A concurrent RESOLUTION

 

To request the Department of Transportation name a portion of Charlotte Avenue in the City of Rock Hill in York County from the intersection of McDow Drive to its intersection with North Avenue "Officer Steven Wayne Jordan Memorial Street" and erect appropriate signs or markers at this location containing these words.

 

Whereas, Steven Wayne Jordan was born on February 15, 1953, to William and Bernice Jordan, the only son of a family that also included two sisters. He tragically lost his life on December 31, 1975, in the line of duty as an officer with the Rock Hill Police Department; and

 

Whereas, Jordan married Sue Walker and together they were the parents of a daughter, Shannon Lynn. He joined the Rock Hill Police Department's Community Service Officer Program for those interested in law enforcement but not yet 21 years old. He attended the Criminal Justice Academy in Basic Class #46, graduating on September 28, 1973. He was sworn in as a police officer with the department in February 1974 and was assigned to D-shift; and

 

Whereas, in the early morning of December 31, 1975, Officer Jordan was on patrol when he radioed Sergeant R.E. Holder that he was stopping a blue Rambler station wagon on Deas Street. The driver of the Rambler was released and Officer Jordan continued his patrol. At 2 a.m. Jordan failed to respond to Sgt. Holder's hourly radio check. Shortly thereafter, a call came into the police department of an abandoned patrol car on Charlotte Avenue near Glendale with the motor running. It was Officer Jordan's patrol car and responding officers also found Jordan's service revolver near the curb and his pen in the street. Officer Jordan however was missing; and

 

Whereas, a bulletin was issued for the missing officer to the surrounding jurisdictions. Rock Hill Police Officers Steve Coleman and Roy Russell stopped the blue Rambler driven by Richard Edward Workman around 3:30 a.m. that morning on West Main Street. The back seat was saturated in blood and a vehicle search found additional evidence linking the driver to Jordan's disappearance, including the officer's notebook and shift card; and

 

Whereas, Workman was arrested, confessed to the murder of Officer Jordan, and ultimately led officers to the location of Jordan's body. The 22 year-old officer had been shot fourteen times. Workman received the death penalty which was later overturned, and he was resentenced to life in prison. Rock Hill Police Officer Steven Wayne Jordan was inducted into the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame in 1986, never to be forgotten; and

 

Whereas, it is only fitting and proper that Police Officer Steven Wayne Jordan, a native son of the Palmetto State who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, is honored with a street named in his memory in the City of Rock Hill. Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

 

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request the Department of Transportation name a portion of Charlotte Avenue in the City of Rock Hill in York County, from the intersection of McDow Drive to its intersection with North Avenue, "Officer Steven Wayne Jordan Memorial Street" and erect appropriate signs or markers at this location containing these words.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.

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