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20109329D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 153
Offered March 2, 2020
Commending Victor LoPreto.
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Patrons-- LaRock, Delaney, Gooditis and Subramanyam
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WHEREAS, Victor LoPreto, a longtime police officer with Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, retired in 2019; and

WHEREAS, after three years stationed with the United States Army in Missouri, Victor LoPreto joined the Fairfax County Police Department in 1982, spending 15 years with the Reston District Station; and

WHEREAS, in the late 1980s, as the crime rate in the county increased, Victor LoPreto was appointed to the Reston Pathway Patrol, policing the community on a multi-terrain motorcycle for several years; and

WHEREAS, retiring from the Fairfax County Police Department as a second lieutenant in 2006, Victor LoPreto joined the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office shortly thereafter; and

WHEREAS, since 2012, Victor LoPreto served as a community resource officer in western Loudoun County, building relationships with residents and serving as an intermediary on behalf of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office; and

WHEREAS, one of Victor LoPreto’s signature achievements as a community resource officer in western Loudoun County was the “Love in Lovettsville” parade he organized in July 2015 to honor Tony Porta, a military veteran severely wounded in the Iraq War; and

WHEREAS, in 2019, in recognition of his exceptional service to the community, the Lovettsville Town Council declared March 22 as “Victor LoPreto Day,” commemorating the day he was sworn in as a Fairfax County police officer; and

WHEREAS, for 37 years, Victor LoPreto safeguarded members of the community by upholding the law and responding to a wide range of emergencies and calls for service; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Victor LoPreto, former deputy first class with the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, hereby be commended on the occasion of his retirement; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Victor LoPreto as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for his commitment to protecting and serving citizens of the Commonwealth.