[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 142 (Friday, August 24, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN RECOGNITION OF CHIEF OF POLICE DEBRA WALTHALL

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, August 24, 2018

  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the exemplary 
work of Chief of Police Debra Walthall, who retired from the City of 
Corinth, Texas on August 21, 2018. Chief Walthall has spent her 35-year 
professional career in law enforcement as a committed leader to each 
community she has served.
  Chief Walthall became the Chief of Police for the City of Corinth's 
Police Department in 2008. During her tenure as leader of the Corinth 
Police Department, she facilitated open communication and enhanced 
transparency with the citizenry through the Citizen's Police Academy, 
the Volunteer Policing Program, and the personal daily interaction of 
Corinth Officers within the community. Under her leadership, the 
department has been recognized for compliance with Texas Police Chief's 
Best Law Enforcement Practices through the Texas Police Chief's 
Association.
  Before coming to Corinth, Chief Walthall began her career in law 
enforcement as a Detention Officer in the Collin County Sheriff's 
Department in 1978. She later joined the Allen Police Department to 
serve as a patrol officer, criminal investigator, narcotics 
investigator, field training officer, and SWAT member, rising through 
the ranks to Deputy Chief.
  Chief Walthall graduated from the Regional Police Academy in 
Arlington, Texas in 1986, and holds a Master Police Officer 
Certification from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer 
Standards. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in the 
Administration of Criminal Justice, and is a 2002 graduate of the FBI 
National Academy--Session 211, the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement 
Management Institute, and the Institute for Law Enforcement 
Administration.
  I am deeply grateful for Chief Walthall's dedicated public service 
and significant contributions to the City of Corinth and North Texas, 
and wish her the best in her retirement.

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