Full Text of HR0472 94th General Assembly
HR0472 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with deep sadness of the untimely | 4 |
| death of Anthony J. "Tony" Hosey on Monday, April 25, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a five year veteran of the Illinois State | 6 |
| University Police Department, assigned to the Illinois State | 7 |
| Police Task Force 6 Bloomington; he graduated from Illinois | 8 |
| State University with a degree in Therapeutic Recreation | 9 |
| Administration in August of 1992; he was a member of the | 10 |
| Fraternal Order of Police and an Active Member of Omega Psi Phi | 11 |
| at Illinois State University; and
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| WHEREAS, He was appointed to the Illinois State University | 13 |
| Police Department on July 5, 2000, and was assigned to the | 14 |
| Patrol Division; he had previously served with the Robbins | 15 |
| Police Department and was a graduate of the Cook County | 16 |
| Sheriff's Police Academy; he was subsequently assigned to the | 17 |
| Illinois State University Police, Criminal Investigation | 18 |
| Division, where he was detailed to Task Force 6, a covert | 19 |
| narcotics suppression unit; and
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| WHEREAS, Detective Inspector Hosey was the only officer in | 21 |
| the last 22 years to receive one of the Department's highest | 22 |
| honors in consecutive years; he was the recipient of the | 23 |
| "Chief's Award of Merit - Meritorious Service Medal" in both | 24 |
| 2003 and 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He received the award in 2003 for his role in | 26 |
| "Operation Shakespeare", which resulted in four Class X arrests | 27 |
| and the seizure of massive amounts of illegal drugs; in 2004, | 28 |
| he received the award for the arrest of five individuals who | 29 |
| had sold 500 units of Ecstasy or Methylenedioxymethamphetamine | 30 |
| (MDMA) on campus and five other individuals selling and | 31 |
| possessing marijuana; and
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| WHEREAS, Detective Hosey exemplified the highest | 2 |
| traditions of the police service; he was a gentleman and a | 3 |
| professional; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Detective Inspector Anthony J. | 5 |
| "Tony" Hosey has been deeply felt by many, especially his wife, | 6 |
| Shannon, nee McGinnis; his four children; his parents, Hattie | 7 |
| Hosey and Henry Carr; his siblings, Vicky Hosey and Michael | 8 |
| (Cherrice) Hosey; and his many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, | 9 |
| and cousins; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we mourn the passing of Detective Inspector Anthony J. "Tony" | 13 |
| Hosey, who was taken from this life at much too young an age, | 14 |
| and we extend our deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and | 15 |
| all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincere | 18 |
| condolences.
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