Senate
Joint
Resolution
2003
-
Introduced
SENATE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
2003
BY
JOHNSON
,
HANCOCK
,
WILHELM
,
HATCH
,
HORN
,
DEARDEN
,
FRAISE
,
COURTNEY
,
GRONSTAL
,
KIBBIE
,
BEALL
,
SODDERS
,
SCHOENJAHN
,
RAGAN
,
MATHIS
,
JOCHUM
,
BOWMAN
,
DANIELSON
,
DOTZLER
,
HOGG
,
KAPUCIAN
,
ZAUN
,
CHELGREN
,
WARD
,
WHITVER
,
SEYMOUR
,
HOUSER
,
McKINLEY
,
BEHN
,
SORENSON
,
ANDERSON
,
BERTRAND
,
KETTERING
,
HAHN
,
BOETTGER
,
BACON
,
ERNST
,
SMITH
,
DIX
,
HAMERLINCK
,
and
FEENSTRA
SENA
TE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
A
Joint
Resolution
relating
to
the
designation
of
the
1
department
of
public
safety
building
as
the
Oran
Pape
State
2
Office
Building.
3
WHEREAS,
it
has
become
accepted
procedure
to
name
state
4
office
buildings
in
the
Capitol
Complex
in
honor
of
persons
5
significant
in
Iowa’s
history
and
heritage;
and
6
WHEREAS,
the
state
office
building
located
at
215
East
7
Seventh
Street,
which
houses
the
Department
of
Public
8
Safety,
has
not
been
named
since
the
reconstruction
of
the
9
building;
and
10
WHEREAS,
the
building
that
houses
the
Department
of
Public
11
Safety
should
be
named
for
a
person
who
reflects
the
service,
12
commitment,
and
sacrifice
of
all
those
who
have
provided
public
13
safety
and
criminal
justice
services
in
the
department;
and
14
WHEREAS,
Oran
Pape
was
appointed
to
the
newly
formed
Iowa
15
Highway
Patrol
in
August
1935,
one
of
the
“Original
50”
16
patrolmen
to
serve
in
the
Patrol;
and
17
WHEREAS,
Oran
Pape
was
issued
badge
number
40
as
a
member
of
18
the
Patrol
and
assigned
to
eastern
Iowa;
and
19
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Joint
Resolution
2003
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Introduced
WHEREAS,
on
April
29,
1936,
while
patrolling
U.S.
Highway
61
20
near
Muscatine,
Iowa,
Oran
Pape
noticed
a
car
he
believed
to
21
have
been
stolen
and
had
the
vehicle
stopped;
and
22
WHEREAS,
when
Oran
Pape
approached
the
stopped
car,
the
23
driver
pointed
a
gun
at
Pape,
ordered
him
into
the
car,
and
24
began
to
drive
away;
and
25
WHEREAS,
while
in
the
vehicle,
Oran
Pape
grabbed
for
the
gun
26
of
the
driver
and
after
a
brief
struggle,
two
shots
went
off,
27
killing
the
driver
and
severely
wounding
Oran
Pape;
and
28
WHEREAS,
on
April
30,
1936,
Oran
Pape
died
as
a
result
of
29
his
gunshot
injuries,
the
first
member
of
the
Patrol
to
be
30
killed
in
the
line
of
duty
and
the
only
officer
to
have
been
31
murdered;
NOW
THEREFORE,
32
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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That
the
state
office
building
located
at
215
East
Seventh
1
Street,
which
houses
the
Department
of
Public
Safety,
be
named
2
the
Oran
Pape
State
Office
Building
in
honor
of
Oran
Pape;
and
3
that
an
appropriate
commemorative
plaque
be
placed
near
the
4
entrance
of
the
Oran
Pape
State
Office
Building
in
recognition
5
of
Oran
Pape
and
his
sacrifice
as
a
member
of
the
Iowa
State
6
Patrol.
7
EXPLANATION
8
This
joint
resolution
names
the
office
building,
located
at
9
215
East
Seventh
Street
and
housing
the
Department
of
Public
10
Safety,
the
Oran
Pape
State
Office
Building.
The
resolution,
11
subject
to
the
governor’s
approval,
recognizes
the
sacrifice
12
Oran
Pape
made
as
the
first
member
of
the
Iowa
State
Patrol
to
13
be
killed
in
the
line
of
duty.
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