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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Cherry Valley
4 Police Chief Gary Maitland on his retirement, May 30, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Police Chief Gary Maitland career has included
6 time in England as an exchange officer and training at the FBI
7 Academy; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Under Chief Maitland's 12 years of service as
9 chief, the department's headquarters went from about 800 square
10 feet to 10,000 square feet when a new Village Hall opened in
11 2001; other improvements included updating the procedures for
12 high-risk situations to comply with national standards, and the
13 village's approval of a referendum to create a municipal police
14 pension system for local officers; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Much of the police work in the village centers
16 around CherryVale Mall, Menards, Hilander, and the other
17 commercial sites in the community; the police department has a
18 staff of 18, with 15 full-time staff, to keep order on the
19 streets in the 4.5-square-mile village with 2,500 residents and
20 nine million shoppers each year; there were 229 arrests for
21 shoplifting at the mall in 2002 and last year there were 342;
22 and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Gary Maitland and his wife, Barbara, have two sons
2 and three grandchildren; his retirement plans include golfing,
3 reading, yard work, and day trips with Barbara; therefore, be
4 it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
7 congratulate Chief Gary Maitland on his retirement and thank
8 him for his service to the community; and be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to Chief Gary Maitland as a symbol of our respect.