Full Text of HR0309 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Roy Newton on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as chief of police for the city of | 5 | | Lombard on March 1, 2023; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Chief Newton was born and raised in Lombard, the | 7 | | youngest of eight sons of the late Bernard and Dorothy Newton; | 8 | | he attended Sacred Heart School and Glenbard East High School; | 9 | | he received his associate's degree at the College of DuPage | 10 | | and his Bachelor of Arts from Benedictine University in Lisle; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Chief Newton had a passion to serve as a police | 13 | | officer; he became a police explorer cadet in 1983 and a | 14 | | community service officer on August 18, 1986; he was sworn in | 15 | | as a Lombard police officer on February 27, 1995 and rose | 16 | | through the ranks; he was promoted to sergeant on November 13, | 17 | | 2001, lieutenant on June 9, 2009, and deputy chief on August | 18 | | 14, 2013; he was sworn in as the Lombard Police Department's | 19 | | 16th chief of police on July 30, 2017; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Chief Newton provided the leadership and | 21 | | team-building skills necessary to create a safe community for | 22 | | Lombard residents and the drive and commitment to ensure all |
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| 1 | | members of the department received training and the most | 2 | | up-to-date equipment and technology necessary to perform their | 3 | | day-to-day duties and the responsibilities of their jobs; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Chief Newton's strong character and ethical | 5 | | values are reflected in the success of the Lombard Police | 6 | | Department, including its ongoing CALEA certification, a | 7 | | recognition that exemplifies the highest police standards and | 8 | | sets Lombard apart as one of 41 departments out of 770 in the | 9 | | United States to be accredited, with less than 2% of agencies | 10 | | in the United States receiving the "excellence" award, which | 11 | | the Lombard Police Department received in 2022; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Chief Newton's professional conduct and devotion | 13 | | to law enforcement have been made evident through his nearly | 14 | | 40 years of public service; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we congratulate Roy Newton on the occasion of his retirement | 18 | | as chief of police for the city of Lombard, and we wish him the | 19 | | best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Chief Newton as a symbol of our respect and | 22 | | esteem.
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