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2019 SESSION

19106999D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 324
Offered February 18, 2019
Commending Joseph Moore.
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Patron-- Yancey
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WHEREAS, Joseph Moore retired as assistant chief of the Newport News Police Department on January 1, 2019, after 39 years of diligent work to serve and protect the members of the Newport News community; and

WHEREAS, Joseph Moore holds a bachelor’s degree from Christopher Newport University and a master’s degree from Golden Gate University in California; and

WHEREAS, during his nearly four decades as a law-enforcement officer in Newport News, Joseph Moore rose through the ranks and served at one time as interim chief of police, providing outstanding leadership to his fellow officers; and

WHEREAS, Joseph Moore served as a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Hampton Roads Chiefs of Police Association; and

WHEREAS, Joseph Moore served the residents of Newport News with the utmost integrity, dedication, and distinction; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Joseph Moore hereby be commended on the occasion of his retirement from the Newport News Police Department in 2019; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Joseph Moore as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for his decades of contributions to Newport News.