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IN HCR0025
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/4/2019
Primary Sponsor
Robert Cherry
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AI Summary
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Indiana State Trooper Roy E. Jones, born May 13, 1948, in Lapel, Indiana, served as a U.S. Army Green Beret in Vietnam with MACV-SOG and received a Bronze Star for Valor
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Trooper Jones joined the Indiana State Police in 1976 after completing the State Police Academy and was assigned to the Pendleton post
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He was killed in the line of duty on July 3, 1979, at age 31, when his patrol car struck a tree while responding to assist in apprehending a fugitive vehicle
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The resolution urges the Indiana Department of Transportation to name a portion of State Road 38 in Pendleton, where the accident occurred, in memory of Trooper Jones
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Copies of the resolution are to be transmitted to Trooper Jones's family and the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation
Legislative Description
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Indiana State Trooper Roy E. Jones.
Last Action
First reading: referred to the Committee on Roads and Transportation voice vote
3/4/2019