"If the weather holds, I'll ride my bike down..."
That was the promise I made to another Officer who sent out a general invitiation/plea for Officers to come to the Capitol to hear the reading of a joint resolution for Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Well, as those of you on the Front Range know, the weather didn't hold, but I rode my bike to the Capitol anyway. More than a bit wet and a little bit cold, I got there a couple minutes after they closed the door for the reading in the Senate, but got to stand on the floor of the House for the reading there. In addition to the usual "whereas" clauses, the Resolution included the names of each of the 236 Colorado Law Enforcement Officers killed in the line of Duty. Several Representatives related stories of the Officers they knew, but I was taken aback when the Speaker of the House stepped down to the floor, took the microphone and said a few words about "My friend Beth Haynes." Before going on to a career of making laws, he enforced it as a University of Colorado-Boulder Officer and was working on April 16, 1994 when Beth was killed.
