H*3837 Session 125 (2023-2024) H 3837 Resolution, By Dillard, Thayer, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Carter, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Connell, B.J. Cox, B.L. Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Forrest, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Hyde, Jefferson, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, S. Jones, W. Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lawson, Leber, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Magnuson, May, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, Mitchell, J. Moore, T. Moore, A.M. Morgan, T.A. Morgan, Moss, Murphy, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Nutt, O'Neal, Oremus, Ott, Pace, Pedalino, Pendarvis, Pope, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sandifer, Schuessler, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Tedder, Thigpen, Trantham, Vaughan, Weeks, West, Wetmore, Wheeler, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
A house RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR TONY TAYLOR, CHIEF OF THE WILLIAMSTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT, upON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN THREE
AND A HALF DECADES OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE, AND TO
Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives has learned that Tony Taylor will begin a well-deserved retirement after more than thirty-five years as a premier law-enforcement officer, the last of which have been as the highly regarded chief of the Williamston Police Department; and
Whereas, reared and educated in Anderson County, he earned an associate degree in criminal justice after graduation from high school and then attended the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy; and
Whereas, in 1984, Chief Taylor was hired by the Greenville County Sheriff's Office where he served in many capacities and received the 1997 Frank Looper Deputy of the Year Award, one of the highest awards at the Greenville County Sheriff's Office. His early work in gang prevention helped to establish a level of law-enforcement professionals to identify and deter youth from getting involved in illegal activities, and he was instrumental in creating the South Carolina Law Enforcement Gang Analysis; and
Whereas, his distinguished career in criminal justice has included service as a gang investigator, deputy, resource officer, private investigator, and instructor/coordinator, and he was awarded the South Carolina Order of Palmetto in 1993. During his law-enforcement career, he maintained his values through faith in God and a skill set that always exceeded requirements; and Whereas, while Chief of the Williamston Police Department, he was appointed to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council by Governor Henry McMaster, graduated from the Riley Institute of Diversity and Leadership at Furman University, and authored Life Lessons Learned in Leadership; and
Whereas, together with his beloved wife of thirty-three years, Betty Jean Turner Taylor, he reared three fine children: Christian, Samaria, and Israel; and
Whereas, grateful for
his many years of dedicated service to law enforcement, the South Carolina
House of Representatives takes great pleasure in extending best
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the
South Carolina House of Representatives,
by this resolution, recognize and honor Tony Taylor, Chief of the Williamston
Police Department, upon the occasion of his retirement after more than three
and a half decades of exemplary service, and to
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Williamston Police Chief Tony Taylor.
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