--- title: HR 525. Crew, Community Supervision Officer John; Department of Community Supervision's 2024 Officer of the Year; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr525 cite_as: HR 525, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr525 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr525.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr525/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71208 date: 2025-03-06 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-12 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr524.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr526.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr525.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 525 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2025-03-06 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Rick Townsend - Buddy DeLoach - Steven Sainz - Clint Crowe - Bill Hitchens - Eddie Lumsden text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR525/2025 upstream_id: 1994272 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - Department of Community Supervision - probation and parole officers - legislative commendation --- # HR 525. Crew, Community Supervision Officer John; Department of Community Supervision's 2024 Officer of the Year; commend ## Text House Resolution 525 By: Representatives Townsend of the 179th, DeLoach of the 167th, Sainz of the 180th, Crowe of the 118th, Hitchens of the 161st, and others A RESOLUTION Recognizing and commending Community Supervision Officer John Crew, the Department of Community Supervision's 2024 Officer of the Year; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, founded on the tenets of public safety and progress, the Georgia Department of Community Supervision commenced operations on July 1, 2015, through the passage of House Bill 310; and WHEREAS, Community Supervision Officer John Crew has honorably served the State of Georgia for 24 years and has shown himself to be an outstanding embodiment of the department's core values of selfless service, accountability, integrity, teamwork, and professional development; and WHEREAS, Officer Crew routinely goes above and beyond to provide efficient, effective, unselfish, and dedicated service to his coworkers and the State of Georgia; and WHEREAS, Officer Crew's commitment to public safety while helping create opportunities for successful outcomes for the individuals he supervises serves as an example for his fellow officers; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize and commend Community Supervision Officer John Crew on being named the Department of Community Supervision's 2024 Officer of the Year and extend best wishes for continued success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Community Supervision Officer John Crew. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution formally commends Community Supervision Officer John Crew for being named the Department of Community Supervision's 2024 Officer of the Year. ### Plain-language summary This resolution is a ceremonial honor from the Georgia House of Representatives. It recognizes Community Supervision Officer John Crew, who has served the state for 24 years, for being named the Department of Community Supervision's 2024 Officer of the Year. The resolution recounts the department's founding in 2015 and praises Officer Crew's dedication to public safety and to helping the people he supervises succeed. It does not change any Georgia law; it simply directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy of the resolution for presentation to Officer Crew. ### What it does - Formally recognizes and commends Community Supervision Officer John Crew for being named 2024 Officer of the Year by the Department of Community Supervision. - States that the House extends best wishes to Officer Crew for continued success in his career. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to Officer Crew. - Creates no new laws, funding, or penalties, serving only as a ceremonial statement from the House. ### Who it affects This resolution directly names and honors Community Supervision Officer John Crew and references the Georgia Department of Community Supervision, the state agency that oversees people on probation and parole. ### Why it matters The resolution carries no legal or financial effect and changes no Georgia law. Its practical impact is symbolic: it gives official, public recognition from the state legislature to a specific state employee for his work supervising people on probation or parole. ### Key provisions - Recites the founding of the Georgia Department of Community Supervision on July 1, 2015 through House Bill 310. - Describes Officer Crew's 24 years of service and his embodiment of the department's stated values. - Resolves that the House commends Officer Crew for being named 2024 Officer of the Year and wishes him continued success. - Directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy of the resolution available for distribution to Officer Crew. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-03-06) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2025-03-06) - Sponsors: Rick Townsend, Buddy DeLoach, Steven Sainz, Clint Crowe, Bill Hitchens, Eddie Lumsden - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71208 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr525.md?full=1