MS HC48

Commends Chief M.E. "Gene" Waldrop for 50 years of police service in Mississippi, including 20 years with the Greenville Police Department (1971-1991) and service as Chief of Police in Madison.

Recognizes Waldrop's establishment of the Emergency Services/Rescue Unit in Greenville for automobile, farm equipment, and water rescue operations, and creation of multiple specialized units in Madison including Disaster Recovery, Mobile Communications, Special Response Teams, Traffic, Narcotics, and K9 units.

Credits Waldrop with achieving national law enforcement accreditation for the Madison Police Department in 2002, which the department has maintained through advanced accreditation by the Commission on Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. and the Mississippi Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission.

Notes Waldrop's military service as Staff Sergeant in the 198 Armor Division, Mississippi National Guard (1969-1975), and his education from the Louisiana State University Law Enforcement Institute, FBI National Academy, and FBI Southeastern Law Enforcement Executive Development School.

Details Waldrop's leadership roles in professional associations including past president of the Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police and FBI National Academy Associates, and recipient of the 2012 Jim Ingram Lifetime Achievement Award.