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CONSENT
Bill No: ACR 62
Author: Ian Calderon (D)
Amended: 8/15/13 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 10-0, 8/20/13
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Lara, Liu,
Pavley, Roth, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hueso
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 08/08/13 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : The Detectives Mike Lane and John Pierce Memorial
Highway
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates a portion of State Route
(SR) 72 in the County of Los Angeles as the Detectives Mike Lane
and John Pierce Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS : By naming a portion of SR 72 for Detectives Land
and Pierce, this resolution seeks to memorialize their sacrifice
in the line of duty.
Mike Lane joined the Whittier Police Department in January of
1968 as a cadet, attaining the position of police officer in May
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of 1969. In 1973, Detective Lane was assigned to the Criminal
Tactical Unit and Major Crime Investigations Unit of the
department's Detective Division. From 1975 to 1977, Detective
Lane was a member of the Southeast Burglary Investigation Team,
after which he became a detective in the department's
Investigative Division, Narcotics Detail. On December 13, 1979,
Detective Lane was working undercover on a motorcycle theft
investigation attempting to buy back a stolen motorcycle from a
local outlaw motorcycle gang when the suspects confronted him
while he was still in his vehicle. The parties exchanged shots,
and Detective Lane sustained fatal injuries.
After a stint in the California National Guard, John Pierce
joined the Whittier Police Department in October of 1967 as a
uniformed patrol officer. During the early 1970s, Officer
Pierce served as a liaison officer in the Whittier Police
Explorer Post. In 1973, Detective Pierce was promoted to the
department's Investigative Division and assigned to narcotics
and vice. He later served on the department's SWAT Team. In
1976, Detective Pierce attained the rank of agent and began
serving as a training officer in the Investigative Division. On
September 21, 1976, while working an undercover investigation
regarding the sale of narcotics, two subjects assaulted
Detective Pierce, who sustained serious injuries. These
injuries left him paralyzed from the neck down and ultimately
resulted in his death on May 18, 1977. In April 1977, the We
Tip organization named Detective Pierce a "California
Outstanding Narcotics Officer."
This resolution designates the portion of SR 72 between Penn
Street and Costa Glen Avenue in the City of Whittier as the
Detectives Mike Lane and John Pierce Memorial Highway. This
resolution further requests that the Department of
Transportation erect appropriate signs upon receiving donations
from non-state sources to cover the costs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 9/9/13)
City of Whittier
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 8/8/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
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Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly,
Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines,
Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove,
Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea,
V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Ch�vez, Vacancy, Vacancy
JJA:d:n 9/9/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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