Full Text of SR0136 96th General Assembly
SR0136 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Lemont Police Commander Donald J. Jones, | 4 |
| who passed away on January 2, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago on June 29, 1953; he | 6 |
| graduated from Lyons Township High School; he had an | 7 |
| undergraduate degree in law enforcement; and in 1994, he | 8 |
| graduated from a staff and command program at Northwestern | 9 |
| University's Center for Public Safety; and
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| WHEREAS, He was behind the first national accreditation for | 11 |
| the Lemont Police Department in 2003 and was working towards | 12 |
| the re-accreditation of the department; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a 30 year member of the Lemont Police | 14 |
| Department and was commander in charge of investigations and | 15 |
| the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies | 16 |
| (CALEA) program; he was a past president of the Illinois Police | 17 |
| Accreditation Coalition; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles | 19 |
| and Annette Jones; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife, Paula (nee, Bachorz) |
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| Jones; his stepson, Thad (Nicole) Mezyk; his grandchildren, | 2 |
| Sarah, Krystal, and "Baby" Mezyk; and his siblings, Margaret, | 3 |
| Kenneth, and Teresa; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 |
| his family, friends, and colleagues, the passing of Lemont | 7 |
| Police Commander Donald J. Jones; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Donald J. Jones as a symbol of our | 10 |
| sincere sympathy.
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