A proclamation in recognition of Detective Richard Schneider, DPD Badge 85024, upon the occasion of his retirement. A proclamation in recognition of Detective Rick Schneider on the occasion of his retirement.
Madam Secretary, please close the voting and now the results. 11 eyes 11 I proclamation 648 has been adopted. And you said, Councilman Lopez, you did not have anyone to accept the podium today. As president. All right. We will move on to our second proclamation, proclamation 649. Councilwoman Monteiro, will you please read? Oh six 2649 Correct. Corrected. Thank you, Mr. President. Proclamation 649 is being read tonight in recognition of Detective Richard Snyder. Deputy Badge 85024. Upon the occasion of his retirement. And it reads as follows. Whereas Richard Snyder was hired by the Denver Police Department as a patrol officer on August 1st, 1985. And. Whereas, Ric was promoted to the rank of detective on October 16th, 1992 and earned his tenure Gold Detective Badge on October 9th, 2002, while serving in a variety of assignments to include the Vice and Drug Control Bureau and the Crimes Against Persons Bureau as a domestic as a domestic violence and homicide detective. And. WHEREAS, Detective Snyder began to specialize in the management of sex offenders in 2001 while assigned to the Sex Crimes Unit, and in 2005 was one of the founding members of the Sex Offender Registration and Compliance Unit, an assignment he served until his retirement. And. WHEREAS, Detective Snyder's expertize in the field of sex offender management is widely recognized by the Denver the Denver Police Department and his partner agencies. And. WHEREAS, Detective Snyder's contributions to the management of sex offenders include holding the first community notification meeting regarding the release of a sexually violent predator on February 26, 2014. His appointment to the sex manage his his appointment to the Sex Offender Management Board Community Notification Technical Assistance Team in August 2005, the procurement of a grant from the Adam Walsh Foundation in 2007 that allowed for tracking and monitoring of transient sex offenders and his appointment to the Governor's Task Force on Sex Offender Registration, which resulted in legislation establishing self verification of offenders who lack a fixed address. And. Whereas, on August 15th, 2014, Detective Snyder will retire as a Denver police officer, fulfilling 29 years of dedicated service to the city and county of Denver. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Council of the City and County of Denver, Section one, that the Denver City Council recognizes Rick Schneider's contributions to keep Denver's communities safe, and for his personal and professional dedication to his work and to Denver's residents over the years. And the city and county wishes him well in his retirement. Section two that the clerk of the city and county of Denver shall attest, and to fix the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation and that a copy be transmitted to Detective Richard Snyder and his family. Thank you, Councilwoman Monteiro. Your motion to adopt. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that proclamation. 623 be adopted. It's been moved and seconded. Comments from members of the Council. Councilwoman Montero. Thank you, Mr. President. I'm so glad to be able to sponsor, along with our other co-sponsors, this proclamation recognizing Detective Rick Snyder and I welcome you and your family here tonight to our chambers. You've done so much work quietly in the background for our community to keep us safe. And you and I have worked so much in the neighborhoods that I represent in Council District nine, and I believe you are a constituent of Council District Line. I just wanted to put that in there, but I just want to, with all my heart, let you know that your commitment to the difficult criminal and social issues that we've dealt with in District nine have never been ignored or unappreciated. And working with you, I've just learned what a challenging job you had and some of the work that you've done, especially the work that you're doing up until now. But the other thing is, I've always wondered how. Individuals are able to sort of balance out when they have very difficult and stressful lives. And for Detective Snyder, it was his partnership with Dr. Jack Moss from Pacific Dental Services. And what they've been able to do in the last year is to provide free dental services and have a mobile outreach team that's come in to my district and I understand other districts in the city as well. We've been able to elegantly work on this on this project together, and by that I mean we're all the tables , they're the chairs. There are the tents there with the too hot, with their water, with their Band-Aids, you know, all of those little things that can impact a person's strength already around, wanting to go see a dentist and being able to help it be as stress free as possible. To date, with the two dental clinics, there was one on Saturday, August 9th, but to date, 180 people in areas once a year have received dental care. And I very much appreciate that many were children that are going to be ready to go to school. And good dental caries and hygiene is so important because of all of the other indirect things that dental care, poor dental care can have, but poor dental hygiene. So that was your secret to the always being happy and always being upbeat. It was always giving back to the community. So with that, I they take a lot of value and understanding. That's how you balance this with something positive. So I would like to I would like to extend you the best the best retirement that that you deserve. I was kidding. And I told him the other day and just now that I was going to rescind his retirement, and he said, nope, nope, nope. So I would ask that my colleagues please join me in supporting and supporting my constituent and my friend, Detective Snyder, this proclamation. Thank you, Councilwoman Monteiro. Councilman Brooks. Thank you, Mr. President. First, I want to thank Councilwoman Monteiro for recognizing Detective Snyder. You know, I've been thinking a lot about some of the unsung heroes in our city. And this is so great that this detective gets a chance to, after all the years of service in this city, gets a chance to be honored in this way. I feel it's it's really amazing. I want to point out, I was six years old when you became a detective in the city. And and I was I was in Los Angeles. And I just think it's beautiful that you are making this city the best city in America while I was growing up. And I just want to thank you for your investment into this city. And, yeah, it's just it's it's a beautiful tribute. And I can see that you're moved and it's just it's just really sweet. And I just think the family as well for allowing all these years of service and the things that you had to endure. I appreciate it. And I hope today is just a little bit of of joy that can bring to the satisfaction of this life. