Full Text of HR0796 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Captain Timothy J. | 4 | | Becker of the Illinois State Police on his retirement; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Captain Becker will retire on February 29, 2012; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Timothy J. Becker began his law enforcement career | 8 | | with the Menard County Sheriff's Department
in 1987; he joined | 9 | | the Illinois State Police after graduating from Cadet
Class #82
| 10 | | in 1988; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, His first patrol assignment upon graduation was in | 12 | | Illinois State Police District #3 in Chicago; his second patrol | 13 | | assignment was Illinois State Police District #9, in the
| 14 | | Sangamon County area; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, While in District #9, he served on the Operation
| 16 | | Valkyrie Team with his K-9, "Boozer", and served on the | 17 | | Tactical Response
Team; in 1996, he transferred to the Illinois | 18 | | State Police's Office of Inspection and Audits and was promoted | 19 | | to Sergeant
in November; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1998, he was promoted to Master Sergeant; in |
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| 1 | | 2001, he was transferred to the Illinois State Police's Office | 2 | | of Governmental Affairs; in 2002, he was promoted to Lieutenant | 3 | | and shortly after he was appointed
to serve as the Illinois | 4 | | State Police Legislative Liaison; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In 2005, he was promoted to Captain; in 2011, he | 6 | | was appointed by Illinois State Police Director Hiram Grau to | 7 | | serve as his Chief
of Staff; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, During his career with the Illinois State Police, | 9 | | he also served as a Motorcycle Officer; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, While serving as the legislative liaison, Captain | 11 | | Becker played an instrumental role in the passage of Public Act | 12 | | 095-1009, which assisted the Illinois State Police in securing | 13 | | a constant source of funding to acquire new patrol cars to | 14 | | replace aging fleet squad cars; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, During his career, Captain Becker embodied the | 16 | | motto of the Illinois State Police, "Integrity, Service, and | 17 | | Pride", always putting the needs of the department first and | 18 | | working to make the department better; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we congratulate Captain Timothy Becker on his retirement and |
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| 1 | | thank him for his years of service to the people of the State | 2 | | of Illinois; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Captain Timothy Becker as a symbol of our respect | 5 | | and esteem.
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