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CONSENT
Bill No: SCR 84
Author: Lara (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 11-0, 4/1/14
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Hueso,
Lara, Liu, Pavley, Roth, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Signal Hill Police Officer Anthony "Tony" Giniewicz
Memorial Highway
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates a portion of State Highway
Route (SR) 405 in Los Angeles County as the Signal Hill Police
Officer Anthony Tony Giniewicz Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS : Signal Hill Police Officer Anthony Tony Giniewicz
passed away on December 7, 2011 from complications related to
being shot in the line of duty while responding to a robbery in
Long Beach on February 19, 1985. After being shot, Officer
Giniewicz endured paralysis from the waist down for more than 26
years, until his death.
On February 19, 1985, Officer Giniewicz was struck in the chest
by a shotgun blast in a gunfight with three gang members who
robbed his off duty partner in the restaurant parking lot.
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Officer Giniewicz and his partner, Officer Steve Owens, had gone
to the restaurant after going off duty. When Officer Owens left
the restaurant a short while later, he was assaulted by three
armed men in the parking lot. The three men took Officer Owens'
wallet and personal handgun. Officer Owens ran inside to tell
Officer Giniewicz about the robbery. When the two went back
outside, they were shot at from the suspect vehicle as it pulled
away. Officer Giniewicz fired back before he was hit, but the
suspects were able to escape.
Officer Giniewicz is survived by his son, two stepchildren,
mother, and six sisters.
This resolution designates the portion of SR 405 from Atlantic
Avenue to Cherry Avenue South in Los Angeles County as the
Signal Hill Police Officer Anthony "Tony" Giniewicz 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 4/29/14)
City of Signal Hill
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
JA:k 4/29/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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