Bill Text: WV HCR26 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson - Fallen Heroes Memorial Bridge.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-03-12 - House Message received [HCR26 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-HCR26-Amended.html
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 26
(By Delegates Rowe, Barach, Pushkin, Skaff, Dean, Pack, Pritt, Capito, Graves, Ferrell, and Young)
[January 25, 2022]
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number: 20-060/00-005.59 (WB) (20A336), (38.35826,-81.63989) locally known as US 60 Washington Street Bridge, carrying US 60 over Elk River in Kanawha county, the “Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson Memorial Bridge”
Whereas, Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson was a lifelong resident of the City of Charleston, West Virginia, and was a graduate of Capital High School; and
Whereas, Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson was a 2019 graduate of the West Virginia State Police Academy; and
Whereas, On January 11, 2019, Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson was sworn in as a member of the Charleston Police Department, where her love for her community quickly made her one of the most likeable members of the force; and
Whereas, Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson had worked as a humane officer for the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association, and regularly sought convictions in animal cruelty cases; and
Whereas, Charleston Police Officer Johnson’s classmates at the West Virginia State Police Academy remember how much of a positive impact she had on them by her uplifting spirit and encouraging words; and
Whereas, On December 1, 2020, Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson was shot and wounded in the line of duty while responding to a routine call in Charleston, West Virginia and tragically, she passed away on December 3, 2020, after succumbing to her injuries; and
Whereas, Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson was given a hero’s funeral in the City of Charleston, West Virginia on December 8, 2020, attended by law enforcement from across the state and country; and
Whereas, Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson will forever be remembered for her commitment to the City of Charleston and to the great State of West Virginia; and
Whereas, Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson is missed by her family, friends, colleagues, the community of Charleston, the State of West Virginia, and all those whose lives she touched; and
Whereas, Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson is survived by her mother, Sheryl S. Casto; brother, Charles Terrance Johnson and Jessica; sister, Chelsea Johnson; several uncles, aunts, cousins, other family and friends, as well as her brothers and sisters in Blue, The Charleston Police Department; and
Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson and her contributions to the City of Charleston, our state and country and to commemorate the lives of the fallen heroes of the Charleston Police Department, by naming the bridge across the Elk River on the street known as Washington Street in the City of Charleston in their honor; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number: 20-060/00-005.59 (WB) (20A336), (38.35826,-81.63989) locally known as US 60 Washington Street Bridge, carrying US 60 over Elk River in Kanawha county, the “Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson Memorial Bridge”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson Memorial Bridge”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.
