Full Text of HR0530 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Kendall County Sheriff Dwight A. Baird has been | 3 | | named Sheriff of the Year by the Illinois State Crime | 4 | | Commission; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sheriff Baird started his career in law | 6 | | enforcement in 1990 as a deputy for the Kendall County | 7 | | Sheriff's Office; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Sheriff Baird was hired by the Oswego Police | 9 | | Department a year and a half later; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Sheriff Baird rose through the ranks of the | 11 | | Oswego Police Department to obtain the rank of chief of police | 12 | | in 2003, retiring in that position in 2014; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, While with the Oswego Police Department, Sheriff | 14 | | Baird worked in Investigations, Patrol, and Undercover | 15 | | Narcotics and was a member of the Special Response Team; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, During the same time, Sheriff Baird also served | 17 | | as the interim village administrator for Oswego from April of | 18 | | 2011 to June of 2012 and as a volunteer fire fighter for the | 19 | | Oswego Fire Protection District for nine years; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Sheriff Baird was elected to the Office of | 2 | | Sheriff of Kendall County in 2014; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Sheriff Baird graduated from Waubonsee Community | 4 | | College with an associate's degree in Applied Science | 5 | | (Criminal Justice), Aurora University with a Bachelor of | 6 | | Science in Professional Studies (Criminal Justice Management), | 7 | | and Western Illinois University as a member of the Phi Kappa | 8 | | Phi National Honor Society with a Master of Arts in Law | 9 | | Enforcement Justice Administration; he also earned a number of | 10 | | certifications, including as a Police Executive, the FBI | 11 | | National Academy, the FBI LEEDS Program, and the National | 12 | | Sheriffs' Institute; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Sheriff Baird is a member of the Illinois | 14 | | Sheriffs' Association, the National Sheriffs' Association, the | 15 | | International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the | 16 | | Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Sheriff Baird is also a past president of the | 18 | | North East Multi-Regional Training Board and a past board | 19 | | member of the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System, the High | 20 | | Intensity Drug Trafficking Agency, the Kendall County Public | 21 | | Action to Deliver Shelter, and the Illinois Criminal Justice | 22 | | Information Authority; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Sheriff Baird has been recognized for his | 2 | | achievements throughout his career, including receiving an | 3 | | Illinois Police Association Life Saving Award, the Illinois | 4 | | Association of Chiefs of Police Medal of Valor, and two | 5 | | Metropolitan Enforcement Group Director Awards, being named | 6 | | the 1997 Oswegoland Optimist Police Officer of the Year, | 7 | | receiving the 2006 Governor's Medal of Honor and the 2007 | 8 | | Youth Service Volunteer Award, and being named the 2014 | 9 | | Illinois Crime Commission Police Chief of the Year; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Sheriff Baird initiated several educational | 11 | | programs for Kendall County inmates, implemented a new video | 12 | | visitation program at no cost to taxpayers, formed a new | 13 | | domestic violence response team, community partnerships, and | 14 | | outreach programs, implemented body worn cameras, and | 15 | | initiated many other improvements to communicate with the | 16 | | public; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The Kendall County Jail, under the Kendall County | 18 | | Sheriff's Office Corrections Division, is one of only six | 19 | | jails accredited by the American Correctional Association; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Sheriff Baird has displayed outstanding | 21 | | professional standards in law enforcement and advanced field | 22 | | training and exemplifies the great service and safety programs | 23 | | of Kendall County; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate Sheriff Dwight A. Baird on his recognition as | 4 | | the Illinois State Crime Commission's 2021 Sheriff of the Year | 5 | | and thank him for his decades of service and dedication to the | 6 | | Village of Oswego, Kendall County, and the State of Illinois; | 7 | | and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Sheriff Baird and the Kendall County Sheriff's | 10 | | Office as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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