SJR 2003 (LSB 5030XS (5) 84)

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

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

A Joint Resolution relating to the designation of the department of public safety building as the Oran Pape State Office Building.

   WHEREAS, it has become accepted procedure to name state office buildings in the Capitol Complex in honor of persons significant in Iowa’s history and heritage; and
   WHEREAS, the state office building located at 215 East Seventh Street, which houses the Department of Public Safety, has not been named since the reconstruction of the building; and
   WHEREAS, the building that houses the Department of Public Safety should be named for a person who reflects the service, commitment, and sacrifice of all those who have provided public safety and criminal justice services in the department; and
   WHEREAS, Oran Pape was appointed to the newly formed Iowa Highway Patrol in August 1935, one of the “Original 50” patrolmen to serve in the Patrol; and
   WHEREAS, Oran Pape was issued badge number 40 as a member of the Patrol and assigned to eastern Iowa; and
   WHEREAS, on April 29, 1936, while patrolling U.S. Highway 61 near Muscatine, Iowa, Oran Pape noticed a car he believed to have been stolen and had the vehicle stopped; and
   WHEREAS, when Oran Pape approached the stopped car, the driver pointed a gun at Pape, ordered him into the car, and began to drive away; and
   WHEREAS, while in the vehicle, Oran Pape grabbed for the gun of the driver and after a brief struggle, two shots went off, killing the driver and severely wounding Oran Pape; and
   WHEREAS, on April 30, 1936, Oran Pape died as a result of his gunshot injuries, the first member of the Patrol to be killed in the line of duty and the only officer to have been murdered; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   That the state office building located at 215 East Seventh Street, which houses the Department of Public Safety, be named the Oran Pape State Office Building in honor of Oran Pape; and that an appropriate commemorative plaque be placed near the entrance of the Oran Pape State Office Building in recognition of Oran Pape and his sacrifice as a member of the Iowa State Patrol.
EXPLANATION
   This joint resolution names the office building, located at 215 East Seventh Street and housing the Department of Public Safety, the Oran Pape State Office Building. The resolution, subject to the governor’s approval, recognizes the sacrifice Oran Pape made as the first member of the Iowa State Patrol to be killed in the line of duty.