Full Text of HR0664 94th General Assembly
HR0664 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Bruce N. Johnson is retiring as Chief of Police of | 3 |
| the Village of Round Lake Park and the Village of Hainesville | 4 |
| after more than 20 years in Law Enforcement; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Johnson, in addition to his position as | 6 |
| Chief of Police, is an Adjunct Faculty Instructor at the | 7 |
| Northwestern University Center for Public Safety School of | 8 |
| Police Staff and Command, and teaches courses in Forensics and | 9 |
| Investigations at William Rainey Harper College; his academic | 10 |
| credentials include a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal | 11 |
| Social Justice and a Master of Science Degree from Lewis | 12 |
| University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude; he has also | 13 |
| completed an extensive number of courses and seminars, some | 14 |
| conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pennsylvania | 15 |
| State University, University of Louisville, Illinois Emergency | 16 |
| Management Agency, Norfolk Constabulary and New Scotland Yard, | 17 |
| England, and the Garda Siochana College Templemore, Ireland; | 18 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Johnson has served on the Lake County | 20 |
| Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, the College of Lake | 21 |
| County Criminal Justice Institute Advisory Committee, and the | 22 |
| Advisory Board of the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy; he is a | 23 |
| member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, | 24 |
| serves on the Executive Board of the Illinois Association of | 25 |
| Chiefs of Police, and is a Past President of the Lake County | 26 |
| Chiefs of Police Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Johnson is a Board Member of the Lake County | 28 |
| After School Coalition, the Round Lake Area Exchange Club, and | 29 |
| the Institute for Public Safety Partnerships; he is a Member of | 30 |
| the B.E.S.T. Program Development Committee and the Character | 31 |
| Counts Coalition; he is also a Chief Warrant Officer in the | 32 |
| United States Marine Corps Reserve and a member of American |
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| Legion Post 1170; and
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| WHEREAS, Bruce Johnson and his lovely wife Dee Dee have | 3 |
| three bright, happy, and caring children: son Joseph, 14, son | 4 |
| John, 11, and daughter Jacey, 4; Chief Johnson is also very | 5 |
| proud of his involvement with, and being co-founder of, the | 6 |
| Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, which provides much needed | 7 |
| services for the diversified community of the Round Lake area; | 8 |
| the Center provides instruction in English as a second | 9 |
| language, health education, parenting, child care services, | 10 |
| and much more; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Johnson is also the coordinator for the | 12 |
| Round Lake Park-Hainesville Police Department's Shop With A Cop | 13 |
| Holiday Program, which has raised approximately $150,000 to | 14 |
| benefit more than 1,500 of the Round Lake area's most | 15 |
| disadvantaged children and families; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 |
| we congratulate Bruce N. Johnson on his retirement as Chief of | 19 |
| Police of the Village of Round Lake Park and the Village of | 20 |
| Hainesville; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| presented to Chief Johnson as an expression of our respect and | 23 |
| esteem and with best wishes for a pleasant retirement.
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