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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING LIEUTENANT JAMES E. TIERNAN ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM

THE WEST WARWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF

DEVOTED AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF WEST WARWICK

     Introduced By: Senators Satchell, Gallo, Nesselbush, Goldin, and Gee

     Date Introduced: February 03, 2016

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, Lieutenant James E. Tiernan began his distinguished public service career

when he was appointed to the position of Police Officer in the Town of West Warwick in 1994.

He began his service in the Patrol Division and he steadily rose through the ranks as his attention

to detail and tireless work ethic were noticed by his superiors. He was promoted to Sergeant on

February 15, 2000, and served in the Patrol Division and the Detective Division until he was

promoted to Lieutenant on June 1, 2011; and

     WHEREAS, Lieutenant Tiernan formerly served as a department and police academy

defensive tactics instructor, field training officer, and program coordinator. He was also a long-

time member of the SWAT Team and served as a Team Commander for more than four years.

Additionally, he was a member of the honor guard and served as a department firearms instructor;

and

     WHEREAS, Lieutenant Tiernan's last assignment with the West Warwick Police

Department was as a supervisor of the 8am to 4pm shift. He has been recognized by the

department for his exemplary police work many times and has received numerous

commendations, including First and Second Class Citations, and was the recipient of the

department's Distinguished Service Award in 2001. Lieutenant Tiernan also attained a Bachelor

of Arts degree in Justice Studies from Rhode Island College in 1997; now, therefore be it

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

hereby congratulates Lieutenant James E. Tiernan on his retirement from the West Warwick

Police Department after twenty-two years of devoted and meritorious service to the citizens of

West Warwick. We wish him a most happy retirement and continued success in all his future

endeavors; 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 Lieutenant James E. Tiernan.

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