Full Text of HR0728 096th General Assembly
HR0728 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Police Chief | 4 |
| Donald E. Bennett of Plainfield on the occasion of his | 5 |
| retirement from the Plainfield Police Department after 24 years | 6 |
| with the Department and a total of 42 years of dedicated | 7 |
| service in law enforcement; and
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| WHEREAS, Donald E. Bennett was born in Milledgeville, | 9 |
| Illinois on October 16, 1945, and served in the United States | 10 |
| Air Force from 1963 to 1967; after being honorably discharged | 11 |
| from the military, Chief Bennett married Patricia Taubert on | 12 |
| July 26, 1969; the couple has 2 children, Heather and Jennifer | 13 |
| (Aaron), and 3 grandchildren, Ian, Alaina, and Halle; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Bennett received his bachelor's degree in | 15 |
| criminal justice from Metropolitan College in Denver, Colorado | 16 |
| in 1977; in 1998, he earned his master's degree in criminal | 17 |
| justice from Western Illinois University; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, In 1983, Chief Bennett attended the 134th Session | 19 |
| of the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia; he also attended the | 20 |
| Northwestern University School of Staff and Command from 1993 | 21 |
| to 1994 and the Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute's | 22 |
| Executive Management Program in 1996; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Bennett is a member of the International | 2 |
| Association of Chiefs of Police and the Illinois Association of | 3 |
| Chiefs of Police; he is an active member of the Police Chiefs | 4 |
| Association of Will County, serving as the organization's | 5 |
| President in 2000; he is also a member of the DuPage County | 6 |
| Chiefs of Police Association and the Kendall County Chiefs of | 7 |
| Police; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Bennett has served as the Treasurer of the | 9 |
| Western Will County Communications Center and the Illinois Law | 10 |
| Enforcement Alarm System since the inception of both | 11 |
| organizations; he has also served as the coordinator of | 12 |
| Plainfield's Emergency Management Agency since 1985; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Bennett was named the Plainfield Village | 14 |
| Employee of the Year in 1996; he was also the recipient of the | 15 |
| School District 202 Coordination of Administration and Parents | 16 |
| Groups for Educational Efficiency Recognition Award in 1999 for | 17 |
| his leadership and service to the Plainfield community; | 18 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| congratulate Police Chief Donald E. Bennett of Plainfield on | 22 |
| the occasion of his 42 years of dedicated service in law |
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| enforcement and community leadership for the people of | 2 |
| Plainfield, the State of Illinois, and the United States of | 3 |
| America and wish him the best in his retirement years; and be | 4 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to Chief Donald E. Bennett and his wife, Patricia | 7 |
| Bennett, as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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