| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 325 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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| 3 | 3 | | recognize Vince Ramirez for his outstanding accomplishments with |
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| 4 | 4 | | the Texas Department of Public Safety, the United States Drug |
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| 5 | 5 | | Enforcement Administration, and the United States Customs |
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| 6 | 6 | | Service and for his immeasurable contributions to the state in |
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| 7 | 7 | | battling the spread of illegal drugs; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Vince Ramirez entered the Department of Public |
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| 9 | 9 | | Safety Academy in 1962 and graduated in January of 1963; in 1964, |
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| 10 | 10 | | he was introduced by Governor John Connally and Department of |
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| 11 | 11 | | Public Safety Colonel Homer Garrison as one of the first Mexican |
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| 12 | 12 | | American highway patrolmen in Texas; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, He worked with the department's criminal |
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| 14 | 14 | | intelligence unit in Laredo for a time before being assigned to |
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| 15 | 15 | | provide security for Governor John Connally and Lieutenant |
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| 16 | 16 | | Governor Preston Smith at the HemisFair '68 World's Fair in San |
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| 17 | 17 | | Antonio; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1972, Mr. Ramirez returned to Laredo; he |
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| 19 | 19 | | accepted a position with the United States Customs Service, and |
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| 20 | 20 | | in 1973, a merger occurred between the agency and the federal |
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| 21 | 21 | | Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs to form the United States |
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| 22 | 22 | | Drug Enforcement Administration; in his role within the newly |
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| 23 | 23 | | formed agency, his responsibilities included enforcing narcotic |
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| 24 | 24 | | drug laws, controlling the importation and smuggling of illegal |
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| 25 | 25 | | drugs, and gathering intelligence on the cultivation and |
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| 26 | 26 | | movement of illegal drugs; his duties also entailed assisting the |
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| 27 | 27 | | Mexican Federal Judicial Police in the border states of |
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| 28 | 28 | | Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, and Coahuila; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, He transferred in 1983 to San Antonio, where he |
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| 30 | 30 | | worked closely with the San Antonio Police Department Narcotics |
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| 31 | 31 | | Unit, and in 1985, he transferred to the United States Customs |
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| 32 | 32 | | Service and was assigned to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking |
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| 33 | 33 | | Area Task Force; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, He retired in 1995 after a distinguished 32-year |
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| 35 | 35 | | career in public safety and law enforcement; it is truly fitting |
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| 36 | 36 | | that he receive special recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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| 38 | 38 | | Legislature, hereby commend Vince Ramirez on his exceptional |
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| 39 | 39 | | career and his many contributions to the war on drugs in this |
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| 40 | 40 | | country and extend to him best wishes for continued success in |
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| 41 | 41 | | all his endeavors; and, be it further |
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| 42 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 43 | 43 | | him as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |
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| 44 | 44 | | Zaffirini |
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| 45 | 45 | | ________________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | President of the Senate |
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| 47 | 47 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 48 | 48 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 49 | 49 | | the Senate on April 28, 2021. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ________________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 52 | 52 | | ________________________________ |
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| 53 | 53 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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