BILL NUMBER: ACR 37 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Conway
MARCH 14, 2011
Relative to the CHP Officer Justin W. McGrory Memorial Highway.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 37, as introduced, Conway. CHP Officer Justin W. McGrory
Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 15 in the County of San Bernardino as the CHP Officer Justin W.
McGrory Memorial Highway. The measure would request that the
Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs
showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
Fiscal committee: yes.
WHEREAS, Justin Wayne McGrory was born June 4, 1982, in Beaufort,
South Carolina; and
WHEREAS, Justin graduated from Silverado High School in
Victorville, California, in 2000 and attended American River College
in Sacramento, California; and
WHEREAS, Prior to joining the California Highway Patrol (CHP), Mr.
McGrory served in the United States Air Force in Little Rock,
Arkansas. Upon discharge, he joined the Air Force Reserves at Travis
Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, and was activated for a
four-month tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2006; and
WHEREAS, In 2007, CHP Officer Justin Wayne McGrory, badge number
18606, graduated from the CHP Academy and was assigned to the Baldwin
Park Area Office; and
WHEREAS, After 18 months, Officer McGrory was voluntarily
transferred to the Barstow Area where he spent the remainder of his
career; and
WHEREAS, Officer McGrory had only been a CHP Officer for a few
years and did not have any collateral duties; however, because of his
exceptional skills as a CHP Officer, he was scheduled to attend a
field training evaluation program class to become a field training
officer to train new cadets. This class took place shortly after his
death; and
WHEREAS, On July 15, 2008, Justin married his best friend, Kelly,
and had four wonderful children: Erin (born October 5, 2003), Cade
(born July 7, 2005), Liam (born April 20, 2009), and Kaci (born July
20, 2010); and
WHEREAS, On June 27, 2010, at approximately 3:38 a.m., Officer
McGrory was issuing a field sobriety test on the shoulder of the I-15
freeway when a red Pontiac G6 veered onto the shoulder and struck
him; and
WHEREAS, Officer McGrory's partner broadcasted an 11-99 (officer
down) and immediately began CPR. Two other CHP officers and a
sergeant arrived on the scene minutes later and assisted with CPR;
and
WHEREAS, Officer McGrory was airlifted to Saint Mary's Regional
Medical Center in Apple Valley, California, but unfortunately
succumbed to his injuries at approximately 4:55 a.m.; and
WHEREAS, Officer McGrory loved spending time with his family and
friends and enjoyed watching UFC fights, the cooking channel, and
classic movies, and reciting scenes from classic mobster movies,
reading Yahoo News, and instigating fights (all in fun of course). He
is admired for his sense of humor, his ability to "write a citation
without managing to ruin the violator's day," devotion to his family
and career, confidence, charm, poise, and for being an all around
great man; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates a portion
of State Highway Route 15 northbound from milepost marker 58.00 to
61.00 to southbound milepost marker 61.00 to 58.00 between Wild Rash
Road and Hodge Road in the County of San Bernardino as the CHP
Officer Justin W. McGrory Memorial Highway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the costs of erecting the appropriate signs, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
this special designation, and upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.