Full Text of HR0827 96th General Assembly
HR0827 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dennis Harris on | 4 |
| the occasion of his retirement as Deputy Chief of the Crystal | 5 |
| Lake Police Department on January 29, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Dennis Harris graduated from Maine West High | 7 |
| School in 1972; he earned his bachelor's degree in law | 8 |
| enforcement administration from Western Illinois University in | 9 |
| May of 1976; and
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| WHEREAS, Dennis Harris has had a long and distinguished | 11 |
| career in law enforcement; he began his career as a dispatcher | 12 |
| and Community Service Officer with the Palatine Police | 13 |
| Department in June of 1976, serving in that position until | 14 |
| August of 1977; he was employed with the Rolling Meadows Police | 15 |
| Department from August of 1977 until July of 1978; from July of | 16 |
| 1978 until January of 1983, he was employed with the East | 17 |
| Dundee Police Department as a Patrolman, Firearms Instructor, | 18 |
| and Communications Officer; and
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| WHEREAS, On January 10, 1983, Dennis Harris accepted a | 20 |
| position with the Crystal Lake Police Department as a | 21 |
| Probationary Police Officer; in 1984, he was assigned to the | 22 |
| Emergency Services Team (EST) as a Tactical Officer; that same |
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| year, he was assigned as a Field Training Officer; in 1989, he | 2 |
| was assigned to the EST Negotiators; in 1992, he was assigned | 3 |
| as a Range Officer for the department; in 1998, he was assigned | 4 |
| as a EST Marksman; that same year, he was appointed to serve as | 5 |
| a Department Training Officer, a position he held until 2003; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, On May 8, 2000, Dennis Harris was promoted to the | 8 |
| rank of Sergeant; in 2002, he was appointed to serve as Records | 9 |
| Commander; in 2004, he was assigned to the McHenry County E-911 | 10 |
| Board; on September 27, 2005, he was promoted to the rank of | 11 |
| Deputy Chief, a position he held until his retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Dennis Harris was the organizer and coordinator of | 13 |
| the first 6 Crystal Lake Citizen Police Academies; in 2009, he | 14 |
| served as Acting Executive Director of Southeast Emergency | 15 |
| Communications; and
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| WHEREAS, Dennis Harris has been the recipient of 6 | 17 |
| Commendations for his meritorious service with the Crystal Lake | 18 |
| Police Department; and
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| WHEREAS, Dennis Harris is a member of numerous law | 20 |
| enforcement organizations, including the Illinois Tactical | 21 |
| Officers Association, the Midwest Regional Crisis Negotiators, | 22 |
| the Illinois Police Instructor Trainers Association, the |
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| Illinois Crisis Negotiators Association, the Emergency | 2 |
| Telephone System Board, the Illinois Chiefs of Police, the | 3 |
| McHenry County Chiefs of Police, the American Society of Law | 4 |
| Enforcement Trainers, the International Law Enforcement | 5 |
| Firearms Instructors, the Police Marksman Association, the | 6 |
| Illinois Police Association, and the Northwestern University | 7 |
| Center for Public Safety Alumni Association; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Dennis Harris has been a resident of Crystal Lake | 9 |
| for 32 years; he and his wife, Christine, have been happily | 10 |
| married for 32 years; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 |
| congratulate Dennis Harris on the occasion of his retirement | 14 |
| and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 15 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Dennis Harris as a symbol of our esteem and | 18 |
| respect.
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