Full Text of HR1388 94th General Assembly
HR1388 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Those individuals that choose a career which | 3 |
| places them in harm's way for the safety and protection of | 4 |
| others are worthy of our highest praise; and
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Manuel Felix | 6 |
| Acevedo is retiring from his position with the Chicago Police | 7 |
| Department; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Officer Acevedo started his Chicago Police career | 9 |
| on July 19, 1982, when he began working the streets in the 13th | 10 |
| Police District on the near north side; after only three years | 11 |
| as an officer he was promoted to Field Training Officer; and
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| WHEREAS, In September of 1986, he was transferred to the | 13 |
| Department's Gang Crimes West Section; the Gang Crimes Section | 14 |
| was staffed by some of Chicago's most aggressive street | 15 |
| officers; the unit was then Superintendent Leroy Martin's | 16 |
| "pride and joy"; and
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| WHEREAS, Officer Acevedo's duties took him to the near west | 18 |
| side of the city which included the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th | 19 |
| police districts; the 10th & 11th districts often led the city | 20 |
| in gang related killings; in January of 1993, the gang crimes | 21 |
| unit was drastically reduced because of budget revamping and | 22 |
| Officer Acevedo chose to continue working in the 10th district, | 23 |
| where he knew his gang crimes knowledge would be most | 24 |
| beneficial to the city; there he and other officers from gang | 25 |
| crimes west initiated what was to become the first district | 26 |
| gang tactical team; and
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| WHEREAS, Manny continued his career in the 10th District | 28 |
| until September of 2001, when the city beefed up its airport | 29 |
| protection unit in response to the attack of 9/11; in January | 30 |
| of 2003, Officer Acevedo requested a leave of absence from the |
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| police department in order to further develop his law | 2 |
| enforcement career by joining the Illinois Department of | 3 |
| Corrections, where he continues his work with the Intelligence | 4 |
| Division of IDOC, striving to make the community a little safer | 5 |
| by keeping on top of the criminal gang factions that corrode | 6 |
| the safety net that protects the general public; and
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| WHEREAS, His retirement from the police department was | 8 |
| official on the day he celebrated his 50th birthday, Wednesday, | 9 |
| July 26, 2006; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we congratulate Officer Manuel F. Acevedo on the occasion of | 13 |
| his retirement, and we thank him for devoting his life to the | 14 |
| protection of others; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to Officer Acevedo as an expression of our esteem.
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