| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 782 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Vicente Ramirez of San Antonio embodied the |
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| 3 | 3 | | highest ideals of his profession over the course of an |
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| 4 | 4 | | outstanding 32-year career in law enforcement; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, A 1959 graduate of Harlandale High School, Vince |
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| 6 | 6 | | Ramirez graduated from the Texas Department of Public Safety |
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| 7 | 7 | | Academy in January 1963, and on March 4, 1964, he became one of |
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| 8 | 8 | | the first two Hispanic highway patrolmen in the department's |
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| 9 | 9 | | history; he went on to work for several years with the DPS |
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| 10 | 10 | | Criminal Intelligence Division, and he later provided security |
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| 11 | 11 | | for Governor John Connally and Lieutenant Governor Preston Smith |
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| 12 | 12 | | at the 1968 World's Fair in San Antonio; he joined the United |
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| 13 | 13 | | States Customs Service in 1972; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Ramirez became a special agent in Laredo for |
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| 15 | 15 | | the newly organized Drug Enforcement Administration in July |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1973, and for the next decade, he was on the front lines of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | war on drugs, interdicting illegal drugs and collecting |
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| 18 | 18 | | international intelligence on their cultivation and movement; in |
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| 19 | 19 | | this vital endeavor, he worked closely with the Mexican Federal |
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| 20 | 20 | | Police in the border states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and |
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| 21 | 21 | | Coahuila; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, In 1983, Agent Ramirez transferred to the San |
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| 23 | 23 | | Antonio DEA office, where he worked with the San Antonio |
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| 24 | 24 | | Narcotics Bureau and the narcotics unit of the San Antonio Police |
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| 25 | 25 | | Department; he rejoined the United States Customs Service in 1984 |
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| 26 | 26 | | as a member of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task |
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| 27 | 27 | | Force,whichtargetedthesmugglinganddistributionofdrugsand |
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| 28 | 28 | | the laundering of their proceeds; he retired in 1995, after more |
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| 29 | 29 | | than three decades of skilled and courageous service; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, Vince Ramirez was a trailblazing member of the law |
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| 31 | 31 | | enforcement community who made vital contributions to the |
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| 32 | 32 | | citizens of Bexar County, the State of Texas, and the United |
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| 33 | 33 | | States of America, and he may reflect with great pride on a career |
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| 34 | 34 | | well spent; now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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| 36 | 36 | | Legislature, hereby commend Vicente Ramirez for his exemplary |
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| 37 | 37 | | career in law enforcement and extend to him sincere best wishes |
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| 38 | 38 | | for the future; and, be it further |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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| 40 | 40 | | prepared for Mr. Ramirez as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 41 | 41 | | Texas Senate. |
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| 42 | 42 | | Menéndez |
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| 43 | 43 | | ________________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | President of the Senate |
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| 45 | 45 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 46 | 46 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 47 | 47 | | the Senate on May 21, 2019. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ________________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 50 | 50 | | ________________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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