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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 39
Author: Nielsen (R)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 8-0, 6/14/11
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Harman, Huff, Kehoe, Lowenthal,
Pavley, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Rubio
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-1, 5/19/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Deputy Dennis Skip Sullivan Memorial Bridge
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates the Bear Creek Bridge
on State Route 44 in Shasta County as the Deputy Dennis
Skip Sullivan Memorial Bridge.
ANALYSIS : This resolution designates the Bear Creek
Bridge on State Route (SR) 44 in Shasta County as the
"Deputy Dennis 'Skip' Sullivan Memorial Bridge." The
resolution further requests the Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) to erect appropriate signs upon
receiving donations from non-state sources to cover the
costs.
Comments
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This resolution is intended to honor Shasta County Deputy
Sheriff Dennis "Skip" Sullivan who lost his life in a
collision with a semi-tractor trailer truck as he was on
responding to a call to negotiate with an armed woman at
Mountain Gate, Shasta County.
Dennis "Skip" Sullivan began his law enforcement career
with the City of South San Francisco Police Department,
where he served eleven years. As a sergeant he supervised
the operations division and the community relations and
crime prevention programs. Among his many accomplishments,
he designed and implemented the South San Francisco Police
department's field training program. In 1981, Deputy
Sullivan joined the Shasta County Sheriff's Office. He
served first as a resident deputy sheriff in the
Shingletown area of Shasta County and then as a patrol
deputy sheriff at the Palo Cedro substation. Deputy
Sullivan easily adapted to the outdoor lifestyle of Shasta
County as he was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Tragically, Deputy Sullivan was killed in a traffic
collision on SR 44, on October 10, 1987, while on his way
to negotiate with a reportedly armed woman barricaded in a
Mountain Gate home. Deputy Sullivan had been performing
duties as a dedicated member of the Sheriff's Office
Hostage Negotiation Team for four years. As Deputy
Sullivan was responding to the report of shots fired,
heading west near Inwood Road, the trailer of an eastbound
truck tipped over onto his vehicle. Witnesses report that
Deputy Sullivan tried to avoid the trailer by moving to the
extreme right of the road. The impact of the collision
sheared off the top of his vehicle and forced it off the
highway onto the north side of SR 44.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Achadjian, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Beth
Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Grove, Hagman,
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Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen, Pan, Perea,
V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Smyth, Solorio,
Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams,
Yamada, John A. P�rez
NOES: Norby
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alejo, Furutani, Gordon, Gorell, Hueso,
Skinner
JJA:DO 6/15/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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