HLS 15RS-791 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 21
BY REPRESENTATIVE PIERRE
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Major Luranie Richard, the first female promoted to the
rank of major in the Lafayette Police Department
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Major Luranie Richard upon her promotion as the first female major in the
3 Lafayette Police Department.
4 WHEREAS, Luranie Richard joined the Lafayette Police Department on January 9,
51985, and in her three decades of service to the citizenry of Lafayette, she has achieved a
6number of firsts; and
7 WHEREAS, Major Richard is the longest-employed female officer in the Lafayette
8Police Department; she was the first female to achieve a supervisory role with her promotion
9in April of 2001 to sergeant; with her promotion to captain in September of 2012, the first
10woman captain for the department, she became the first female to serve as commander of
11a precinct; she supervised Precinct 1, one of the busiest precincts in the city; and
12 WHEREAS, in February of 2015, Major Richard became the first woman to achieve
13the rank of major, one of three officers holding the most senior rank below chief of police;
14and
15 WHEREAS, the contributions Major Richard makes to the community beyond her
16work with the police department are invaluable; after years of work with the neighborhoods
17in Precinct 1, she has been appointed to head a police department community relations
18committee; and
19 WHEREAS, Major Richard's current assignment is commander of the Services
20Division, where she supervises more than eighty individuals in twelve sections, overseeing
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1nonemergency services such as training and records; and it is fitting to recognize and
2applaud the civil service Major Luranie Richard has provided to the people of Lafayette.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
4Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Major Luranie Richard for her outstanding
5service to the Lafayette Police Department; does hereby herald and offer hearty and sincerest
6congratulations for her many firsts, chief among them her promotion to the rank of major,
7the first female major in the department; and does hereby extend best wishes and hopes for
8success to Major Luranie Richard as she continues her work for the betterment of the
9community of Lafayette.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
11to Major Luranie Richard.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 21 Original 2015 Regular Session Pierre
Commends Maj. Luranie Richard upon her promotion as the first female major in the
Lafayette police department.
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