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90_HR0661
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of this Body are happy to recognize
3 individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the
4 well-being of the citizens of this State; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Sheriff Steve
6 Brienen has announced his retirement; and
7 WHEREAS, A resident of McLean County for 38 years, Steve
8 Brienen graduated from Bloomington High School in 1962; he
9 earned an associate's degree in Police Science and Technology
10 from Illinois Central College and a bachelor's degree in
11 Criminal Justice from Illinois State University; and
12 WHEREAS, He was a Bloomington Police Officer for 10
13 years; he graduated from the Police Training Institute at the
14 University of Illinois, the Dale Carnegie Institute, the
15 Juvenile Officer's Institute at the University of Minnesota,
16 the National Sheriff's Institute at the University of
17 California at Los Angeles, and the National FBI Academy at
18 Quantico, Virginia; and
19 WHEREAS, He was a member of the Executive Board of the
20 Illinois Sheriff's Association, member of the Attorney
21 General's Law Enforcement Advisory Council, and a part-time
22 instructor at Lincoln College in Normal; and
23 WHEREAS, He has been named Law Enforcement Officer of the
24 Year, the Excellence in Teaching Award at Lincoln College,
25 and the best law enforcement administrator in McLean County
26 by Business to Business Magazine; and
27 WHEREAS, He has served his community through the Danvers
28 Lions Club, Cubmaster of Pack 27 in Danvers, Masonic Lodge
29 #43, and the Elks Lodge in Bloomington; and
30 WHEREAS, He was supported in his public and private life
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1 by his wife, Lucerne, and his children, Shaun, Erin, and
2 Mark; therefore, be it
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5 congratulate Sheriff Steve Brienen on his retirement and
6 extend our best wishes to him for the future; and be it
7 further
8 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to him as an expression of our esteem.