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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF PAUL J. SHANLEY

     

     Introduced By: Senators Lynch Prata, McCaffrey, McKenney, Goodwin, and Ruggerio

     Date Introduced: February 12, 2020

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Paul J.

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Shanley, the devoted husband of twenty-nine years to his best friend, Patti, and the beloved father

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of our friend and colleague, the Honorable Evan Shanley and his wife, Meredith, Christopher

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Lawrence, Sean Lawrence, Meaghan Shanley, and the late Tyler Shanley, who died in infancy.

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He was also the very proud and cherished “Dah Pa” of Maxwell Tyler; and

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     WHEREAS, Paul Shanley was the son of the late Joseph and Elaine Shanley, the brother

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of his fraternal twin, Rev. Brian Shanley, O.P., Andrew Shanley and his wife, Karen, Michael

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Shanley and his partner, Lisa Tingue, his favorite sister, Kathryn and her husband, Jimmy, and

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the big-hearted uncle of many nieces and nephews; and

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     WHEREAS, A graduate of Roger Williams University, where he earned his Bachelor's

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degree in criminal justice, and a Master of Public Administration, Mr. Shanley had spent most of

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his career in law enforcement, retiring as a Captain in the Warwick Police Department after

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twenty-six years of service to his community. During his tenure with the Department, he had

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completed myriad additional training opportunities and certifications, including a dignitary

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protection training session with the United States Secret Service, and had been awarded the First

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Class Medal and Ribbon for professionalism; and

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     WHEREAS, Upon his retirement from the Warwick Police Department, Mr. Shanley

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became the Deputy Chief of Police at Brown University’s Department of Public Safety, a position

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he held until his passing; and

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     WHEREAS, In his leisure time, Mr. Shanley was an avid golfer and long-time member

 

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of Potowomut Golf Club. He had also been a practitioner of Jiu Jitsu for many years and had

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attained the rank of Godan (fifth-degree black belt) from the Kyudan Federation, and was an

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active member of St. Gregory the Great parish in Warwick, serving as a Eucharistic Minister,

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President of the Parish Council, a member of the Knights of Columbus, and a baseball and

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softball coach; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Shanley had fought a courageous eight-month battle against a rare form

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of bone cancer with the loving care of his brother Michael and brother-in-law William Monahan,

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and with the extraordinary medical care of the sarcoma team at Mass General Hospital. His

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humor and joy for life will always be remembered and dearly missed by those who had the good

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fortune to have shared his life; now, therefore be it

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

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hereby extends deepest condolences on the passing of Paul J. Shanley; and be it further

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

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Patti Shanley and Family, Mr. Michael

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Shanley, the Honorable Evan Shanley, Christopher Lawrence, Sean Lawrence, Meaghan Shanley,

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Mr. William Monahan, Andrew Shanley, Kathy Shanley, and Brian Shanley.

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