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 TLSB 5030XS (5) 84 ec/rj

Senate Joint Resolution 2003 - 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: 33 TLSB 5030XS (5) 84 ec/rj

S.J.R. 2003 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. 14 -1- LSB 5030XS (5) 84 ec/rj 1/ 1