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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING PROVIDENCE POLICE OFFICER EARL LOPEZ ON HIS

RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN THIRTY-TWO YEARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE

     Introduced By: Representatives Hull, Lombardi, Shekarchi, Williams, and Filippi

     Date Introduced: January 08, 2020

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Police Officers in the State of Rhode Island and across America work

diligently and courageously to serve, protect and preserve the peace in their communities

regardless of the perils or hazards they potentially face every day. Thanks to officers like Earl

Lopez of the Providence Police Department, Rhode Island and Providence citizens have had safer

and more secure lives; and

     WHEREAS, Earl Lopez joined the Providence Police Department on March 1, 1987, and

until his retirement on January 7, 2020, he served the public with honor, integrity and valor. He

was well-respected by his colleagues for his devotion to duty and his deeply abiding concern for

the people he was sworn to serve and protect; and

     WHEREAS, Officer Lopez received numerous awards and commendations in recognition

of his exemplary service. He was honored with the Rhea Archambault Award for his excellent

police work when he arrested a homicide suspect in Providence and was awarded the prestigious

Chief’s Award twice, the first time on August 16, 1990, when he arrested a murder suspect who

was armed with a shotgun. He received the award for the second time on May 23, 1991, when he

dove into the Providence River to save two people who were drowning; and

     WHEREAS, Officer Lopez leaves a legacy of devotion to duty and selfless sacrifice that

all public service workers seek to emulate, and he is eminently worthy of our praise and

acknowledgement. He will be sorely missed by his fellow police officers and the citizens of

Providence, whom he served so well; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Providence Police Officer Earl Lopez on his

retirement after more than thirty-two years of devoted and distinguished service to the citizens of

Providence and we wish him 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 Officer Earl Lopez.

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