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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST SYMPATHY ON THE UNTIMELY PASSING OF JAMESTOWN

POLICE OFFICER RYAN J. BOURQUE

     Introduced By: Representatives Ruggiero, Nardolillo, Mattiello, Reilly, and Serpa

     Date Introduced: May 25, 2016

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this House has learned of the tragic passing of

Jamestown Police Officer Ryan J. Bourque, the beloved son of Lee Ann and Gary Bourque, a

well-respected one-year veteran with the Jamestown Police Department, and a resident of the

Town of Coventry; and

     WHEREAS, Patrolman Bourque was a 2009 graduate of Bishop Hendricken High School

and had continued his education at the University of Rhode Island. He was a 2015 graduate of

the Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy and a fitness enthusiast who kept in shape lifting

weights; and

     WHEREAS, Patrolman Bourque was a valued member of the Jamestown Police

Department, a small force that employs 13 full-time officers. He was described as the kind of

young man you would want your sons to emulate, and as a humble, quiet and respectful guy, who

always had a smile on his face and was well-liked by all who knew him; and

     WHEREAS, Patrolman Bourque had just finished up his 3-to-11 p.m. shift, completing

his first year on the job with the Jamestown Police Department, and was headed home on Route

95 south, when his car was struck by a motorist who had made an illegal U-turn, and was driving

north, going the wrong way in the same lane as Patrolman Bourque. The collision that ensued

resulted in the death of both drivers; and

     WHEREAS, Ryan Bourque had long aspired to be a police officer and to go about the

day-to-day task of upholding the laws of this state. He had wanted to connect with people and

was gratified to be able to "Protect and Serve" the lives and property of the people of Jamestown;

and

     WHEREAS, Dedicated and conscientious, Patrolman Ryan Bourque was an

extraordinary man who serves as a role model for our young people. He will be dearly missed;

now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby recognizes and honors the dedicated service of Jamestown Police

Officer Ryan J. Bourque and extends our deepest sympathies to his entire family on his passing;

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 Chief Edward A. Mello, Jamestown Police

Department.

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