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Brooks. Councilwoman Ortega. Thank you, Mr. President. I'm honored to be a co-sponsor of this proclamation. Councilwoman Montero, thank you for bringing bringing it forward. I've known Detective Schneider for I can't even remember how many years. A very long time. I had the pleasure, pleasure and opportunity working with him over the years. And clearly, he is an example of the many police officers, men and women that are part of our police force, who are so dedicated and committed to this city. And I just want to thank you for your 29 years of service. I want to thank your family for having lent him to all of us and shared him with us for the last 29 years. I wish you the best of luck in your retirement and Godspeed. Ortega Councilwoman Robb. Thank you, Mr. President. Well, I'm not going to say how old I was when you began in this city, but I will say that I looked at that and I said, 1985. That's not that long ago. He hasn't been here that long. And then I started doing my math. I actually got to know Detective Snyder, working on an intense case in my district concerning a sex offender. And I tell you, his depth of knowledge, his understanding of the state legislation, of the regional nature of this of the committee meetings, this JCC. I could. Keep all of that straight. And then his ability and willingness to come out and talk to the neighborhood and to talk to the offender on quite a regular basis and to keep following up with me. As my colleagues have said in the previous comments, it really was exemplary city service and what you would expect out of the best in detectives. So I am sorry to see you go, but I hope you enjoy your retirement. Thank you, Councilwoman Robb. We have many other comments from members of council. I would just like to add this as well. We wish you the very best. And you know our public servants. I'll use a football analogy since we're getting ready, a football season, you know, typically Denver police and other entities, they're very similar to offensive linemen and not because of your size. That's not what I'm talking about. But when you when you we only hear about offensive linemen when there's a holding penalty or there's a false start. But when Peyton Manning drives 70 yards down the field for a touchdown, credit goes to the quarterback, the running back, and we never hear about those in the trenches doing the hard work each and every play. And I'm very thankful that Councilwoman Monteiro brought this forward that we know from the great work that you did. She spoke about the dental clinic that helped in the her district. It also came to Marbella as well, where we had, I believe it was over 40 people got dental services. And I want to thank you for being a part of that, making that a reality as well, because that that was, well, a great the community the community really appreciated that. So thank you and best of luck. So seeing no other comments. Madam Secretary, roll call. Monteiro I never I Ortega Rob Shepherd, Brooks Brown, I but. I. Can eat. Lehman Hi. Lopez Hi. Mr. President. Hi. Councilwoman. Moran. Oh. There you go. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and mouth the results. 12 Eyes. 12 Eyes Proclamation. 649 has been adopted. Councilwoman Monteiro, is there anyone you want to call to the podium? Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to call up Commander Sonnier here. I could barely see you. There you are. And also and also our honoree this evening, Detective Rick Schneider. What would you like to go first? I think you kind of covered it. I've known Rick. Come on up. You're not going to get too hard. That is, you're never shot anyway. So, so, so congratulations. I just echo what you said. Rick has done a phenomenal job for us. His knowledge of the sex offender population out there, the sex offender management board. I first got to know Rick when I was a lieutenant in Patton Crimes and had sex offender management back when we only had about 1200 in the year or 1200 in the city. We're up over 2000. What's the last number? 2194. Yeah, so we're almost 2200. So within that short amount of time, we've gone. But he is the legislative expert. He has done a lot of testifying at the state capitol, getting ordinances passed to help us manage our board. And the whole unit really has done a phenomenal job. And, you know, kudos goes out to the whole unit. But congratulations, Rick. I appreciate it. Thank you. Mr. President. Council members. Thank you. When Councilwoman Montero called the other day and said, we're going to do this, I was a little taken aback and obviously still Im almost at a loss for words that night, but I said almost. Those of you who know me know that's not going to happen, but that I really do appreciate everything that everybody said tonight. The kudos, accolades, prizes, gifts. I know now, right now how Kim Kardashian feels every day. That. I didn't do anything any different than the other 1300 men and women across the street who work hard every day. But it's truly been an honor to do this for the last 30 years, and I appreciate it. Would you like to introduce your family to really be in trouble? You'll be one with that. Yeah. You saved my life right here. And my son in law, Nick or Cory, my daughter Lindsey, my wife Carol, Dr. Jack Moss, that we spoke about the dental thing and his wife Theresa. And you guys know Lieutenant Davis and I really am taken aback by this. And I truly appreciate it's been an honor to work with you all. Thank you.