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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 905
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In Memory |
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of |
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David Irvine Rucker |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever feel the loss of |
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Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper David Irvine Rucker, |
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who died in the line of duty on September 29, 1981, at the age of |
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37; and |
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WHEREAS, Trooper Rucker was shot and killed during the |
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course of a traffic stop; he left behind a wife and three |
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children; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Brownsville on October 21, 1943, David |
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Rucker was the son of Bracht and Hazel Dawn Rucker; he grew up in |
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Homestead, Florida, where he graduated from South Dade High |
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School in 1963; he studied liberal arts at Texas Southmost |
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College in Brownsville and went on to graduate from the Dade |
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County Police Academy; from 1966 to 1968, he served as a patrol |
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officer in the Homestead Police Department; and |
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WHEREAS, On September 15, 1969, Mr. Rucker took the oath of |
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the Texas State Highway Patrol; he was appointed patrolman in |
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1973, and that same year, he was promoted to patrolman II; at the |
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time of his death, he was assigned to Region 3 in Port Isabel; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1997, a memorial was placed at the site of |
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Trooper Rucker's death, and a street was renamed in his honor in |
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Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island; the Carrizales-Rucker |
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Detention Center near Olmito bears his name, and in 2012, the |
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Texas Department of Public Safety named a river patrol boat in |
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Trooper Rucker's memory; and |
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WHEREAS, Though David Rucker was taken far too soon, his |
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legacy of public service and devotion to his family will continue |
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to inspire all those who hold him close in their hearts; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of David Irvine |
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Rucker and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and many |
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friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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his family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this day, it do |
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so in memory of David Irvine Rucker. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 26, 2017, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |