Bill Text: IL HR0025 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Michael Holub on his retirement as Chief of Police of La Grange.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-01-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0025 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HR0025-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to congratulate Michael A. Holub on the
occasion of his retirement as the Chief of Police of the
Village of La Grange in 2015; and
WHEREAS, Chief Holub began his 40-year career in law
enforcement in 1974, when he joined the Stickney Police
Department; he was promoted to Sergeant in 1981, to Patrol
Shift Commander in 1987, and to Deputy Chief of Police in 1988;
later in 1988, he became Chief of Police of the Stickney Police
Department; he became Chief of Police of the Palos Park Police
Department in 1995 and of the River Forest Police Department in
1998; in 2003, he became Chief of Police of the La Grange
Police Department; and
WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Chief Holub has received
numerous awards and has been involved with numerous
organizations; he received the Excellence in Law Enforcement
Award in 2013 from the Special Agents Association and the Law
Enforcement Award from the Illinois State Bar Association in
2012; in 2010, the American Legion Department of Illinois named
him its Law Enforcement Officer of the Year, and he was a
member of its Disaster Relief Committee; he received the La
Grange Area NAACP's Award of Appreciation in 2006 and the La

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Grange Business Association's Public Servant Award in 2003; he
was a past member of Triton College's Criminal Justice
Department's Adjunct Faculty, where he was named Outstanding
Adjunct Faculty Member in 2002; he is a member of the FBI
National Academy Associates, where he was named the Northern
Illinois Division Member of the Year in 2002 and served as
President of the Illinois Chapter in 2007; he served as the
Public Affairs Director and Military Liaison for the United
States Department of Defense's Employer Support for the Guard
and Reserve (ESGR) for Illinois, for which he was selected as
National ESGR Public Affairs Volunteer of the Year in 2012 and
received the Illinois ESGR Seven Seals Award twice, the
President's Volunteer Service Award 8 times, the Department of
Defense Patriot Award 3 times, and the Department of Defense
Above and Beyond Award in January of 2010; he served as a
Personnel Committee member for the Northeast Multi-Regional
Police Training Board and as Parliamentarian for the West
Suburban Chiefs of Police Association, where he was also a past
President and life member; he served as past Chairman of the
Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police's Police Chiefs
Certification Committee and as past Chair of its Executive
Search Committee; he was past President of the 5th District
Police Chiefs Association; he served in the United States
Army's Old Guard, where was presented with the Meritorious Unit
Citation; he was a life member and a member of the board of
directors of The Old Guard Association; he received the United

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States Army's National Defense Service Medal; and
WHEREAS, Chief Holub has authored articles in the FBI's
National Academy Associate magazine and in Command Magazine;
and
WHEREAS, Chief Holub received his Associate of Arts from
Morton College in 1979; he attended the FBI Executive
Development Course for Police Chiefs in 1988 and the FBI
National Academy in 1993; he received his Bachelor of Arts in
Criminal and Social Justice from Lewis University in 1995; he
attended the FBI Midwest Law Enforcement Executive Development
Seminar in 1997; he received his Master of Arts in Law
Enforcement and Justice Administration from Western Illinois
University in 1997; he became a certified police chief in 2001
(recertified in 2006 and 2011) and attended the Western
Illinois University Fire Protection Services Program from 2002
to 2003; and
WHEREAS, Chief Holub will be honored at a retirement dinner
on January 24, 2015 at Crystal Sky Banquets in McCook;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
congratulate Michael A. Holub on his retirement as the Chief of

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Police of the Village of La Grange, and we wish him the best in
all his future endeavors; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Chief Holub as an expression of our esteem and
respect.