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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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State
Rep. Angel Cruz |
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Cruz resolution to honor fallen police officer adopted
HARRISBURG, Oct. 9 – State Rep. Angel Cruz, D-Phila., announced today that his resolution (H.R. 891) honoring fallen Philadelphia police officer Isabel Nazario was adopted unanimously by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
The resolution calls for Maria D. Quinones-Sanchez, the 7th District councilperson of Philadelphia, to take action in order to name the new public school building at G and Hunting Park Avenue after Nazario.
"Officer Nazario was a hero," Cruz said. "I am pleased that my colleagues in the House recognized her valor by adopting this resolution that honors her legacy."
Nazario, 40, was a single mom and 18-year veteran of the police force working on the department's high-profile Narcotics Strike Force when she was killed Sept. 5.
The squad car in which she was riding was broadsided by a stolen SUV in the city's Mantua section. She and her partner, Officer Terry Tull, who was injured in the crash, were assisting in the pursuit of a Cadillac Escalade driven by a 16-year-old driver.
Nazario was the first Hispanic female officer to be killed in the line of duty in Philadelphia.
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