Full Text of HR0532 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened by the passing of
Illinois State | 4 | | Police Trooper Nicholas Hopkins, who lost his life in the line | 5 | | of duty on August 23,
2019; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Trooper Hopkins was born on March 24, 1986 in Red | 7 | | Bud; he moved to
Waterloo, where he graduated from Waterloo | 8 | | High School in 2004, and later, McKendree
University in | 9 | | Lebanon; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Trooper Hopkins #6141 began his law enforcement | 11 | | career as a cadet with
the Illinois State Police on June 1, | 12 | | 2009; he graduated from the academy and was assigned to
| 13 | | District 12 in Effingham; on August 1, 2013, he took an | 14 | | assignment with the
Illinois State Police general criminal | 15 | | unit; in November of 2013, he was assigned to District 11
| 16 | | patrol in Collinsville; in February of 2016, he transferred to | 17 | | the Metro East Police
Assistance Team, and in September of | 18 | | 2017, he was assigned to Illinois State Police S.W.A.T.; in | 19 | | 2018, he became a senior agent; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Trooper Hopkins was closely involved in his | 21 | | community, including as an active
member of the Life Community | 22 | | Church, where he was recognized for his tireless discipline,
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| 1 | | willingness to help others, and unassailable sense of humor; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Trooper Hopkins was preceded in death by his | 4 | | paternal grandfather, Charles Hopkins;
his maternal | 5 | | grandparents, John and Magdalen Janson; and his uncle and aunt, | 6 | | Robert "Bob" and Mardell
Pelch; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Trooper Hopkins is survived by his wife, Whitney | 8 | | Hopkins; his children, Emma,
Evelyn, and Owen; his parents, | 9 | | James and Verna Hopkins; his siblings, Valerie Dortch, Zack | 10 | | Hopkins,
Emily Auffenberg, Gabe Hopkins, and Abby Hopkins; his | 11 | | grandmother, Evelyn Hopkins; as well as aunts, uncles, one | 12 | | niece, several nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 14 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we mourn the passing of Illinois State Police Trooper Nicholas | 16 | | Hopkins and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 17 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Trooper
Hopkins as an expression of | 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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