| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 588 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Baytown Police Department is mourning the loss |
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| 6 | 6 | | of a much-loved member of its unit, K-9 officer Lenin, who passed |
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| 7 | 7 | | away on March 9, 2023; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Born on August 26, 2020, in Hungary, the Maliherd |
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| 9 | 9 | | was assigned to Baytown K-9 Officer Hunter Kinzie; the duo |
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| 10 | 10 | | completed training both in-house and at the Houston K9 Academy, |
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| 11 | 11 | | earning certification in August 2022; Lenin was the department's |
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| 12 | 12 | | first Explosive Ordnance Detection K-9, and he and Officer Kinzie |
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| 13 | 13 | | conducted a number of large explosive sweeps in the Baytown area; |
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| 14 | 14 | | and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, In February 2023, Officer Kinzie and Lenin |
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| 16 | 16 | | participated in a seminar in Dothan, Alabama; competing against 75 |
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| 17 | 17 | | other K-9 teams, they won the Top Bomb Dog Award and finished second |
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| 18 | 18 | | in the Bomb Scramble contest and third in the Bomb Vehicles event; |
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| 19 | 19 | | and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Although the death of this exemplary police dog has |
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| 21 | 21 | | brought great sadness to many, K-9 officer Lenin will forever be |
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| 22 | 22 | | remembered for the courage and enthusiasm with which he performed |
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| 23 | 23 | | his duties as well as for the special camaraderie he shared with his |
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| 24 | 24 | | handler and colleagues; now, therefore, be it |
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| 25 | 25 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 26 | 26 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of K-9 officer Lenin |
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| 27 | 27 | | and extend sincere condolences to Officer Hunter Kinzie and the |
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| 28 | 28 | | other members of the Baytown Police Department. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Cain |
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| 30 | 30 | | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | 31 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 32 | 32 | | I certify that H.R. No. 588 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 33 | 33 | | rising vote of the House on March 30, 2023. |
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| 34 | 34 | | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | 35 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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