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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dennis Carpenter
4on the occasion of his retirement as police chief of the
5Village of South Roxana; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Chief Carpenter attended the police academy at
7Southwestern Illinois College; he started with the South Roxana
8Police Department in 1978 as a part-time officer and was hired
9full-time in 1984; he was appointed chief of police in 1986;
10and
 
11    WHEREAS, While serving as chief of police, Chief Carpenter
12also served as the zoning director, economic development
13director, and village administrator; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Chief Carpenter's leadership has helped solve
15crimes including, kidnapping, drug dealing, sex offenses,
16domestic battery, and heroin overdoses; and
 
17    WHEREAS, It was under Chief Carpenter's leadership that the
18South Roxana Police department solved the single murder that
19has occurred since the village's incorporation; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Chief Carpenter is married to South Roxana Village

 

 

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1Clerk, Tina Carpenter, and together they have 4 children and 6
2grandchildren; in retirement, he plans to travel, hunt, fish,
3and garden; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6we congratulate Dennis Carpenter on the occasion of his
7retirement as police chief of the Village of South Roxana, and
8wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it
9further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to Chief Carpenter as an expression of our esteem and
12respect.