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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to honor accomplishments in the | ||||||
4 | lives of citizens of the State of Illinois; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason has always held his family as his | ||||||
6 | highest priority, as son, husband, father, and grandfather; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was a member of the Chicago Police | ||||||
8 | Department for 25 years serving as a patrol officer in the | ||||||
9 | Traffic Division until he was promoted to the rank of detective | ||||||
10 | in 1967; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was transferred to Homicide | ||||||
12 | Headquarters in 1979 where he served as city-wide Sex Crimes | ||||||
13 | Coordinator and Analyst until he retired from the Chicago | ||||||
14 | Police Department; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason, along with former Commander | ||||||
16 | Rudolph E. Nimocks, designed, staffed and administered a | ||||||
17 | city-wide Sex Crimes Unit; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason initiated the first detailed sex | ||||||
19 | crimes analysis in the City of Chicago and published | ||||||
20 | comprehensive and analytical reports, tracked crime patterns, |
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1 | participated in training sex crimes detectives, and assisted in | ||||||
2 | the production of a rape prevention film; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was the Chicago Police Department | ||||||
4 | liaison with various citizen groups; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason, has been recognized by the | ||||||
6 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), the | ||||||
7 | Chicago Police Department, and has received numerous Letters of | ||||||
8 | Commendation from many organizations and citizens; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason joined the staff of the South East | ||||||
10 | Chicago Commission as Law Enforcement Coordinator on August 9, | ||||||
11 | 1982; he served the Hyde Park-Kenwood community with integrity | ||||||
12 | and dedication, coordinating the efforts of the Chicago Police | ||||||
13 | Department and the University of Chicago Security Department to | ||||||
14 | reduce crime in the community, making it a more desirable place | ||||||
15 | to live, work, and raise a family; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was commended by President Hanna | ||||||
17 | Holborn Gray in 1984 for his extraordinary work as Law | ||||||
18 | Enforcement Coordinator; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was commended by the Office of the | ||||||
20 | State's Attorney on May 30, 1985 for his tremendous job in | ||||||
21 | aiding an 84-year old woman who was the victim of an armed |
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1 | robbery and home invasion; the Assistant State's Attorney said | ||||||
2 | Robert cared for the woman as if she were his own mother; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason accepted an award on March 8, 1986 | ||||||
4 | from then-State's Attorney Richard M. Daley for his special | ||||||
5 | efforts regarding a Juvenile Court case; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason assumed the position of Acting | ||||||
7 | Executive Director on June 30, 1989 while maintaining his | ||||||
8 | position of Law Enforcement Coordinator; he "carried out his | ||||||
9 | responsibilities with a quiet effectiveness that one can only | ||||||
10 | admire," stated then-President D. Gale Johnson; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was promoted to Executive Director | ||||||
12 | of the South East Chicago Commission in October of 1990; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason served the Hyde Park-Kenwood | ||||||
14 | community for 28 years with professional, dedicated service, | ||||||
15 | and always exhibited the utmost integrity in everything he did; | ||||||
16 | and
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17 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason accepted the Hyde Park Historical | ||||||
18 | Society's Marian and Leon Despres Award on February 24, 2007 | ||||||
19 | for the South East Chicago Commission and its role in | ||||||
20 | preservation and cultural history in helping promote and create | ||||||
21 | the Kenwood Landmark District; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Robert C. Mason was honored by the Hyde Park | ||||||
2 | Chamber of Commerce on October 23, 2008 at their 69th Annual | ||||||
3 | Dinner for his on-going work to keep the area strong and | ||||||
4 | vibrant; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
6 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
7 | congratulate Robert C. Mason on his retirement from the South | ||||||
8 | East Chicago Commission and on his lifetime of service to the | ||||||
9 | community; and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to Robert C. Mason and the South East Chicago | ||||||
12 | Commission as a symbol of our affection, gratitude, and | ||||||
13 | respect.
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