Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 125

Introduced by Senator Corbett

May 29, 2014

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 125—Relative to the CHP Officers Frederick Wayne Enright and Adolfo Martinez Hernandez Memorial Bridge.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCR 125, as introduced, Corbett. CHP Officers Frederick Wayne Enright and Adolfo Martinez Hernandez Memorial Bridge.

This measure would designate a portion of Interstate 680 in the County of Alameda as the CHP Officers Frederick Wayne Enright and Adolfo Martinez Hernandez Memorial Bridge. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, California Highway Patrol Officers Frederick
Wayne Enright and Adolfo Martinez Hernandez made the ultimate
sacrifice while performing their sworn duty and, in recognition
thereof, we pay special tribute to their bravery and dedication; and

WHEREAS, On June 27, 1975, the state suffered a tragic loss
when Officers Enright and Hernandez were killed in a helicopter
crash caused by mechanical failure; and

WHEREAS, Officer Frederick Wayne Enright was born August
27, 1944, to Francis Xavier and Mary Alice, in Louisiana, Missouri;
and

WHEREAS, Officer Enright graduated from Canoga Park High
School in Canoga Park, California, in 1962 and within one year
after graduation earned his Private Pilot License in Rotary Wing;
and

WHEREAS, Before joining the Department of the California
Highway Patrol, Officer Enright worked at Von’s Grocery Store,
and attended the Los Angeles Police Academy; and

WHEREAS, Officer Enright served in the United States Army
from July 26, 1965, to January 31, 1970, during which time he
achieved the ranks of Chief Warrant Officer 2 and Army Aviator;
and

WHEREAS, Officer Enright married his best friend, Sheila
Frances Liddell, in July of 1968 and had a wonderful daughter,
Robyn Alise, born October 19, 1973; and

WHEREAS, Officer Enright, badge number 7857, graduated
from the Department of the California Highway Patrol Academy
in March of 1972 with the Cadet Training Class V-71, and upon
graduation he was assigned to the West Valley Area; and

WHEREAS, After only six months with the Department of the
California Highway Patrol, Officer Enright achieved the rank of
Pilot and was transferred to the Golden Gate Division in the San
Francisco Bay Area; and

WHEREAS, As a helicopter pilot, Officer Enright responded
to numerous land and water rescue operations and routinely flew
commute traffic observation for bay area highways and freeways;
and

WHEREAS, During one of Officer Enright’s patrols, he
encountered a drunk pilot, ordered him to land, and escorted him
to the ground, where the pilot was arrested. Not only was this a
dangerous encounter, but Officer Enright’s helicopter suffered
power failure and he successfully landed it without damage or
injury. The Department of the California Highway Patrol
subsequently commended Officer Enright for his exceptional skill
and decisionmaking during this incident; and

WHEREAS, Officer Enright was a hard-working, dedicated
officer who loved his job and enjoyed the people who worked with
him. He was known for being a loyal family man and a wonderful
father and husband; and

WHEREAS, Officer Enright’s greatest joys were his wife and
daughter. He had an incredible optimism, a great sense of
adventure, and enthusiasm for life. In his spare time, he enjoyed
listening to music, fishing, skiing, sports cars, motorcycles, and
boating; and

WHEREAS, Officer Enright is admired by all who knew him
for his dedication to serving others and for a life well lived; and

WHEREAS, Officer Enright was survived by his wife, Sheila,
daughter, Robyn, brothers, Terrence and Frank III, and sister,
Rosemary; and

WHEREAS, Officer Adolfo Martinez Hernandez was born
September 27, 1940, to Tiburcio and Juana in Etiwanda, California,
and was one of 12 children; and

WHEREAS, Although Officer Hernandez grew up poor, and
oftentimes had to do his homework on an ironing board, he was
determined to get an education. He graduated from Fontana High
School in 1959 and attended Chaffey Community College; and

WHEREAS, Officer Hernandez held several jobs before joining
the Department of the California Highway Patrol, including
working in the laboratory at Etiwanda Steel Plant; and

WHEREAS, Officer Hernandez served in the United States
Army from July 30, 1962, to June 30, 1968, and achieved the rank
of Private First Class; and

WHEREAS, Officer Adolfo Martinez Hernandez married the
love of his life, Genevieve Catherine Gonzales, on June 24, 1967,
and had two wonderful children, Lisa Mercedes, born October 21,
1972, and Sebastian Heriberto, born May 10, 1974; and

WHEREAS, Officer Hernandez, badge number 4876, graduated
from the Department of the California Highway Patrol Academy
in 1966, and proudly served the residents of California for nine
years; and

WHEREAS, Officer Hernandez was a devoted officer, husband,
and father and was known for his big heart and immense love for
his family and friends, even when some of them were “unlovable”;
and

WHEREAS, In addition to spending time with his children,
Officer Hernandez enjoyed motorcycles, refurbishing a VW van,
making wood carvings, and creating leather items, such as wallets,
handbags, sandals, belts, and a special holder for his California
Highway Patrol badge. He also loved “do-it-yourself” projects and
built a bicycle seat for his then two-year-old daughter, a bike rack
for his car, and a bookcase and small end table that his son still
has in his home today; and

WHEREAS, Officer Hernandez was admired for his devotion
to his family, his silly jokes, his commitment to duty and the
residents of California, his faithfulness, his honesty and integrity,
his pride in his Mexican heritage, and for the overall love and
admiration he had for his children; and

WHEREAS, Officer Hernandez beamed when he introduced
his children to others as if he were the sole source in creating such
miracles; and

WHEREAS, Officer Hernandez is survived by his wife,
Genevieve, his two children, Lisa and Sebastian, his grandchildren,
Isaiah Ishmael and Solomon Xavier, and his siblings, Manual,
George, Raymond, Anna, Armando, Marcelena, Victor, Louie,
and Magdalena; and

WHEREAS, In recognition of the contributions and sacrifice
of officers Frederick Wayne Enright and Adolfo Martinez
Hernandez in serving the Department of the California Highway
Patrol and the residents of California, it would be fitting to
designate a portion of Interstate 680 in Alameda County as the
CHP Officers Frederick Wayne Enright and Adolfo Martinez
Hernandez Memorial Bridge in their honor; and

WHEREAS, Through adoption of Assembly Concurrent
Resolution 100 (Resolution Chapter Number 109, Statutes of 2012),
the Legislature designated the Grimmer Boulevard Bridge in the
City of Fremont, County of Alameda, on Interstate 680 in memory
of Officers Enright and Hernandez; and

WHEREAS, The Legislature now desires, instead, to designate
a portion of Interstate 680 at Auto Mall Parkway in the County of
Alameda in memory of Officers Enright and Hernandez; now,
therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
Interstate 680 bridge that crosses Auto Mall Parkway in the County
of Alameda as the CHP Officers Frederick Wayne Enright and
Adolfo Martinez Hernandez Memorial Bridge; and be it further

Resolved, That the designation in memory of Officers Enright
and Hernandez made by Assembly Concurrent Resolution 100
(Resolution Chapter Number 109, Statutes of 2012) is hereby
rescinded; and be it further

Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested
to determine the costs of erecting the appropriate signs, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system,
showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations
from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those signs; and
be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.