Full Text of HR1509 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Pamela K. Church, Chief of | 4 | | Police for the Western Springs Police Department, on the | 5 | | occasion of her retirement; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Chief Church was appointed the Director of Law | 7 | | Enforcement
Services for the Village of Western Springs in | 8 | | November of 2005; she started her career in law enforcement in | 9 | | 1983 as a patrol officer for the
Downers Grove Police | 10 | | Department; for over six years
prior to that, she was a | 11 | | physical
education teacher and a coach for Decatur Public | 12 | | Schools; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Chief Church held various positions in the Downers | 14 | | Grove Police Department,
including Police Counselor, Sergeant, | 15 | | Lieutenant, Accreditation Manager, and Deputy
Chief; during | 16 | | her law enforcement career, she helped establish the
| 17 | | award-winning community oriented policing program for the | 18 | | Village of Downers Grove; she also served as the Injury | 19 | | Prevention Team Leader for the Partnerships for
Healthier | 20 | | Communities, which was a county-wide multi-agency task force; | 21 | | she is a past recipient of the Family Shelter Service Public | 22 | | Safety Award and the
Chief's Award; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Chief Church is the past President of the
Advisory | 2 | | Board of Directors for North East Multi-Regional Training, Inc. | 3 | | and
continues to serve on the Board; she currently serves on | 4 | | the Executive Board of the
Western Suburban Chiefs of Police | 5 | | Association, the Greater Cook County Council of
Police Chiefs, | 6 | | Northern Illinois Police Alarm System (NIPAS), and the Illinois
| 7 | | Association of Chiefs of Police; she serves as the Chair of the | 8 | | Police
Psychological Services Committee for the Illinois | 9 | | Association of Chiefs of Police; she is
a member of the South | 10 | | Suburban Association of Chiefs of Police, the DuPage County
| 11 | | Chiefs of Police Association, and the International | 12 | | Association of Chiefs of Police; she is a certified Police | 13 | | Chief through the Illinois Association of Chiefs
of Police; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Chief Church received the Outstanding Alumni | 15 | | Award from the Decatur
Public Schools Education Foundation in | 16 | | 2006; she was also the recipient of the Illinois
State Bar | 17 | | Association Law Enforcement Award in 2009; she was named Chief | 18 | | of the Year for the Illinois Crime Prevention Association in | 19 | | 2011 and was the 2012 recipient
of the Award of Excellence in | 20 | | Police Administration from the Illinois State Crime
Commission | 21 | | Police Athletic League; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Chief Church has a Bachelor of Science in Physical
| 23 | | Education from Eastern Illinois University and a master's | 24 | | degree in criminal
social justice from Lewis University; she |
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| 1 | | also graduated from the Northwestern
University Center for | 2 | | Public Safety, School of Police Staff and Command; therefore, | 3 | | be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 | | congratulate Pamela K. Church, Chief of Police for the Western | 7 | | Springs Police Department, on her retirement, and we wish her | 8 | | the best in all her future endeavors; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to Chief Church as an expression of our esteem and | 11 | | respect.
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