PRINTER'S NO. 2011
No. 208 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY HORSEY, YOUNGBLOOD, RIEGER, THOMAS, TIGUE,
CORRIGAN, CARN, READSHAW, BEBKO-JONES, STABACK, DONATUCCI,
GIGLIOTTI, LAUGHLIN, McNAUGHTON, SANTONI, PESCI, JAROLIN,
LEDERER, SAYLOR, BELARDI, JAMES, BELFANTI, SAINATO, SATHER,
BARD, FICHTER, ITKIN, MELIO, HALUSKA, TRELLO, KAISER, OLASZ,
WOJNAROSKI, SCHULER, HERSHEY, ORIE, DRUCE, STERN, CURRY,
L. I. COHEN AND MANDERINO, JUNE 10, 1997
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 10, 1997
A RESOLUTION
1 Commending Police Commissioner Richard Neal on being selected as
2 a recipient of the United States Attorney General's William
3 French Smith Award.
4 WHEREAS, Richard Neal as police commissioner of the
5 Philadelphia Police Department heads the fourth largest police
6 department in our Nation, which consists of over 7,600 full-time
7 uniformed and civilian employees; and
8 WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia has an area of nearly 130
9 square miles and a population of more than 1.5 million people;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Commissioner Neal, a native of South Philadelphia,
12 has distinguished himself as one outstanding criminal justice
13 professional, having received training from many highly regarded
14 criminal justice programs and institutions; and
15 WHEREAS, Commissioner Neal and his wife Dolores and their
1 sons Richard and Jason are exemplary residents of the City of
2 Philadelphia; and
3 WHEREAS, Commissioner Neal has been selected to receive the
4 highly coveted United States Attorney General's William French
5 Smith Award, which will be presented to him by Attorney General
6 Janet Reno in Washington D.C., on June 13, 1997; therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend Police
8 Commissioner Richard Neal on the great honor bestowed on him by
9 his selection as a recipient of the United States Attorney
10 General's William French Smith Award; and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives wish Commissioner
12 Neal continued success in his professional and personal life.
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