Full Text of HR1208 96th General Assembly
HR1208 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Recent media reports highlighted these poignant | 3 |
| circumstances: that 113 people have been killed in Chicago so | 4 |
| far this year and this total is equal to the number of members | 5 |
| of the United States armed services killed in Iraq and | 6 |
| Afghanistan combined, during the same time period; and
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| WHEREAS, The scourge of today's armed violence pays no heed | 8 |
| to municipal or county boundary lines, and thus the toll of | 9 |
| deaths, serious injuries, and wounded families mounts in | 10 |
| cities, towns, and counties across Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, The vigilant efforts of law enforcement, | 12 |
| especially in high crime areas, are deeply appreciated, but | 13 |
| unfortunately the reality is that local law enforcement | 14 |
| resources are stretched thin, the reduced ranks of the State | 15 |
| Police are not available to assist local enforcement agencies, | 16 |
| and State funding is unavailable to assist municipalities in | 17 |
| placing additional police officers on the streets; and
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| WHEREAS, The federal government alone has the resources to | 19 |
| provide relief to local law enforcement agencies by providing | 20 |
| sufficient financial assistance to allow those agencies to hire | 21 |
| additional police officers in order to combat lawlessness in | 22 |
| high crime areas; and
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| WHEREAS, This resolution should not be interpreted by | 2 |
| anyone as a criticism of local law enforcement efforts, rather | 3 |
| this initiative is simply designed to prevent more innocent | 4 |
| lives from being lost to senseless violence; and
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| WHEREAS, In the long term, violence and crime lead to a | 6 |
| decrease in property values, discourage people from | 7 |
| establishing businesses, and hurt existing businesses and thus | 8 |
| point to the need for a comprehensive strategy to address the | 9 |
| root causes of crime, but right now immediate help is needed | 10 |
| because our citizens have a need to feel safe and to be secure, | 11 |
| in order that they may reclaim their communities; therefore, be | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| urge the Congress to pass legislation to provide emergency | 16 |
| financial relief that will assist those Illinois communities | 17 |
| hardest hit by violent crime provide sufficient police | 18 |
| resources to reverse the tide of crime; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| delivered to each member of the Illinois congressional | 21 |
| delegation.
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