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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, John Richard Chambers served as Sheriff of Douglas |
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| County from 1994 to 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Chambers was born February 6, 1951, in |
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| Tuscola; he is married and has two children; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Stephen Decatur High School in |
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| Decatur and attended Lake Land College in Mattoon, Parkland |
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| College in Champaign, and the FBI National Academy in Virginia; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, From 1969 to 1973, he served in the United States |
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| Air Force; from 1973 to 1982, he worked in Decatur at the |
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| Firestone Tire Company and Decatur Bottling Company, then with |
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| the Ziegler Coal Company in Murdock; in 1982, he started with |
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| the Douglas County Sheriff's Office in Tuscola; he was first |
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| employed as a Deputy Sheriff and Certified Evidence Control |
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| Officer; he was promoted to Corporal in 1984; he served on the |
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| Drug Task Force from 1985 to 1987; in 1990, he was promoted to |
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| Chief Deputy; and from 1993 to 1994, he was an Atwood Police |
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| Officer; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1983 to 1996, he received specialized |
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| training in such areas as firearms, civil rights, sexual |
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| assault, defensive tactics, death investigation, drug |
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| interdiction, police supervision, undercover operations, labor |
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| relations and management, and eavesdropping laws and |
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| equipment; and
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| WHEREAS, From 2004, he has served as Warden for the |
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| Danville Correctional facility; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |