ADOPTED - MAY 23, 2006

Agenda Item No. 19

Introduced by the Law Enforcement Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO HONOR DR. JEROME GALLAGHER ON HIS RETIREMENT

RESOLUTION #06-146

WHEREAS, Dr. Jerome Gallagher, B.S., M.A., Ph.D. retired from County employment on April 14, 2006; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Gallagher was employed in 1989, as the Director of the Project Sentry Drug Testing Clinic, a position he has held until his retirement, and has served this community since 1971 as the Director of the Correctional Assessment and Treatment Services (CATS) Program, as the County Jail Mental Health Services Director, the East Lansing Court Diversion Program and the Comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment Program; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Gallagher has been a pioneer at the National, State and local level in the field of drug testing to monitor offenders for drug and alcohol use in the community and;

WHEREAS, Dr. Gallagher is a nationally recognized expert in forensic toxicology receiving  presidential and gubernatorial appointments to and serving on Congressional Advisory Commissions and Boards charged with the development of drug testing standards and strategies to address the problem of alcohol and substance abuse in our society; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Gallagher has served as a consultant to the Director of the National Drug Control Policy Office, the Governor’s Office on Drug Control Policy, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institute of Medicine in Washington D.C., and the National Institute of Corrections; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Gallagher co-authored the American Medical Association National (accreditation) Standards for Health Care in Jails and has authored numerous publications on topics including high speed police pursuits, excessive force in law enforcement, drug abuse assessment and treatment, suicidal assessments in pre-trial detainees, the role of drug testing with court offenders, and the relationship between teen alcohol use and alcoholism; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Gallagher has utilized his knowledge, insight, and expertise to develop and maintain the highest quality drug testing services for this community through the Project Sentry Drug Testing Clinic and has provided un-refuted expert testimony in thousands of Michigan Federal, Circuit, Family, and District Court cases.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners thanks Dr. Gallagher for his services and acknowledges his many contributions to this community and expresses its wish for his continued success. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT:  Yeas:  Nolan, Copedge, De Leon, Thomas, Schafer, Vickers

 Nays:  None       Absent:  None         Approved 5/11/06