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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 take great pride in and express gratitude to |
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| those citizens who assume great personal risk to protect the |
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| lives and well-being of other citizens; and
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| WHEREAS, On December 24, 2004, Deputy Jason Brown came upon |
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| a traffic accident while on his way home to Blue Mound; a sport |
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| utility vehicle had left the highway and hit an embankment, |
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| killing one passenger and leaving another trapped inside; and
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| WHEREAS, As fire flared in the engine compartment, Deputy |
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| Brown and another passenger pulled John Gehrken of Decatur from |
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| the rear seat through a broken window; moments later, the |
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| entire vehicle was engulfed in flames; and
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| WHEREAS, For his heroic efforts on the scene, he was |
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| selected as one of 13 recipients of the Law Enforcement Medal |
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| of Honor; the medal is bestowed on officers who have |
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| "distinguished themselves by gallantry and intrepidity at the |
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| risk of their lives above and beyond the call of duty"; and
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| WHEREAS, Deputy Brown has worked at the Macon County |
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| Sheriff's Office for several years; he was one of several |
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| officers laid off when the county came on hard times, paid his |
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| own way through the Illinois State Police Academy, and was |
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| hired as soon as he graduated; he is known for his keen |
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| investigation skills and his sense for finding people; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we commend and applaud Deputy Jason Brown for his brave service |
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| to Macon County, and we congratulate him on being a recipient |
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| of the Law Enforcement Medal of Honor; and be it further
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