Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 119
CHAPTER 113
Relative to the CHP Officer John Bailey Memorial Freeway.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
August 18, 2008.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 119, Dutton.
The CHP Officer John Bailey Memorial Freeway.
This measure would designate the portion of State Highway Route 15 between State Highway Routes 10 and 210, in the City of Rancho Cucamonga and the County of San Bernardino, as the CHP Officer John Bailey Memorial Freeway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing that special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee:
YES WHEREAS, California Highway Patrol Officer John Bailey was born on June 17, 1969, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He graduated from Catoctin High School in Thurmont, Maryland, in 1987; and
WHEREAS, Prior to beginning his career with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, CHP Officer Bailey enlisted in the United States Army while a senior in high school. He honorably served his country in the United States Army and then in the California Air National Guard. CHP Officer Bailey served in various missions during his military career, the most recent during Operation Iraqi Freedom, for one year in Tikrit, Iraq. CHP Officer Bailey was a Sergeant First Class and was classified as active duty at the time of his death; and
WHEREAS, CHP Officer Bailey, badge number 14664, joined the Department of the California Highway Patrol on November 6, 1995. On May 10, 1996, after successfully completing academy training, he reported to the Barstow area as an officer; and
WHEREAS, CHP Officer Bailey made significant contributions to traffic safety and assisting the motoring public while assigned to the Barstow and Rancho Cucamonga area offices; and
WHEREAS, CHP Officer Bailey served nine years and nine months as a sworn peace officer for the Department of the California Highway Patrol and was known by his fellow officers for his dedication to the department and to the protection of the citizens of our state; and
WHEREAS, The calling to be a peace officer is one of the highest vocations of public service and any individual who accepts this calling is worthy of the highest respect and honor the community, state, and nation can provide; and
WHEREAS, CHP Officer John Bailey was killed in the line of duty during the evening hours of February 25, 2006. He was on a traffic stop on State Highway Route 15 near State Highway Route 395 in the City of Hesperia, when a drunk driver collided into his patrol motorcycle; and
WHEREAS, CHP Officer Bailey tragically succumbed to his injuries as a result of the collision; and
WHEREAS, CHP Officer Bailey is survived by his wife, Teresa, daughters Hannah and Megan, sons Jared and Dylan, mother Lavonne, father Leonard, sister Aimee, and many beloved family members and friends; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of State Highway Route 15 between State Highway Routes 10 and 210, in the City of Rancho Cucamonga and the County of San Bernardino, as the CHP Officer John Bailey Memorial Freeway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signage requirements for the state highway system, showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.