Full Text of HR0757 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Colonel JoAnn D. Johnson | 4 | | on the occasion of her retirement from the Illinois State | 5 | | Police (ISP); and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Col. Johnson has served with the ISP for over 28 | 7 | | years; she was promoted to the rank of Colonel on November 1, | 8 | | 2016, becoming the first African American woman to reach the | 9 | | rank of Colonel; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Col. Johnson began her law enforcement career as a | 11 | | trooper with the ISP in 1989; she has worked patrol, general | 12 | | criminal investigations, and
narcotics investigations in the | 13 | | Chicago area, where she was promoted to the rank of Sergeant; | 14 | | she served under the Director's Office as an Investigative | 15 | | Sergeant in the department's Office of Equal
Employment | 16 | | Opportunity before being promoted to the rank of Master | 17 | | Sergeant, Investigative Squad
leader; in 2008, she was promoted | 18 | | to the rank of Lieutenant, Division of Operations District
15 | 19 | | Patrol; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In 2010, Col. Johnson relocated to Springfield and | 21 | | accepted a position as Lieutenant, Special Projects
Officer at | 22 | | the Illinois State Police Training Academy, ultimately being |
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| 1 | | assigned as the Educational Services
Bureau Chief; she is a | 2 | | Senior
National Instructor for Fair and Impartial Policing, | 3 | | LLC.; she is a certified facilitator with FranklinCovey for The | 4 | | 7 Habits
for Law Enforcement, The Nobility of Policing, Leading | 5 | | at the Speed of Trust, and Diversity Centered
Leadership; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In 2012, Col. Johnson accepted a position under | 7 | | the Director's Office as Chief of the Office of Equal | 8 | | Employment
Opportunity, where she served until 2013; in 2013, | 9 | | she was appointed to Lieutenant Colonel in the Division of | 10 | | Internal Investigation; she was
promoted to Colonel in November | 11 | | of 2016; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In 2014, Col. Johnson was appointed to serve as a | 13 | | law enforcement
representative on the Governor's Racial | 14 | | Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Board, where she
| 15 | | continues to serve; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Col. Johnson is a graduate of the Northwestern | 17 | | School of Police Staff and Command, Class #282 and the Illinois
| 18 | | Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board Executive | 19 | | Institute Police Executive Role in the 21st
Century; she holds | 20 | | a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice from | 21 | | Southern Illinois
University and a Master of Arts in | 22 | | Organizational Leadership from Lewis
University in Romeoville; | 23 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Col. Johnson married Richard Johnson in 2013 and | 2 | | together they have two daughters; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 | | congratulate Colonel JoAnn D. Johnson on her retirement from | 6 | | the Illinois State Police, thank her for her service to the | 7 | | State of Illinois, and wish her the best in all her future | 8 | | endeavors; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to Col. Johnson as an expression of our esteem and | 11 | | respect.
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