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GA HR1815
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/13/2012
Primary Sponsor
Keith Heard
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AI Summary
- Commends Officer Courtney Gale of the Athens-Clarke Police Department for returning to duty four years, two months, and nine days after being brutally stabbed a dozen times while working off-duty as a uniformed security guard at a Kroger store, an attack that severed her femoral artery
- Officer Gale was in a coma for two weeks, underwent several surgeries to save her leg, and was hospitalized for 45 days following the attack
- During her four-year recovery, she earned a master's degree in public administration from the University of Georgia
- Officer Gale joined the Athens-Clarke police as a cadet in 1998, was promoted to senior officer after three years, became sergeant in 2005, and served as a supervisor in the robbery-homicide unit at the time of the attack
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of the resolution to Officer Courtney Gale
Legislative Description
Gale, Officer Courtney; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/13/2012
Full Bill Text
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