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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Police Chief Lloyd 
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Unland on thirty years of service to the Village of Minooka; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Chief Unland is a past member of MADD, the Grundy 
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Area Career Education Cooperative, the National Police 
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Officer's Association, the Cook County Crime Commission, the 
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Illinois Sheriff's Association, and the Champs Board; he served 
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as President of the Grundy County Crime Prevention Commission, 
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and as the director of the Minooka EMA; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Chief Unland is currently a member of the 
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Channahon/Minooka Chamber of Commerce, the Minooka Lions Club, 
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where he serves as Secretary and Treasurer, a member of the 
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Membership Committee & Legislative Committee Chairman of 
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Community Policing & Crime Prevention Committee of the 
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International Association of Chief's of Police, a member and 
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past President of the Police Chief's Association of Will 
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County, the Vice-chair of the Regional Chief's Committee of the 
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Kendall County Chief's of Police, a member of the Tri-River 
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Training Advisory Board, a member of the Grundy County Local 
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Emergency Planning Committee, a member of the Grundy County 911 
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Board, a member of the No Tolerance Task Force Board, and 
 


 






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President of the Grundy County Manager's Association in 2003 
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and 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Chief Unland has received letters of commendation 
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and recognition, including: from Village President Clyde Heap 
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for work and achievement above and beyond the call of duty; 
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from  Village President Offerman for the apprehending of an 
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armed robber from the Foodliner Grocery Store; from the Federal 
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Bureau of Investigation for the solving of Minooka's Bank 
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Robbery, which led to solving five additional bank robberies; 
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from Village President Clyde Heap for the solving of the Kodo 
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Pharmacy burglary, which led to solving four additional 
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burglaries; from Village President Flatness for the 
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apprehension of an armed robber at Minooka Food Shop; from 
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Village President Offerman for saving the life of a child; in 
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addition, he received the
Officer of the year award in 1998, 
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and in 1994, he was recognized by department officers for his 
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leadership and dedication to the department; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Chief Unland graduated basic police training 
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through the Illinois State Police and the Police Administration 
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of Will County; he graduated from the Northwestern University 
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Traffic Institute; and he has attended numerous law enforcement 
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training classes, from Governor's State University, Joliet 
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Junior College, N.E.M.R.T., Tri-River Training, the Chicago 
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Crime Commission, Multi-Regional Criminal Justice Training, 
 


 






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the Illinois State Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
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and the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Chief Unland is dedicated to the people of Minooka 
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and has shown that through his thirty years of service to the 
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community; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Police Chief Lloyd Unland and wish him continued 
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success in the future; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Chief Unland as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.