BILL NUMBER: ACR 124	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bass

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   Relative to the  Sergeant   Culver City
Police Lieutenant  Curtis Massey Memorial Freeway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 124, as amended, Bass.  Sergeant   Culver
City Police Lieutenant  Curtis Massey Memorial Freeway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of the Interstate
10 Freeway in the City of Los Angeles as the  Sergeant
  Culver City Police Lieutenant  Curtis Massey
Memorial Freeway. The measure would request the Department of
Transportation to 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, January 28, 2010, marks the first anniversary of the
tragic death of  Sergeant   Lieutenant 
Curtis Massey of the Culver City Police Department; and
   WHEREAS, On that date in 2009,  Sergeant  
Lieutenant  Massey was killed when his unmarked vehicle was
struck head-on by a vehicle driven the wrong way on the Interstate 10
Freeway near National Boulevard in the City of Los Angeles; and
   WHEREAS,  Sergeant   Lieutenant  Massey
faithfully served the people of California, and we take this
opportunity to look back on his accomplishments and to pay special
tribute to his bravery and dedication; and
   WHEREAS,  Sergeant   Lieutenant  Massey
was born on June 1, 1967, the son of Stephen Massey and Padric Davis
of Pacific Palisades.  Sergeant   Lieutenant
 Massey was born at Santa Monica Hospital, as were his
grandmother, mother, and brother; and
   WHEREAS,  Sergeant   Lieutenant  Massey
attended Saint Matthews School and Palisades High School, graduating
as part of the class of 1985. In those early years,  Sergeant
  Lieutenant  Massey was a role model to many and
was instrumental in the lives of young children through his job as a
summer camp counselor at St. Matthews Day Camp; and
   WHEREAS,  Sergeant   Lieutenant  Massey
furthered his education at Northern Arizona University where he
received his bachelor's degree. In addition to his collegiate work,
 Sergeant   Lieutenant  Massey devoted
himself, again, to helping others as part of the Flagstaff EMT unit;
and
   WHEREAS, That devotion to helping others led  Sergeant
  Lieutenant  Massey to a career in law
enforcement. Accordingly,  Sergeant   Lieutenant
 Massey graduated from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Academy
in 1992; and
   WHEREAS, Not long thereafter,  Sergeant  
Lieutenant  Massey met his wife Melody, and they married in 1994
and soon after started a family; and
   WHEREAS,  Sergeant   Lieutenant  Massey
devoted his life to his family and the public, particularly at-risk
youths; and 
   WHEREAS, Serving first as a youth DARE officer and then at the
juvenile detective bureau, Sergeant Massey served with the Culver
City Police Department for 17 years; and 
    WHEREAS, Beginning as a patrol officer, Lieutenant Massey
served with distinction during his 17-year career in a variety of
assignments within the Culver City Police Department; most notably
with the juvenile section of the detective bureau, specifically the
juvenile diversion program; and 
   WHEREAS, During that time,  Sergeant  
Lieutenant  Massey's admirable drive to protect and serve the
public, and his dedication to duty, led  Sergeant 
 Lieutenant  Massey to be honored as "Officer of the Year"
three times within the Culver City Police Department. 
Sergeant   Lieutenant  Massey was also a recipient
of the "Medal of Valor," the department's highest honor. 
Sergeant   Lieutenant  Massey had recently been
assigned as the supervisor of the juvenile  detective section
  section of the detective bureau  , and spent a
lot of his own free time working with at-risk children; and
   WHEREAS, Besides his service to the public,  Sergeant
  Lieutenant  Massey was instrumental in 
his own family's lives   the lives of his own family
members  , and enjoyed his role as a devoted father and husband;
and
   WHEREAS,  Sergeant   Lieutenant  Massey
would frequent the local ice cream store with his children in arm,
volunteered to carpool children to and from school when his shift
would allow, and enjoyed coaching his son's sports teams; and
   WHEREAS,  Sergeant   Lieutenant  Massey
is lovingly remembered by his family and is survived by his wife,
Melody, and his three young children; and
   WHEREAS, For all these reasons, and many more, it is appropriate
to recognize  Sergeant   Lieutenant Massey
and his devoted work and commitment as a law enforcement officer;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the portion of the  Interstate 10
Freeway in the City of Los Angeles between the exits of National
Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard   eastbound
Interstate 10 Freeway between the Interstate 405 interchange and the
National Boulevard exit in the City of Los Angeles  is hereby
designated as the  Sergeant   Culver City Police
Lieutenant  Curtis Massey Memorial Freeway; 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 this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover that 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.