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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Many elite Illinois police officers are assigned | ||||||
| 3 | to serve on Metropolitan Enforcement Groups, which are | ||||||
| 4 | multi-jurisdictional police task forces assigned to fight | ||||||
| 5 | against illegal drug offenses, gang offenses, weapons | ||||||
| 6 | offenses, and other offenses that endanger civilian safety; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Illegal pharmaceutical chemicals targeted by | ||||||
| 8 | Metropolitan Enforcement Groups include Ecstasy, GHB, cocaine, | ||||||
| 9 | marijuana, heroin, and LSD; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The professional training of Illinois peace | ||||||
| 11 | officers is overseen by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training | ||||||
| 12 | Standards Board, and all peace officers serving on Metropolitan | ||||||
| 13 | Enforcement Groups have undergone Illinois Law Enforcement | ||||||
| 14 | Training Standards Board professional training, including | ||||||
| 15 | training in the use of force; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards | ||||||
| 17 | Board published a protocol governing the acceptable and | ||||||
| 18 | professional use of force in June 2007; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The operation of Illinois Metropolitan | ||||||
| 20 | Enforcement Groups, including their operational use of force, | ||||||
| 21 | is supervised by the Illinois State Police; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group | ||||||
| 2 | faces severe challenges in 2010, being assigned to a geographic | ||||||
| 3 | section of Illinois that is undergoing significant changes, | ||||||
| 4 | which has been hard-hit by current worldwide economic | ||||||
| 5 | conditions, and which is utilized by many people throughout | ||||||
| 6 | northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin as a place to | ||||||
| 7 | try to purchase illegal pharmaceuticals; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 9 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 10 | strongly support and commend the work of the Lake County | ||||||
| 11 | Metropolitan Enforcement Group in establishing and maintaining | ||||||
| 12 | public order in Lake County; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That we support and commend all of the police | ||||||
| 14 | officers and professional keepers of the peace of Lake County; | ||||||
| 15 | and be it further | ||||||
| 16 | RESOLVED, That our placement of the Illinois Police | ||||||
| 17 | Memorial on the immediate grounds of the Illinois State Capitol | ||||||
| 18 | in October 1990 serves as a continual reminder to Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | lawmakers of the sacrifices made by Illinois police officers | ||||||
| 20 | and their families to the public peace of Illinois, and a | ||||||
| 21 | reminder to us that some Illinois police men and women have | ||||||
| 22 | tragically died in the line of duty; and be it further | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Preamble and | ||||||
| 2 | Resolution be presented to the commander of the Lake County | ||||||
| 3 | Metropolitan Enforcement Group, to the Director of the Illinois | ||||||
| 4 | State Police, and to the Director of the Illinois Law | ||||||
| 5 | Enforcement Training Standards Board.
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