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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Oak Brook Police |
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| Chief Allen Pisarek on the occasion of his retirement after 30 |
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| years of service with the Oak Brook Police Department; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Pisarek was born on June 8, 1947, in |
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| Chicago; he attended St. Rita High School, graduating in 1965; |
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| he holds an an associate's degree from the College of DuPage, a |
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| B.A. with honors from Elmhurst College, and an M.S. degree from |
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| Lewis University; he valiantly served his country in the U.S. |
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| Army from 1966 to 1968 and was a decorated staff sergeant; he |
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| served in Vietnam and among his honors was a Purple Heart; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Pisarek graduated from the police academy in |
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| Champaign in 1974; he received additional training at Elmhurst |
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| College, Northwestern University, from the Illinois Training |
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| Board, and the Police Executive Research Forum; he was the 18th |
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| police chief in the State of Illinois to be awarded Police |
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| Chief Certification by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of |
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| Police; in 2000, he received the Public Safety Executive |
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| Leadership Award from the Northwestern University Center for |
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| Public Safety; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Pisarek began his career in Oak Brook in |
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| 1974, gaining a promotion to sergeant in 1981, and becoming |
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| lieutenant in 1987; he has been the Chief of Police since |
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| October of 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Pisarek is known for his work ethic and his |
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| integrity; he was instrumental in the planning for a remodeled |
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| police department, supervised the creation of a new traffic |
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| unit to strengthen Oak Brook's community policing efforts, and |
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| played a part in the conclusion of a contract stalemate with |
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| the union representing the department's officers; and
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