By: Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.C.R. No. 34
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2015;
April 27, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Criminal Justice; May 6, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 6, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
WhitmireX
HuffmanX
BurtonX
CreightonX
HinojosaX
MenéndezX
PerryX
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Oscar Hale has served with exceptional skill and
dedication as chief investigator of the Webb County District
Attorney's Office for more than four decades; and
WHEREAS, A Vietnam veteran, Mr. Hale began his career in law
enforcement as a police officer in 1968, at the age of 21; he
quickly demonstrated outstanding ability as an investigator and was
promoted to the rank of detective with responsibility for handling
robbery, homicide, and injury cases; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hale was named chief investigator in the
district attorney's office soon after joining that department, and
he is widely admired for his courage, judgment, and work ethic, as
well as for his knowledge and experience; and
WHEREAS, Throughout his remarkable career in law
enforcement, O. J. Hale has set a standard of excellence to which
others may aspire; the Texas Department of Public Safety is
completing a new crime lab in Laredo, and it would be most fitting
to recognize Mr. Hale's noteworthy achievements by naming this
facility in his honor; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby direct the Texas Department of Public Safety to name the new
crime lab in Laredo the Oscar "O. J." Hale Crime Lab; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official
copy of this resolution to the chair of the board and to the
director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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