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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Sari, a German Shepherd, was born on October 9, | ||||||
| 3 | 2002 in Budapest, Hungary; she came to the United States on | ||||||
| 4 | April 5, 2005; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Sari trained at the Rudy Dexler School for Dogs in | ||||||
| 6 | Elkhart, Indiana, where she was
partnered with Jim Lansing from | ||||||
| 7 | the Monroe County Sheriff's Department; together they
received | ||||||
| 8 | their K-9 certification on July 29, 2005 and entered into | ||||||
| 9 | service at the sheriff's
department on August 1, 2005; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, For a decade, Sari faithfully served the people of | ||||||
| 11 | Monroe County, making numerous
public appearances and | ||||||
| 12 | receiving awards and accolades too numerous to list; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Sari was renowned for her tracking skills, such as | ||||||
| 14 | tracking 4-year-old Ella Black
in October of 2014 after she | ||||||
| 15 | wandered into a soybean field; she also assisted with the | ||||||
| 16 | Coleman
murders in Columbia and the Baxmeyer drownings; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Trained to detect cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, | ||||||
| 18 | ecstasy, oxycontin,
methamphetamine, and cannabis, Sari has a | ||||||
| 19 | documented detection of each; she was
responsible for | ||||||
| 20 | uncovering 65 pounds of cannabis in a drug bust in 2011; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Sari was set to retire from active service on | ||||||
| 2 | August 1, 2015, 10 years to the day after
beginning her service | ||||||
| 3 | with the Monroe County Sheriff's Department, and was to pass | ||||||
| 4 | the torch
on to new K-9 dogs Kondor and Reggie; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Over her 10 years of service, Sari became a | ||||||
| 6 | beloved member of the Monroe County
community; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, On July 20, 2015, Sari passed away from | ||||||
| 8 | complications from a liver tumor; she spent her last moments | ||||||
| 9 | alongside her faithful companion and partner of 10 years, Lt. | ||||||
| 10 | Lansing; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Instead of a retirement party, the Monroe County | ||||||
| 12 | Sheriff's Department will instead
be giving their furry officer | ||||||
| 13 | a final goodbye at her funeral on August 1, 2015; therefore, be | ||||||
| 14 | it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 16 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 17 | we, along with the Monroe County Sheriff's Department and all
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| 18 | the citizens of Monroe County, mourn the passing of police dog, | ||||||
| 19 | Sari, and extend our sincere
condolences to all who knew and | ||||||
| 20 | loved her; and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to her faithful partner Lt.
Lansing and the Monroe | ||||||
| 2 | County Sheriff's Department as an expression of our deepest | ||||||
| 3 | sympathy.
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