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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 congratulate Commander Karen | ||||||
| 4 | Miller of the Addison Police Department on her retirement; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Commander Karen L. Miller has served the Addison | ||||||
| 6 | Police Department for 25 years; she started her career in the | ||||||
| 7 | Dispatch Department and then was assigned to the Patrol | ||||||
| 8 | Division for 8 years; in 1993 she was named the full time | ||||||
| 9 | D.A.R.E./Crime Prevention Officer for the Department; her | ||||||
| 10 | message of influence to make the right choice to not use drugs | ||||||
| 11 | or alcohol was heard by over 1,000 5th grade students; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, She developed many programs that engage citizens | ||||||
| 13 | in the community and offer tools to avoid becoming a victim of | ||||||
| 14 | a crime or a disaster; programs created under her leadership | ||||||
| 15 | are:
Citizens Police Academy
Senior Citizen Police Academy,
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| 16 | C.O.P.S. (Citizens on Patrol),
V.I.P.S. (Volunteers In | ||||||
| 17 | Policing Service),
S.A.L.T. (Seniors And Law-enforcement | ||||||
| 18 | Together), and
C.E.R.T. (Community Emergency Response Team); | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, In 2001, she was promoted to the rank of Sergeant | ||||||
| 21 | and assigned to Planning Research and Development and Grants; | ||||||
| 22 | she became the CALEA Accreditation manager for the Department | ||||||
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| 1 | and the supervisor of the Crime Prevention and D.A.R.E. Units, | ||||||
| 2 | including the Student Participation Center; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, In 2005, she was transferred to supervise both the | ||||||
| 4 | Traffic Unit and the Crime Prevention Unit; in 2006, she was | ||||||
| 5 | promoted to the rank of Watch Commander; and in 2007, she was | ||||||
| 6 | assigned to oversee the development of the Community Response | ||||||
| 7 | Unit; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Commander Miller is a graduate of the Northwestern | ||||||
| 9 | University School of Police Staff and Command and also a | ||||||
| 10 | graduate of the FBI National Academy Session #226; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, She is an avid athlete and an ambassador of | ||||||
| 12 | physical fitness and wellness; an accomplished Ironman | ||||||
| 13 | Triathlete, she helped raise funds for two playgrounds in | ||||||
| 14 | Addison; and she has completed more than 35 marathons in her | ||||||
| 15 | lifetime; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 17 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 18 | congratulate Commander Karen Miller on her retirement and thank | ||||||
| 19 | her for her years of service to the people of Addison and the | ||||||
| 20 | State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to Commander Karen Miller as a symbol of our respect | ||||||
| 2 | and esteem.
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