BILL NUMBER: SCR 83	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Negrete McLeod
   (Coauthor: Senator Huff)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Torres)

                        MARCH 1, 2010

   Relative to the Officer Russell M. Miller, Sr. Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 83, as introduced, Negrete McLeod. Officer Russell M. Miller,
Sr. Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified section of State Highway
Route 60 in Chino as the Officer Russell M. Miller, Sr. Memorial
Highway. The measure would also request that the Department of
Transportation determine the cost for appropriate signs showing this
special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Officer Russell M. Miller, Sr., a 12-year veteran of the
Chino Police Department, died in the line of duty on February 1,
2000; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Miller was born on December 27, 1948; and
   WHEREAS, Upon graduating from Magnolia High School in Anaheim,
California, in 1967, Officer Miller joined the United States Navy,
where he served six years at the height of the Vietnam War; and
   WHEREAS, After leaving the Navy, Officer Miller held a series of
jobs working as a welder, truck driver, and construction worker, and
later applied to become a police officer; and
   WHEREAS, After completing training, Officer Miller graduated from
the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Academy on February 5, 1988, and
joined the Chino Police Department, later acting in the capacity as a
field training officer and part of the department's mounted
enforcement team; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Miller was known as an officer who was well-liked
and respected, and a stabilizing force in his patrol unit; and
   WHEREAS, In subsequent years, Officer Miller also became involved
in family and community activities after his three children were
born; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Miller coached Little League and assisted the
United States Naval Sea Cadets Corps that his son, Russell Jr.,
belonged to; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Miller and his wife had also recently purchased
20 acres of land in Montana and were looking forward to retirement;
and
   WHEREAS, However, on February 1, 2000, Officer Miller was involved
in a routine traffic stop, and, while approaching the stopped
vehicle, was struck from behind by a second vehicle, whose driver was
under the influence of alcohol; and
   WHEREAS, Tragically, Officer Miller was critically injured, and
was transported to a nearby trauma center where he died while
undergoing surgery; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Miller was laid to rest on February 7, 2000; and
   WHEREAS, Law enforcement personnel came from throughout
California, and as far away as Idaho and Utah, to attend Officer
Miller's funeral service at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in
Chino Hills, California; and
   WHEREAS, The ceremony was punctuated by both tears and laughter as
Officer Miller's colleagues recalled the man they knew, recounting
his immense love for his family, and his skill as a police officer;
and
   WHEREAS, At the end of the funeral service, one of Officer Miller'
s daughters, Melissa, released a white dove in a symbolic release of
her father; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Miller is survived by his wife Stephanie, his
daughters Melissa and Sarah, his son Russell Jr., and his parents,
sisters, and brother; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Miller's memory lives on through an annual
memorial 5K "Run for Russ" race, established in 2001 in Chino,
California, an event that brings the community together to celebrate
Officer Miller's life and that forges stronger neighborhood bonds;
and
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
hereby recognizes the contributions made by Officer Russell M.
Miller, Sr. of the Chino Police Department to the people of the State
of California and hereby designates the section of State Highway
Route 60 between Mountain Avenue and Ramona Avenue in Chino as the
Officer Russell M. Miller, Sr. Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, showing that special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
covering that 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.