Full Text of HR0716 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Lieutenant Colonel | 4 | | Scott D. Abbott on the occasion of his retirement from the | 5 | | Illinois State Police on November 30, 2013; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Abbott was appointed to Illinois State | 7 | | Police Cadet Class #84 on August 21, 1989 and graduated from | 8 | | the academy on January 5, 1990; he was assigned to District 11; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Abbott joined the staff at the Illinois | 11 | | State Police Academy on March 1, 1995 and he was promoted to | 12 | | Sergeant on March 16, 1996; he was promoted to Master Sergeant | 13 | | on September 25, 1998; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Abbott transferred back to the Division | 15 | | of Operations on January 16, 2005 and he was promoted to | 16 | | Lieutenant on December 16, 2005; as Lieutenant in the Division | 17 | | of Operations, he created the Motorcycle Enforcement Bureau in | 18 | | June 2006, which began with only 42 motorcycle patrol officers, | 19 | | and by the end of its first summer, had issued 17,167 | 20 | | citations; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Abbott was promoted to Captain on June 1, |
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| 1 | | 2008 and then to Region 3 Commander on February 1, 2013; on | 2 | | June 16, 2009 he transferred to Region 4; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Abbott was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel | 4 | | of the Division of Administration on February 1, 2013; he | 5 | | played a vital role in the implementation of Illinois's new | 6 | | concealed carry law; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Abbott served his country in the United | 8 | | States Marine Corps from 1981 to 1986, achieving the rank of | 9 | | Corporal E-4 as an Aircraft Firefighting and Rescue Specialist; | 10 | | he and his wife, Jan, have 4 daughters, Michelle, Emily, | 11 | | Courtney, and Melody; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate Lieutenant Colonel Scott D. Abbott on the | 15 | | occasion of his retirement, and wish him the best in all his | 16 | | future endeavors; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Lt. Col. Abbott as an expression of our esteem and | 19 | | respect.
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