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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Chief Dean H. Strzelecki 
4on the occasion of his retirement from the Village of Niles 
5Police Department after 39 years of service; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Chief Strzelecki joined the Niles Police 
7Department on November 1, 1975; in 1983, he was transferred 
8from the Patrol Division to the Investigation Division; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Chief Strzelecki was promoted to the rank of 
10Sergeant in August of 1988, to Commander in August of 1992, and 
11to Deputy Chief of Police in February of 2000; he was appointed 
12to the position of Chief of Police in September of 2004; he 
13graduated from the FBI National Academy in March of 2000; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Chief Strzelecki received the Chiefs Valor Award 
15in October of 1988 for saving a woman from a fire at her home; 
16he is a member of the Niles Chamber of Commerce & Industry and 
17was presented with its Niles Citizen of the Year Award in 1995 
18and the Ken Scheel Chamber Member of the Year Award in 2006; in 
192012, he was recognized as Chief of the Year by the Illinois 
20Crime Prevention Association, and, in 2014, he was named the 
21Cook County Police Chief of the Year by the Illinois State 
22Crime Commission; and
  
 
  
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Chief Strzelecki will be retiring on November 14, 
22014; therefore, be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
4NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
5we congratulate Chief Dean H. Strzelecki on his retirement from 
6the Village of Niles Police Department after 39 year of service 
7and wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it 
8further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to Chief Strzelecki as an expression of our esteem 
11and respect.