS, Officer Stephen J. Mayhle, 29, a two-year veteran of
the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and member of the Fraternal
Order of Police, had always dreamed of being a police officer;
and
WHEREAS, Officer Mayhle was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania,
and attended Indiana Wesleyan High School; and
WHEREAS, Officer Mayhle graduated from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania in 2002 with a degree in criminology; and
WHEREAS, On the morning of April 4, 2009, Officer Mayhle and
two fellow officers, Paul Sciullo II and Eric Kelly, responded
to a call for assistance due to a domestic disturbance in the
Stanton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh; and
WHEREAS, Officer Mayhle was killed at the scene in a
senseless and unwarranted attack that also took the lives of
Officer Sciullo and Officer Kelly; and
WHEREAS, Officer Mayhle is survived by his wife, Shandra,
whom he married in 2000, and his two daughters, Jennifer and
Brooklynn, his parents, Ronald and Marjorie, and his two
brothers, Jeffrey and Jamie; and
WHEREAS, Thousands of people from near and far, including
police officers from towns and cities across the United States
and Canada, gathered in Pittsburgh to mourn the loss of Officer
Mayhle, Officer Sciullo and Officer Kelly as the heroes lay in
state in the City-County Building; and
WHEREAS, Officer Mayhle will be remembered as a loving
husband and father, a dedicated public servant for the City of
Pittsburgh and a true hero who lost his life while performing
his sworn duty to protect and serve those in need; therefore be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life
and extend condolences for the supreme sacrifice of Pittsburgh
Police Officer Stephen J. Mayhle; and be it further
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to
Officer Mayhle's wife and children.
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