May 13, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 90 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Page S2387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, normally during National Police Week, 
thousands of officers from across the country come here to our Nation's 
Capital to honor their comrades who have fallen in the line of duty. 
Obviously, the coronavirus has changed the logistics around these kinds 
of gatherings, but it has not made it any less important that we honor 
these brave men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their 
neighbors.
  Tonight's candlelight vigil for fallen officers will go on, as a 
virtual event. Our hearts will be united in remembering these heroes as 
their names are added to the National Law Enforcement Officers 
Memorial.
  I am thinking especially of two of my fellow Kentuckians, who will be 
among those memorialized.
  Meade County sheriff's deputy Chris Hulsey answered the call of 
public service with a distinguished career that also included time as a 
firefighter and a paramedic. He was attacked while investigating a 
suspect and was pronounced dead hours later.
  Chief Deputy Bobby Wayne Jacobs, of the Knott County Sheriff's 
Office, suffered a fatal heart attack following a tense call for 
service. Bobby's colleagues remember the lasting positive impact he 
made on so many.
  Both of these deputies left behind children, loving friends, and a 
Commonwealth made safer by their service.
  We also cannot let this year's National Police Week pass us by 
without reaffirming our gratitude for our very own U.S. Capitol Police. 
These men and women protect this institution with the greatest 
professionalism, no matter the challenge.
  To all police officers--in Kentucky, here in the Capitol, and all 
across the country--your country thanks you

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