Political Quotes

“Today, I rise to recognize a true leader of Mississippi for his outstanding career of service, Mr. Rupert H. Lacy. Mr. Lacy has served as the director of emergency management, homeland security, and e-911 for Harrison County, Mississippi, for 13 years. He was appointed director in December 2007 and has been responsible for a wide range of public safety activities, including emergency planning, hazard mitigation, emergency communications disaster response, and recovery for Mississippi's second most populous county, comprised of five cities and more than 200,000 residents. A native Mississippian, Mr. Lacy was touched by disasters growing up and saw the chaos they could cause firsthand. In the late 1970s, he started as a volunteer firefighter but has served in many capacities since then, including deputy director of Harrison County Emergency Management, warden of Leake County Correctional Facility, captain of support services for Harrison County Sheriff's Department, and training officer for Harrison County Sheriff's Department. An expert in all-hazards comprehensive emergency management, Mr. Lacy has been a leader on several high-profile incident management teams and delegations. During Hurricane Katrina in 2005, he served as logistics section chief. From 2008 until 2020, Mr. Lacy served as co-chairman of the National Hurricane Conference's response committee, helping scores of coastal communities share their best practices and lessons learned.…”