Full Text of HR0942 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Cook County Sheriff's | 4 | | Police Department on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, | 5 | | providing a century of service to the residents of suburban | 6 | | Cook County and the City of Chicago; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Cook County Sheriff's Police Department, | 8 | | originally named the Cook County Sheriff's Highway Police | 9 | | Department, was created when the first 32 Cook County Highway | 10 | | Police Officers were officially sworn in for duty in 1922; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Today, 100 years later, the Cook County Sheriff's | 12 | | Police Department is the third largest police department in | 13 | | the State of Illinois, with more than 500 sworn officers; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Cook County Sheriff's Police Department's | 15 | | officers are state certified law enforcement officers charged | 16 | | with patrolling unincorporated areas of Cook County as well as | 17 | | assisting suburban police departments; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Cook County Sheriff's Police Department's | 19 | | primary responsibility, as mandated by the Illinois State | 20 | | Constitution, is to provide police services to the 109,000 | 21 | | residents in the unincorporated areas of Cook County; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Cook County Sheriff's Police Department has | 2 | | numerous specialized units that provide services to federal, | 3 | | state, and local law enforcement agencies on a mutual aid | 4 | | basis, including the Investigations Unit, the Evidence | 5 | | Technician Unit, the Narcotics and Street Crimes Suppression | 6 | | Units, the Gun Team, the Bomb Unit, Emergency 911 Dispatch, | 7 | | 24-hour Warrant Desk, the Truck and Traffic Unit, the | 8 | | Community Engagement Unit, Emergency Services, Senior Citizen | 9 | | Services, and the Special Victims Unit; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Cook County Sheriff's Police Department is | 11 | | the first and only police department in Illinois allowed | 12 | | membership to the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS), | 13 | | assisting with search and rescue operations on land and water | 14 | | emergencies; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Cook County Sheriff's Police Department works | 16 | | to provide the citizens of Cook County with well-trained | 17 | | officers who serve the community with dedication and pride; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we congratulate the Cook County Sheriff's Police Department | 22 | | for its 100 years of service to the citizens of Cook County, |
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| 1 | | and we wish the department continued safety and success as it | 2 | | moves into its second century.
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