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BE IT RESOLVED th.riy
of private and the rights of law abiding
Oakland County Board of Comrnissione: ,
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of his duties to protect the property and rights e is community,
6661 May 2, 1974 A4iscel Resolution
BY Mr.
IN RE: TRIBUTE IN MEMORIAM - POLICE OFFICER MARTIN D
CITY OF TROY
',AS CHIVAS,
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gc ;
Martin Douglas Chivas joi,,ad the City of Tray Police force as a cadet on
1970, entered military service in January 1971 and returned to the Troy Police force in
Decen ' 1972 ars! d as a patrolman until his untimely death on Ai I 7974,
Patrolman Marlin Dc-}u`-; Chivas, in the performance of his duties, stopped in
the early morning on Monday, April 22, to investigate an apparent breakin a' ,
service station on Rochester Road near the I-75 ramp.
He was shot and killed from within by one of two uscar, - or, inmates.
Thus ender: f a promising police career of a 23-year oft -:,fficer who
tribute in memoriam to Patrolman Martin Dougla ,, 'as who gave his
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of the foregoin :
to his surviving parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Chivas of Royal Oak.
OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
'se forwarded
The resol ut ion was una r adopted.