Full Text of HR0061 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to honor Illinois State Police (ISP) | 4 | | Director Hiram Grau and thank him for his service to the State; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Director Grau was appointed by Governor Pat Quinn | 7 | | on March 25, 2011 and unanimously confirmed by the Illinois | 8 | | Senate on April 13, 2011 as the ISP's first Hispanic Director; | 9 | | and | 10 | | WHEREAS, During his tenure, Director Grau oversaw the ISP's | 11 | | implementation of Illinois' concealed carry program, meeting | 12 | | every statutory deadline; he authorized the use of non-lethal | 13 | | and state-of-the-art tasers by troopers; he renewed the ISP's | 14 | | efforts on diversity and recruitment, producing a professional | 15 | | recruitment video; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Under Director Grau's leadership, the ISP opened | 17 | | the Metro East Forensic Science Laboratory in Belleville and | 18 | | the Metro East Police Assistance Team (MEPAT) was deployed and | 19 | | partnered with the Chicago Police Department in a fugitive | 20 | | apprehension initiative; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, During the 2012 Chicago NATO Summit, Director Grau |
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| 1 | | led the ISP's involvement and protection of world dignitaries | 2 | | attending the conference; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Director Grau renewed the ISP's efforts in the | 4 | | investigation of cold cases; under his leadership, one of the | 5 | | oldest cold cases in American history, the 1957 murder of Maria | 6 | | Ridulph, was solved; in addition, the ISP eliminated the | 7 | | backlog of old "Section 20" sexual assault cases; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Prior to becoming Director of the ISP, Director | 9 | | Grau was Deputy Chief of the Cook County State's Attorney's | 10 | | Office of Investigations Bureau, where he oversaw the | 11 | | Narcotics/Special and Municipal Investigations Divisions; he | 12 | | has spent his entire career in law enforcement - 28 of those | 13 | | years with the Chicago Police Department, working his way up | 14 | | through the ranks as Patrolman, Tactical Officer, Gang Crime | 15 | | Specialist, Detective, Undercover Narcotics Officer, Sergeant, | 16 | | Lieutenant, Watch Commander, District Commander, Deputy | 17 | | Superintendent, and Acting First Deputy; he also spent 9 years | 18 | | on the FBI's Street Gang Investigation Squad; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Director Grau has received hundreds of special | 20 | | commendations, awards, and recognitions; he is a decorated | 21 | | Vietnam veteran, receiving 4 medals while serving with the | 22 | | United States Army's 101st Airborne Division; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Director Grau has served as Past President of the | 2 | | St. Jude Police League; was a former professor of the Adler | 3 | | School of Psychology (Police Leadership Course); a guest | 4 | | lecturer at the Vietnam Veterans Museum; and a former | 5 | | Leadership Course Instructor for the Chicago Police | 6 | | Department's Executive Development Program; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Director Grau has a bachelor's degree in criminal | 8 | | justice/social justice from Lewis University and a master's | 9 | | degree in business administration from St. Xavier University; | 10 | | he is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the City of | 11 | | Chicago Executive Development Program; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | honor Illinois State Police Director Hiram Grau and thank him | 15 | | for his service to the State; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Director Grau as an expression of our esteem and | 18 | | respect.
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