THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, ADOLPH, BAKER, BEAR, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BOBACK, BOYD, BRADFORD, BROOKS, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, DELOZIER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARKINS, HARPER, HARRIS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KNOWLES, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MARSICO, McCALL, McGEEHAN, McILVAINE SMITH, MELIO, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, READSHAW, REED, REESE, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROHRER, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, MARCH 9, 2010

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 9, 2010  

A RESOLUTION

Honoring the Pennsylvania Capitol Police on the occasion of its

115th anniversary on March 26, 2010.

WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Capitol Police was established on

March 26, 1895, through the signing of enabling legislation

under Governor Daniel Hartman Hastings, the 23rd Governor of

Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, The Capitol Police was the first police agency under

Commonwealth jurisdiction and is the second oldest state police

organization in the nation; and

WHEREAS, The Capitol Police is a multifaceted law enforcement

entity with varied responsibilities and is charged with

achieving a safe environment free of crime, investigating all

crimes committed on State property, protecting and serving

employees and visitors while on State property as well as

protecting property and grounds throughout the Capitol Complex

and at State office buildings in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and

Scranton; and

WHEREAS, The Capitol Police accomplishes these services by

foot patrol, K-9 patrol or bike or police vehicle patrol; and

WHEREAS, The Capitol Police offers training needs for all

State officials and employees in bomb threat management, bomb

recognition, crime prevention, personal safety and workplace

security; and

WHEREAS, On July 9, 2005, the Capitol Police became an

accredited police department through the Pennsylvania Law

Enforcement Accreditation Commission and the Pennsylvania Chiefs

of Police Association; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the

Pennsylvania Capitol Police on the occasion of its 115th

anniversary on March 26, 2010.