PRINTER'S NO. 1565
No. 136 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, ERICKSON, STOUT, COSTA, BOSCOLA, WOZNIAK
AND LAVALLE, DECEMBER 3, 2001
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 3, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Governor to establish an Office of Public Security to
2 develop a comprehensive Statewide strategy to secure
3 Pennsylvania from acts of terrorism or terroristic threats.
4 WHEREAS, The events of September 11, 2001, have changed the
5 way Americans think and act regarding issues of safety; and
6 WHEREAS, Former Governor Tom Ridge has been appointed by
7 President Bush to head the Office of Homeland Security; and
8 WHEREAS, One of the purposes of the Office of Homeland
9 Security is to coordinate reporting and safety procedures with
10 State and local governments; and
11 WHEREAS, Governor George E. Pataki of New York recently
12 appointed former assistant director of the FBI, New York
13 Division, James K. Kallstrom, to head the newly created Office
14 of Public Security to coordinate and bolster antiterrorism
15 efforts in New York; and
16 WHEREAS, The Senate of Pennsylvania believes the Commonwealth
17 needs an Office of Public Security to coordinate and bolster
18 antiterrorism efforts in this Commonwealth; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the Senate urge Governor Mark Schweiker to
2 establish an Office of Public Security to ensure maximum
3 preparedness for possible terrorist acts or threats.
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