Full Text of HR0189 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Chief Curt W. Barker on | 4 | | the occasion of his retirement from the Macomb Police | 5 | | Department; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Chief Barker earned both of his degrees, a | 7 | | Bachelor of Science in Law Enforcement and Justice | 8 | | Administration in 1992 and a Master of Arts in Law Enforcement | 9 | | and Justice Administration in 2010, from Western Illinois | 10 | | University; in addition to attending numerous law enforcement | 11 | | related classes, he graduated from the Public Safety Police | 12 | | Staff and Command Course, session #323, at Northwestern | 13 | | University in 2012; he was given the designation of Certified | 14 | | Police Chief by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Chief Barker served in the U.S. Army Reserves for | 17 | | over 20 years, which included two tours in Iraq; he was awarded | 18 | | the Bronze Star Medal; he retired at the rank of major; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Chief Barker began his law enforcement career as | 20 | | a patrol officer with the Macomb Police Department in 1994; he | 21 | | was promoted to sergeant in 2001; he was then promoted to | 22 | | lieutenant in 2004; immediately after his promotion to |
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| 1 | | lieutenant, he was appointed deputy chief and served in that | 2 | | capacity until his appointment as chief of police in 2009; he | 3 | | has held numerous additional duties within the Macomb Police | 4 | | Department, including as department training officer, master | 5 | | firearms instructor, field training officer, juvenile officer, | 6 | | honor guard member, and Explorers Program advisor; he also | 7 | | served as an adjunct instructor of Criminal Justice coursework | 8 | | at Western Illinois University from 2017 to 2020; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, During his tenure as police chief, Chief Barker | 10 | | trained and led a department that responds to every call with | 11 | | professionalism, formulated and set forth work practices and | 12 | | procedures to improve police operations, oversaw the | 13 | | accreditation of the department, saved the city of Macomb | 14 | | thousands of dollars through budget cutting measures, obtained | 15 | | grants to further offset costs and fund programs, implemented | 16 | | programs such as the Strategic Response Team and the Explorers | 17 | | Program, and coordinated department activities with local, | 18 | | State, and federal law enforcement agencies; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Chief Barker belongs to a number of | 20 | | organizations, including the International Association of | 21 | | Chiefs of Police, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of | 22 | | Police, the Central Illinois Association of Law Enforcement | 23 | | Executives, the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #189, American | 24 | | Legion Post #6, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1921; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Chief Barker further serves his community in | 2 | | several ways, including as treasurer of the McDonough County | 3 | | Emergency Telephone Systems Board, as a member of the | 4 | | McDonough County Quality of Life Committee, as treasurer of | 5 | | the McDonough County/Macomb Communications Board, as a member | 6 | | of the Community University Partnership Program (CUPP), and as | 7 | | a volunteer with the Shop with a Cop program; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 9 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we congratulate Chief Curt W. Barker on the occasion of his | 11 | | retirement from the Macomb Police Department, and we commend | 12 | | him for his 27 years of service to his community and the State | 13 | | of Illinois; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Chief Barker as an expression of our esteem and | 16 | | respect.
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