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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives with to congratulate Commander Kristen Ziman 
4on being appointed as the next Chief of Police for the City of 
5Aurora; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Chief Ziman was born and raised in Aurora; she 
7graduated from West Aurora High School; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Chief Ziman began working with the Aurora Police 
9Department as  cadet in 1991; she served 3 years as a cadet 
10before becoming a sworn officer in 1994; she has worked in 
11patrol, field training, community
policing, and investigations 
12as a domestic violence detective, before being promoted to 
13Sergeant in
2003; she was promoted to Lieutenant in 2008 and to 
14Commander in 2010; she has been a trailblazer in a number of 
15positions throughout her career and has worked
diligently to 
16mentor other women in law enforcement, locally and nationally; 
17she is the past
President of the National Association of Women 
18Law Enforcement Executives; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Chief Ziman earned her associate's degree from 
20Waubonsee Community College,
her bachelor's degree in criminal 
21justice from Aurora University, and her master's degree in 
22criminal
justice management from Boston University; in 
 
 
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1addition, she is a graduate of the FBI National
Academy and 
2completed the Kellogg Women's Senior Leadership Program at 
3Northwestern
University, the Senior Executives in State and 
4Local Government at the Harvard Kennedy School of
Government, 
5and the Senior Management Institute for Police; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Chief Ziman lives in Aurora with her spouse, 
7Chris, and their children Megan, Jimmy,
Bailey, and Jacob; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Chief Ziman's recommendation to be appointed was 
9approved by the Aurora City Council on January
12, 2016; she 
10begins as the new Aurora Police Chief immediately, making her 
11the first
female Chief in the Department's history and the 28th 
12Chief in the history of the Department; therefore, be it
  
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
14NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
15congratulate Chief Kristen Ziman on being appointed as the next 
16Chief of Police for the City of Aurora; and be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to Chief Ziman as an expression of our esteem and 
19respect.