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News
Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 15, 1995
Dedication
of Rick Finley Building in Detroit
The Drug Enforcement
Administration, Detroit Field Division, today announces the dedication
of the newly constructed Rick Finley Building, located at 431 Howard Street,
Detroit, MI. This building will be leased by the General Services Administration
to house the 175 employees of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Divisional
Office, as well as, the DEA State & Local Training Center. The DEA
Office was previously housed in the Federal Courthouse Building on West
Lafayette. Several dignitaries, including U.S. Congressman John Conyers
Jr., DEA Administrator Thomas A. Constantine, and various state and local
representatives, will be in attendance for the official dedication ceremony
at 1:30PM on May 19, 1995. The Finley family, friends and law enforcement
associates from across the country will also be in attendance.
The Farbman Group,
owners of the building, are proud and honored to name this three-story,
70,000 square foot structure after DEA Special Agent Rick Finley, who
was killed in the line of duty on May 20, 1989. Special Agent Rick Finley
officially entered on duty with the DEA in 1984, and was assigned to the
DEA Detroit Divisional Office as his first post of duty. During his assignment
in Detroit, Rick volunteered for Operation SNOWCAP. Operation SNOWCAP
was a multi-federal agency task force which operated in several South
American countries to locate and destroy clandestine cocaine laboratories
in the source locations. Special Agent Rick Finley died in an airplane
crash in the Upper Huallega Valley, Peru, after completing a day of field
operations regarding this mission. The DEA Family is pleased and proud
that The Farbman Group chose to honor the memory of Special Agent Rick
Finley by dedicating their building in his name.
Administrator Thomas
A. Constantine stated, "It is sobering to remember the number
of DEA employees who have given their lives so that our world can be a
safer place. Special Agents like Rick Finley represent our democracy and
all the people of America who look to us to protect their communities
from the ravages of drugs and violent crime."
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