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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Russell "Russ" Laine; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Russ Laine served as an infantry medic in the | ||||||
| 5 | U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, where he received the Combat | ||||||
| 6 | Medics Badge, a Purple Heart, and three Bronze Stars for | ||||||
| 7 | Valor; he received his Bachelor of Arts from Aurora | ||||||
| 8 | University; he earned his Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law | ||||||
| 9 | School in Chicago in 1991; he graduated from the Police | ||||||
| 10 | Administration Training Program at the Traffic Institute at | ||||||
| 11 | Northwestern University and the Midwest Law Enforcement | ||||||
| 12 | Executive Development Program; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Russ Laine began his law enforcement career with | ||||||
| 14 | the Streamwood Police Department in 1976; he then worked in | ||||||
| 15 | the Bartlett Police Department until 1982, where he served as | ||||||
| 16 | acting chief in 1981; he became chief of police in Edgerton, | ||||||
| 17 | Wisconsin until he took the chief position in Algonquin; he | ||||||
| 18 | served as chief of police of the Algonquin Police Department | ||||||
| 19 | from June 1985 until he retired in December 2014; he was hired | ||||||
| 20 | to address a recent scandal and rebuild the Fox Lake Police | ||||||
| 21 | Department in 2016, and he retired in June 2017; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Russ Laine served as the past president of the | ||||||
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| 1 | McHenry County Chiefs of Police Association, the Illinois | ||||||
| 2 | Association of Chiefs of Police, and the International | ||||||
| 3 | Association of Chiefs of Police, where he acted as the | ||||||
| 4 | parliamentarian for nearly two decades; he helped introduce | ||||||
| 5 | the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics in | ||||||
| 6 | Algonquin and McHenry County; he also lectured both nationally | ||||||
| 7 | and internationally on topics such as police ethics; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Russ Laine earned the Law Enforcement Recognition | ||||||
| 9 | Award from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence in | ||||||
| 10 | 2007; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Russ Laine was known for his wisdom, his advice, | ||||||
| 12 | and his willingness to help; he will be remembered as an | ||||||
| 13 | extraordinary human being who impacted countless lives, | ||||||
| 14 | including police officers, emerging leaders, his family, and | ||||||
| 15 | his family of Special Olympians; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 18 | Russell "Russ" Laine and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 19 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 20 | further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | presented to the family of Russ Laine as an expression of our | ||||||
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| 1 | deepest sympathy.
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