Full Text of HR0378 94th General Assembly
HR0378 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, John Richard Chambers served as Sheriff of Douglas | 3 |
| County from 1994 to 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Chambers was born February 6, 1951, in | 5 |
| Tuscola; he is married and has two children; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Stephen Decatur High School in | 7 |
| Decatur and attended Lake Land College in Mattoon, Parkland | 8 |
| College in Champaign, and the FBI National Academy in Virginia; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, From 1969 to 1973, he served in the United States | 11 |
| Air Force; from 1973 to 1982, he worked in Decatur at the | 12 |
| Firestone Tire Company and Decatur Bottling Company, then with | 13 |
| the Ziegler Coal Company in Murdock; in 1982, he started with | 14 |
| the Douglas County Sheriff's Office in Tuscola; he was first | 15 |
| employed as a Deputy Sheriff and Certified Evidence Control | 16 |
| Officer; he was promoted to Corporal in 1984; he served on the | 17 |
| Drug Task Force from 1985 to 1987; in 1990, he was promoted to | 18 |
| Chief Deputy; and from 1993 to 1994, he was an Atwood Police | 19 |
| Officer; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1983 to 1996, he received specialized | 21 |
| training in such areas as firearms, civil rights, sexual | 22 |
| assault, defensive tactics, death investigation, drug | 23 |
| interdiction, police supervision, undercover operations, labor | 24 |
| relations and management, and eavesdropping laws and | 25 |
| equipment; and
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| WHEREAS, From 2004, he has served as Warden for the | 27 |
| Danville Correctional facility; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 29 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we thank John Chambers for his years of public service as | 2 |
| Sheriff of Douglas County and wish him all the best in his | 3 |
| future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to John Chambers as an expression of our esteem.
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