PRINTER'S NO.  3017

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

No.

552

Session of

2012

  

  

INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, BRENNAN, SAMUELSON, BAKER, BARBIN, BARRAR, BEAR, BENNINGHOFF, BOYD, K. BOYLE, BRADFORD, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, COX, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DAVIS, DELOZIER, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, ELLIS, EMRICK, EVERETT, FARRY, FLECK, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLEN, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HACKETT, HAHN, HALUSKA, HARHART, HARRIS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, M. K. KELLER, W. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MALONEY, MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, METCALFE, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MIRABITO, MOUL, MULLERY, MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, M. O'BRIEN, PAYNE, QUINN, RAPP, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, REED, ROAE, ROCK, ROEBUCK, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SIMMONS, M. SMITH, SONNEY, STEPHENS, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TAYLOR, TOEPEL, VULAKOVICH, WATERS, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, JANUARY 26, 2012

  

  

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JANUARY 26, 2012  

  

  

  

A RESOLUTION

  

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Honoring the life and expressing condolences upon the death of

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Officer Robert Allen Lasso, who paid the ultimate sacrifice

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on August 11, 2011, while serving his community.

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WHEREAS, Officer Robert Allen Lasso graduated from the

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Allentown Police Academy in 2001 and dedicated nearly a decade

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of his life to serving the community as a member of the

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Freemansburg Police Department; and

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WHEREAS, On August 11, 2011, Officer Lasso responded to a

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disturbance complaint; and

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WHEREAS, While trying to resolve the incident, Officer Lasso

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was attacked by two dogs and then was hit by a gunshot which

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took his life; and

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WHEREAS, Officer Lasso's courageous actions in attempting to

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resolve the incident resulted in the arrest of his assailant;

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and

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WHEREAS, Officer Dean Schrader described Officer Lasso as a

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"great officer and a great person"; and

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WHEREAS, Officer Lasso was a loving husband and devoted

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father who enjoyed deer hunting and working on his Pontiac

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Firebird and motorcycle; and

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WHEREAS, Officer Lasso is survived by his wife, Jennifer; his

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daughter, Rose; his son, Frankie; his mother, Elsie Stem, wife

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of David Stem; his father, Donald Lasso, husband of Judy Lasso;

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his sisters and his brothers; and

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WHEREAS, It is fitting to commend the heroic contributions

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that Officer Lasso made, to be saddened by this brave young

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officer's death and to honor the supreme sacrifice he paid on

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behalf of his community; therefore be it

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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life

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and express condolences upon the death of Officer Robert Allen

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Lasso, who paid the ultimate sacrifice on August 11, 2011, while

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serving his community.

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