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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING BRIAN SULLIVAN, POLICE CHIEF OF LINCOLN, RHODE

ISLAND, ON BEING CHOSEN TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE RHODE ISLAND POLICE

CHIEFS’ ASSOCIATION

     Introduced By: Senators E O`Neill, and Pearson

     Date Introduced: January 21, 2015

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Police Chiefs' Association was created in 1950 with the

goal of fostering and promoting harmony, trust and cooperation amongst the various local city,

town and college and university Police Chiefs in Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Lincoln, Rhode Island, Police Chief Brian Sullivan is a graduate of

Shippensburg University with a degree in Criminal Justice. He began his distinguished public

safety career serving as a dispatcher for the Town of Lincoln in 1982; and

     WHEREAS, Chief Sullivan overcame being deaf in one ear to earn the right to be a

patrolman for the Town of Lincoln in 1988. His attention to detail, tireless work ethic, and

abiding concern for the citizens of Lincoln was immediately noticed by his superiors and he

quickly began to climb the ranks. He became a Juvenile Detective in 1992, and was promoted to

Sergeant in 1998, Lieutenant in 2000, Deputy Chief in 2002, and Chief in 2008; and

     WHEREAS, Chief Sullivan has been a very active member of the Rhode Island Police

Chiefs Association', serving them in prior capacities as their Sergeant-at-Arms and Vice-

President. All Rhode Island citizens will gain from his expertise, his ability to work well and

communicate with others and his driving desire to make our state as safe as possible for all of our

citizens; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby congratulates Lincoln Police Chief Brian Sullivan on being elected the next President of

the Rhode Island Police Chiefs' Association. We wish him well in his new duties; and be it

further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of state be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Lincoln Police Chief, Brian Sullivan.

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