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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 Captain Timothy J. |
| 4 | | Becker of the Illinois State Police on his retirement; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Captain Becker will retire on February 29, 2012; |
| 6 | | and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Timothy J. Becker began his law enforcement career |
| 8 | | with the Menard County Sheriff's Department
in 1987; he joined |
| 9 | | the Illinois State Police after graduating from Cadet
Class #82
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| 10 | | in 1988; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, His first patrol assignment upon graduation was in |
| 12 | | Illinois State Police District #3 in Chicago; his second patrol |
| 13 | | assignment was Illinois State Police District #9, in the
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| 14 | | Sangamon County area; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, While in District #9, he served on the Operation
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| 16 | | Valkyrie Team with his K-9, "Boozer", and served on the |
| 17 | | Tactical Response
Team; in 1996, he transferred to the Illinois |
| 18 | | State Police's Office of Inspection and Audits and was promoted |
| 19 | | to Sergeant
in November; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1998, he was promoted to Master Sergeant; in |
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| 1 | | 2001, he was transferred to the Illinois State Police's Office |
| 2 | | of Governmental Affairs; in 2002, he was promoted to Lieutenant |
| 3 | | and shortly after he was appointed
to serve as the Illinois |
| 4 | | State Police Legislative Liaison; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, In 2005, he was promoted to Captain; in 2011, he |
| 6 | | was appointed by Illinois State Police Director Hiram Grau to |
| 7 | | serve as his Chief
of Staff; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, During his career with the Illinois State Police, |
| 9 | | he also served as a Motorcycle Officer; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, While serving as the legislative liaison, Captain |
| 11 | | Becker played an instrumental role in the passage of Public Act |
| 12 | | 095-1009, which assisted the Illinois State Police in securing |
| 13 | | a constant source of funding to acquire new patrol cars to |
| 14 | | replace aging fleet squad cars; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, During his career, Captain Becker embodied the |
| 16 | | motto of the Illinois State Police, "Integrity, Service, and |
| 17 | | Pride", always putting the needs of the department first and |
| 18 | | working to make the department better; therefore, be it
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 20 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 21 | | we congratulate Captain Timothy Becker on his retirement and |