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2017 SESSION


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 399
Commending David C. Sloggie.
 
Agreed to by the Senate, February 16, 2017
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 20, 2017
 

WHEREAS, David C. Sloggie retired as chief of the Williamsburg Police Department on January 1, 2017, after a stellar 40-year career in law enforcement; and

WHEREAS, David “Dave” Sloggie spent his entire career with the Williamsburg Police Department, earning a reputation for integrity and for setting a high standard of excellence; and

WHEREAS, Dave Sloggie holds a bachelor’s degree in criminology from Saint Leo College, a master’s degree in justice administration from Golden Gate University, and a graduate certificate in local government management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; and

WHEREAS, Dave Sloggie is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, the United States Secret Service Dignitary Protection School, and the Police Executive Leadership School at the University of Richmond; and

WHEREAS, Dave Sloggie joined the Williamsburg Police Department on August 1, 1976, and he was sworn in as an officer one month later, on his 21st birthday; and

WHEREAS, during his 40 years in the Williamsburg Police Department, Dave Sloggie spent 14 years as uniform bureau major, 13 years as deputy chief, and the past six years as chief of the department; and

WHEREAS, Dave Sloggie was instrumental in the early phases of the Williamsburg Police Department becoming nationally accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, which was first achieved in 1987; and

WHEREAS, Williamsburg currently has the most professional, dedicated, and ethical law-enforcement officers serving the community, and that is largely a testament to Dave Sloggie’s professionalism and leadership; and

WHEREAS, the citizens of Williamsburg put their trust in Dave Sloggie for four decades; he is proud to have worked beside some of the best law-enforcement officers in the Commonwealth, to whom he attributes his success; and

WHEREAS, Dave Sloggie cherished the opportunity to work in a small community that has an enormous national importance, and among his proudest accomplishments were the many diplomatic and political visits he oversaw and staffed over his career; and

WHEREAS, Dave Sloggie was elected to serve on the Executive Board of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, and he served as president of the Executive Board for the 2015–2016 term; and

WHEREAS, in retirement, Dave Sloggie is looking forward to spending more time with his children and grandchildren, and his wife, Maureen, whose love and support made his long career in law enforcement possible; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend David C. Sloggie on his retirement as chief of the Williamsburg Police Department after a stellar 40-year career in law enforcement; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to David C. Sloggie as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for his life’s work in protecting and serving the citizens of Williamsburg.