BILL NUMBER: ACR 135	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bradford

                        MARCH 20, 2012

   Relative to the Hawthorne Police Officer Andrew Garton Memorial
Highway.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 135, as introduced, Bradford. Hawthorne Police Officer Andrew
Garton Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 405 in the County of Los Angeles as the Hawthorne Police
Officer Andrew Garton Memorial Highway. This measure would also
request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of
appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering those costs, to
erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Police Officer Andrew Garton, a seven-year veteran of the
Hawthorne Police Department, died on May 26, 2011, from injuries
sustained in a motorcycle crash during the funeral procession of
another fallen officer; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Garton, 44, is the first Hawthorne officer to die
in the line of duty in the department's 89-year history; and
   WHEREAS, Andrew was born on January 23, 1967, in San Fernando,
California, and is a graduate of Antelope Valley High; and
   WHEREAS, Prior to becoming a police officer, Andrew was a skilled
ceramic tile setter. He met his wife, Tracy, in 1989 while installing
tile at the house that would eventually become their home; and
   WHEREAS, Andrew and Tracy married at SeaCoast Grace Church in
April 1993, and continued to reside in Orange County; and
   WHEREAS, Inspired by Sgt. Shawn Shimono, a close friend for over
20 years, Andrew entered the police academy, graduating on February
20, 2004, and became a Hawthorne police officer; and
   WHEREAS, Andrew served as Vice President of the Hawthorne Police
Officer's Association and as Treasurer of the Hawthorne Police
Officer's Association Political Action Committee; and
   WHEREAS, Andrew was a long-time member of the Hawthorne SWAT Team,
and an accomplished motor vehicle and traffic investigator; and
   WHEREAS, Above and beyond the tradition and honor of his
profession, Andrew was a devoted husband and father. Andrew and Tracy
were a faith-filled loving couple raising two sons, Garrett, 13, and
Grant, 8; and
   WHEREAS, Andrew loved his children and spending time with his
family. He was active in both scouting and coaching youth baseball.
For those who knew him, he was both a mentor and a friend; and
   WHEREAS, Camping and motocross riding were great passions for
Andrew. He most enjoyed being able to share those moments with his
children; and
   WHEREAS, Andrew is survived by his wife, Tracy, sons, Garrett and
Grant, mother, Carole McConnell, father, Gary Garton, and a vast
extended family; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 405 between Rosecrans Avenue and El
Segundo Boulevard, in the County of Los Angeles, as the Hawthorne
Police Officer Andrew Garton 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 this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover 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.