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IN RECOGNITION OF ASSISTANT CHIEF WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER CHANDLER
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HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS
of texas
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Assistant Chief of Police William Christopher Chandler and his exemplary public service to the City of The Colony, Texas. After over 31 years as a Texas Police Officer, he is retiring as a respected law enforcement professional and community leader.
In high school, Chief Chandler met a fellow student and the love of his life, Olga. Chief Chandler and Olga married after high school in January 1986, and he started working at Houston Lighting and Power Company as a Power Plant Manintenance Mechanic. Olga attended the University of Houston on a full scholarship, and the couple intended that Chief Chandler would enroll in college after she graduated. Life got in the way, and while Olga was attending college, they added to their family with the births of two sons.
Following in the footsteps of his father, a police officer, Chief Chandler began his law enforcement career in December 1989, joining his cousin as a fellow officer at the Jacinto City Police Department. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1993 by Chief Joe Clark. In 1996, Chief Clark was hired as Chief of The Colony Police Department, and he hired Chief Chandler away to serve as his Lieutenant and second-in-command. May 28, 1996 marked the first day of Chief Chandler's career at The Colony Police Department.
Chief Chandler was promoted to the rank of Captain in October 1998 and Assistant Chief in March 2012. Chief Chandler worked in the Operations Division overseeing Patrol, SWAT, Crossing Guards, and Bike Patrol. In January 2016, he took over the Support Services Division and oversaw the Criminal Investigations Division, School Resource Officers, Jail Operations, Communications, and Records.
He has been a committed life-long learner. He earned his Associates Degree in Criminal Justice from Collin County Community College, followed by a Bachelors of Applied Arts and Sciences Degree in 2021 from the University of North Texas. He is a graduate of the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas Leadership Command College at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. He also graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, Session No. 275, at Quantico, Virginia. Chief Chandler holds a Master Peace Officer License through the Texas Commission of Law Enforcement
(TCOLE) and has compiled more than 5,890 hours of training since beginning his career.
He and Olga are the proud parent of three boys, each who have followed their father into law enforcement and are serving as officers in the cities of Frisco, Plano, and Carrollton.
For more than three decades, he has been devoted to protecting the citizens of the communities he has served, putting strangers' safety above his own. I am deeply grateful for his public service to the City of The Colony and North Texas, and I wish Chief Chandler and his family the best in his retirement.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 199
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