Full Text of HR0025 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Michael A. Holub on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as the Chief of Police of the | 5 | | Village of La Grange in 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Chief Holub began his 40-year career in law | 7 | | enforcement in 1974, when he joined the Stickney Police | 8 | | Department; he was promoted to Sergeant in 1981, to Patrol | 9 | | Shift Commander in 1987, and to Deputy Chief of Police in 1988; | 10 | | later in 1988, he became Chief of Police of the Stickney Police | 11 | | Department; he became Chief of Police of the Palos Park Police | 12 | | Department in 1995 and of the River Forest Police Department in | 13 | | 1998; in 2003, he became Chief of Police of the La Grange | 14 | | Police Department; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Chief Holub has received | 16 | | numerous awards and has been involved with numerous | 17 | | organizations; he received the Excellence in Law Enforcement | 18 | | Award in 2013 from the Special Agents Association and the Law | 19 | | Enforcement Award from the Illinois State Bar Association in | 20 | | 2012; in 2010, the American Legion Department of Illinois named | 21 | | him its Law Enforcement Officer of the Year, and he was a | 22 | | member of its Disaster Relief Committee; he received the La | 23 | | Grange Area NAACP's Award of Appreciation in 2006 and the La |
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| 1 | | Grange Business Association's Public Servant Award in 2003; he | 2 | | was a past member of Triton College's Criminal Justice | 3 | | Department's Adjunct Faculty, where he was named Outstanding | 4 | | Adjunct Faculty Member in 2002; he is a member of the FBI | 5 | | National Academy Associates, where he was named the Northern | 6 | | Illinois Division Member of the Year in 2002 and served as | 7 | | President of the Illinois Chapter in 2007; he served as the | 8 | | Public Affairs Director and Military Liaison for the United | 9 | | States Department of Defense's Employer Support for the Guard | 10 | | and Reserve (ESGR) for Illinois, for which he was selected as | 11 | | National ESGR Public Affairs Volunteer of the Year in 2012 and | 12 | | received the Illinois ESGR Seven Seals Award twice, the | 13 | | President's Volunteer Service Award 8 times, the Department of | 14 | | Defense Patriot Award 3 times, and the Department of Defense | 15 | | Above and Beyond Award in January of 2010; he served as a | 16 | | Personnel Committee member for the Northeast Multi-Regional | 17 | | Police Training Board and as Parliamentarian for the West | 18 | | Suburban Chiefs of Police Association, where he was also a past | 19 | | President and life member; he served as past Chairman of the | 20 | | Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police's Police Chiefs | 21 | | Certification Committee and as past Chair of its Executive | 22 | | Search Committee; he was past President of the 5th District | 23 | | Police Chiefs Association; he served in the United States | 24 | | Army's Old Guard, where was presented with the Meritorious Unit | 25 | | Citation; he was a life member and a member of the board of | 26 | | directors of The Old Guard Association; he received the United |
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| 1 | | States Army's National Defense Service Medal; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Chief Holub has authored articles in the FBI's | 3 | | National Academy Associate magazine and in Command Magazine; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Chief Holub received his Associate of Arts from | 6 | | Morton College in 1979; he attended the FBI Executive | 7 | | Development Course for Police Chiefs in 1988 and the FBI | 8 | | National Academy in 1993; he received his Bachelor of Arts in | 9 | | Criminal and Social Justice from Lewis University in 1995; he | 10 | | attended the FBI Midwest Law Enforcement Executive Development | 11 | | Seminar in 1997; he received his Master of Arts in Law | 12 | | Enforcement and Justice Administration from Western Illinois | 13 | | University in 1997; he became a certified police chief in 2001 | 14 | | (recertified in 2006 and 2011) and attended the Western | 15 | | Illinois University Fire Protection Services Program from 2002 | 16 | | to 2003; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Chief Holub will be honored at a retirement dinner | 18 | | on January 24, 2015 at Crystal Sky Banquets in McCook; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 | | congratulate Michael A. Holub on his retirement as the Chief of |
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| 1 | | Police of the Village of La Grange, and we wish him the best in | 2 | | all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Chief Holub as an expression of our esteem and | 5 | | respect.
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