Full Text of HR0682 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Sari, a German Shepherd, was born on October 9, | 3 | | 2002 in Budapest, Hungary; she came to the United States on | 4 | | April 5, 2005; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sari trained at the Rudy Dexler School for Dogs in | 6 | | Elkhart, Indiana, where she was
partnered with Jim Lansing from | 7 | | the Monroe County Sheriff's Department; together they
received | 8 | | their K-9 certification on July 29, 2005 and entered into | 9 | | service at the sheriff's
department on August 1, 2005; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, For a decade, Sari faithfully served the people of | 11 | | Monroe County, making numerous
public appearances and | 12 | | receiving awards and accolades too numerous to list; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Sari was renowned for her tracking skills, such as | 14 | | tracking 4-year-old Ella Black
in October of 2014 after she | 15 | | wandered into a soybean field; she also assisted with the | 16 | | Coleman
murders in Columbia and the Baxmeyer drownings; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Trained to detect cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, | 18 | | ecstasy, oxycontin,
methamphetamine, and cannabis, Sari has a | 19 | | documented detection of each; she was
responsible for | 20 | | uncovering 65 pounds of cannabis in a drug bust in 2011; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Sari was set to retire from active service on | 2 | | August 1, 2015, 10 years to the day after
beginning her service | 3 | | with the Monroe County Sheriff's Department, and was to pass | 4 | | the torch
on to new K-9 dogs Kondor and Reggie; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Over her 10 years of service, Sari became a | 6 | | beloved member of the Monroe County
community; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, On July 20, 2015, Sari passed away from | 8 | | complications from a liver tumor; she spent her last moments | 9 | | alongside her faithful companion and partner of 10 years, Lt. | 10 | | Lansing; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Instead of a retirement party, the Monroe County | 12 | | Sheriff's Department will instead
be giving their furry officer | 13 | | a final goodbye at her funeral on August 1, 2015; therefore, be | 14 | | it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we, along with the Monroe County Sheriff's Department and all
| 18 | | the citizens of Monroe County, mourn the passing of police dog, | 19 | | Sari, and extend our sincere
condolences to all who knew and | 20 | | loved her; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to her faithful partner Lt.
Lansing and the Monroe | 2 | | County Sheriff's Department as an expression of our deepest | 3 | | sympathy.
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