HC 31 Summary

• Memorializes Indiana State Police Trooper Robert Gillespie, who was killed in a traffic accident on June 8, 1962, while responding to a call for assistance near Mitchell in Lawrence County.

• Urges the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the section of State Road 37 between Bedford and Mitchell "The Trooper Robert Gillespie Memorial Highway."

• Recognizes Trooper Gillespie's 12 years of service with the Indiana State Police assigned to the Seymour post and his receipt of the Indiana State Police Gold Star Award for Valor in 1959 for pursuing suspects despite gunshot wounds.

• Acknowledges Trooper Gillespie's service as a United States Navy veteran in the Shore Patrol.

• Directs the Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of the resolution to Trooper Gillespie's family.