HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 79 Offered February 22, 2007 Commending Daniel W. Presgraves and the staff of the Page County Sheriff’s Office. ---------- Patrons-- Gilbert and Lohr ----------

WHEREAS, Daniel W. Presgraves is recognized for his exemplary leadership as sheriff of Page County, and the outstanding staff of the Page County Sheriff’s Office is also honored for their dedication to excellence as demonstrated by the organization's recent reaccreditation by the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission (VLEPSC); and

WHEREAS, the Virginia Sheriffs' Association, the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services make up the VLEPSC, and the executive board made up of active sheriffs and chiefs of police establish professional standards and administer the accreditation process by which Virginia law-enforcement agencies can be systematically measured, evaluated, and updated; and

WHEREAS, an excellent law-enforcement officer and experienced administrator, Daniel Presgraves assumed the duties of sheriff of Page County on January 1, 2000; and

WHEREAS, Sheriff Presgraves and the Page County Sheriff’s Office employees have worked tirelessly to improve the quality of law-enforcement services provided to the citizens of Page County; and

WHEREAS, in January 2003, the Page County Sheriff’s Office became only the 16th accredited sheriff’s office in Virginia, due to the superb management of Sheriff Presgraves and the diligence and hard work of the employees; and

WHEREAS, in the assessment team's reaccreditation report on January 25, 2007, the VLEPSC praised the sheriff and the "very loyal" staff of the Page County Sheriff’s Office for its impressive efforts to remain “conservative” in spending and have "little impact on the local tax revenue" of Page County; and

WHEREAS, the VLEPSC report also noted that the Page County Sheriff’s Office motto of Making a Difference Together “truly summed up the observations of the assessment team”; and

WHEREAS, Daniel Presgraves and the staff of the Page County Sheriff’s Office continuously strive to provide the highest standard of law-enforcement services possible every day; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Sheriff Daniel W. Presgraves and the Page County Sheriff’s Office hereby be commended for their exceptional performance; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Sheriff Daniel W. Presgraves and the staff of the Page County Sheriff’s Office as an expression of the House of Delegates’s gratitude for their commitment to excellence in providing law-enforcement services to the citizens of Page County in the Commonwealth of Virginia.