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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on | ||||||
| 3 | the World Trade Center, it was determined that Illinois local | ||||||
| 4 | law enforcement lacked a central organization that could | ||||||
| 5 | coordinate mutual aid between law enforcement agencies in the | ||||||
| 6 | event of natural or man-made disasters; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System, known | ||||||
| 8 | as ILEAS, was created to coordinate mutual aid between law | ||||||
| 9 | enforcement agencies when a disaster in one jurisdiction | ||||||
| 10 | exceeds the law enforcement capabilities of that jurisdiction; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, ILEAS, pursuant to State statues, has become a | ||||||
| 13 | consortium of local governments that consists of over 900 | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois police and sheriff departments, representing nearly | ||||||
| 15 | 99% of all law enforcement officers in Illinois; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, ILEAS is governed by professional police chiefs | ||||||
| 17 | and sheriffs elected by their peers from regions throughout the | ||||||
| 18 | State; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, ILEAS has repeatedly demonstrated a dedication to | ||||||
| 20 | providing assistance to local law enforcement agencies in times | ||||||
| 21 | of need; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, ILEAS routinely assists local law enforcement | ||||||
| 2 | with preparations to respond to disasters through the efficient | ||||||
| 3 | administration of over $60,000,000 in federal grants from the | ||||||
| 4 | Department of Homeland Security; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, ILEAS is a gubernatorial appointee to the Illinois | ||||||
| 6 | Terrorism Task Force, charged with representing local law | ||||||
| 7 | enforcement in regards to Homeland Security; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, ILEAS has developed a national reputation for | ||||||
| 9 | professionalism through the Illinois response to Hurricanes | ||||||
| 10 | Katrina and Rita and the development of special teams, whose | ||||||
| 11 | purpose is to respond in times of need; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, This national reputation led the Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 13 | Police Department to immediately call ILEAS for assistance when | ||||||
| 14 | it first learned that Pittsburgh was to host the G20 Economic | ||||||
| 15 | Summit; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, ILEAS successfully organized 60 local law | ||||||
| 17 | enforcement agencies to send 150 police officers from the ILEAS | ||||||
| 18 | Mobile Field Force teams to Pittsburgh, where they actively | ||||||
| 19 | assisted the Pittsburgh Police Department in maintaining | ||||||
| 20 | security for the G20 Economic Summit; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The ILEAS model of inter-governmental cooperation | ||||||
| 2 | has successfully demonstrated that cooperation can lead to | ||||||
| 3 | great accomplishments and better serve the interests of the | ||||||
| 4 | citizens of Illinois and the nation; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize the | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System as a consortium of local | ||||||
| 8 | governments, whose interest is the protection of the citizens | ||||||
| 9 | of Illinois in times of crisis; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That we further recognize the great efforts put | ||||||
| 11 | forth by the ILEAS membership in creating a successful system | ||||||
| 12 | of mutual aid to provide assistance when called upon by all law | ||||||
| 13 | enforcement agencies in Illinois.
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