Bill Text: TX HR50 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulating Chief Bruce Bradshaw on his retirement from the Comanche Police Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-20 - Filed [HR50 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR50-Introduced.html
| 87S10178 JGH-D | ||
| By: Slawson | H.R. No. 50 | |
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| WHEREAS, Bruce Bradshaw is retiring as chief of the Comanche | ||
| Police Department on September 30, 2021, drawing to a close a | ||
| notable career in law enforcement that has spanned nearly four and a | ||
| half decades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A native of Comanche, Chief Bradshaw graduated from | ||
| Comanche High School and earned his bachelor's degree from Tarleton | ||
| State University in 1977; he worked briefly for the Dublin Police | ||
| Department before joining the Mesquite Police Department in | ||
| December 1977, where he served for 28 years as a patrolman and | ||
| investigator; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Promoted to sergeant, Chief Bradshaw worked with the | ||
| Mesquite PD's patrol, jail, and criminal investigation divisions; | ||
| as a criminal investigation sergeant, he served with the | ||
| Juvenile/Gang Section and the Crimes Against Persons Section, where | ||
| he investigated sexual assault, aggravated and family violence | ||
| assault, homicides, robberies, and public integrity crimes; in | ||
| 1997, he started the department's pioneering computer and cell | ||
| phone forensic lab, establishing policies and procedures that are | ||
| still used today; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In April 2006, this esteemed law enforcement | ||
| professional returned to his hometown to become chief of the | ||
| Comanche Police Department; over the course of his exemplary | ||
| 15-year tenure, Chief Bradshaw has overseen the city's Public | ||
| Safety Division, which includes the police department, animal | ||
| control, and code enforcement; in 2016, he established the | ||
| department's computer and cell phone forensic lab, which has | ||
| assisted other agencies across the region, received training and | ||
| equipment from the U.S. Secret Service, and made great strides in | ||
| fighting illegal narcotics, child pornography, child exploitation, | ||
| and human trafficking in the region; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Under Chief Bradshaw's leadership, the Comanche | ||
| Police Department was accredited by the Texas Police Chiefs | ||
| Association in 2019 after meeting 168 standards, and in 2017, Chief | ||
| Bradshaw himself received the association's Executive Leadership | ||
| Award; in all his endeavors, he enjoys the love and support of his | ||
| wife, Gail, as well as that of his two daughters and his two | ||
| grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bruce Bradshaw's integrity, dynamic leadership, and | ||
| commitment to service have greatly benefited the citizens of | ||
| Comanche and earned him the respect and admiration of his fellow | ||
| peace officers, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career | ||
| well spent as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Chief Bruce | ||
| Bradshaw on his retirement from the Comanche Police Department and | ||
| extend to him sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Chief Bradshaw as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
