PRINTER'S NO. 2723
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
638
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, GINGRICH, READSHAW, BAKER, BARBIN, BARRAR,
BIZZARRO, BOBACK, R. BROWN, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN,
CONKLIN, CORBIN, D. COSTA, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DAVIS,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL, DUSH, EVERETT, GODSHALL,
GOODMAN, GREINER, GROVE, HARHART, A. HARRIS, HEFFLEY,
HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, PHILLIPS-HILL, JAMES, JOZWIAK,
KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KINSEY, KOTIK, LEWIS, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY,
MARSHALL, MARSICO, MASSER, METZGAR, MILLARD, MURT, NEILSON,
O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, ORTITAY, D. PARKER, PETRI, PICKETT,
QUIGLEY, RAPP, REGAN, ROSS, ROZZI, SACCONE, SANTORA, SAYLOR,
SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, SONNEY, TAYLOR, TOEPEL, VEREB, WARD,
WHEELAND, WHITE, ZIMMERMAN, MILNE AND WATSON,
JANUARY 21, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 21, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Celebrating the Pennsylvania State Police Academy.
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania State Police was established as an
executive department of State government by an act of the
General Assembly in 1905 and became not only the first uniformed
police organization of its kind in the nation, but also a model
for other state police agencies throughout the country; and
WHEREAS, Initially, newly enlisted Pennsylvania State
Policemen, referred to as "probationers," turned to their
commanding officer and senior men of the troop for training in
the skills they needed for police work; and
WHEREAS, A more standardized and efficient method was needed
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