Full Text of HR1127 96th General Assembly
HR1127 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 Bob Smith for | 4 |
| winning the 2010 Law Enforcement Award from the Illinois State | 5 |
| Bar Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Smith earned his associate's degree from | 7 |
| Highland Community College in Freeport in 1990 and his | 8 |
| bachelor's degree from Columbia College in Freeport in 2003; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, Bob Smith served his country with pride and | 11 |
| distinction as a military policeman with the United States Air | 12 |
| Force from July of 1975 until August of 1979; he earned the | 13 |
| Airman of the Month honors from the USAF on 2 occasions; and
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| WHEREAS,
Bob Smith has had a long and distinguished career | 15 |
| with the Freeport Police Department; he began his career as a | 16 |
| patrolman on September 1, 1979; he steadily ascended through | 17 |
| the ranks of the department, with promotions to Corporal on | 18 |
| September 1, 1984, Sergeant on September 1, 1989, and | 19 |
| Lieutenant on July 30, 1991; on September 1, 1999, he was | 20 |
| promoted to the rank of Deputy Chief, where he served until his | 21 |
| retirement in January of 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Smith is a member of numerous community | 2 |
| organizations; he serves as commissioner of the Jane Addams | 3 |
| Trail Commission and the Pecatonica Prairie Path Trail | 4 |
| Commission; he is a trustee and current Board President of the | 5 |
| Family YMCA of Northwest Illinois board of directors and the | 6 |
| Freeport Police Pension Board; he is a board member and | 7 |
| department representative on the local Family Violence | 8 |
| Prevention Board; he is a charter member of the Board of Key | 9 |
| Leaders of Freeport's Communities That Care; he is also a | 10 |
| member of the Group of Key Communicators; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Smith was decorated with the Freeport Police | 12 |
| Department's merit award in 2000 for the successful resolution | 13 |
| of a murder case; and
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| WHEREAS, Bob Smith will receive the 2010 Law Enforcement | 15 |
| Award during an event in his honor at the Freeport Public | 16 |
| Library on May 10, 2010; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Bob Smith serves as a model of hard work, | 18 |
| integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 19 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| congratulate Bob Smith for winning the 2010 Law Enforcement |
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| Award and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 2 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to Bob Smith as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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