Bill Text: IL HR0025 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Michael Holub on his retirement as Chief of Police of La Grange.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0025 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0025-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Michael A. Holub on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of his retirement as the Chief of Police of the | ||||||
5 | Village of La Grange in 2015; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Chief Holub began his 40-year career in law | ||||||
7 | enforcement in 1974, when he joined the Stickney Police | ||||||
8 | Department; he was promoted to Sergeant in 1981, to Patrol | ||||||
9 | Shift Commander in 1987, and to Deputy Chief of Police in 1988; | ||||||
10 | later in 1988, he became Chief of Police of the Stickney Police | ||||||
11 | Department; he became Chief of Police of the Palos Park Police | ||||||
12 | Department in 1995 and of the River Forest Police Department in | ||||||
13 | 1998; in 2003, he became Chief of Police of the La Grange | ||||||
14 | Police Department; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Chief Holub has received | ||||||
16 | numerous awards and has been involved with numerous | ||||||
17 | organizations; he received the Excellence in Law Enforcement | ||||||
18 | Award in 2013 from the Special Agents Association and the Law | ||||||
19 | Enforcement Award from the Illinois State Bar Association in | ||||||
20 | 2012; in 2010, the American Legion Department of Illinois named | ||||||
21 | him its Law Enforcement Officer of the Year, and he was a | ||||||
22 | member of its Disaster Relief Committee; he received the La | ||||||
23 | Grange Area NAACP's Award of Appreciation in 2006 and the La |
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1 | Grange Business Association's Public Servant Award in 2003; he | ||||||
2 | was a past member of Triton College's Criminal Justice | ||||||
3 | Department's Adjunct Faculty, where he was named Outstanding | ||||||
4 | Adjunct Faculty Member in 2002; he is a member of the FBI | ||||||
5 | National Academy Associates, where he was named the Northern | ||||||
6 | Illinois Division Member of the Year in 2002 and served as | ||||||
7 | President of the Illinois Chapter in 2007; he served as the | ||||||
8 | Public Affairs Director and Military Liaison for the United | ||||||
9 | States Department of Defense's Employer Support for the Guard | ||||||
10 | and Reserve (ESGR) for Illinois, for which he was selected as | ||||||
11 | National ESGR Public Affairs Volunteer of the Year in 2012 and | ||||||
12 | received the Illinois ESGR Seven Seals Award twice, the | ||||||
13 | President's Volunteer Service Award 8 times, the Department of | ||||||
14 | Defense Patriot Award 3 times, and the Department of Defense | ||||||
15 | Above and Beyond Award in January of 2010; he served as a | ||||||
16 | Personnel Committee member for the Northeast Multi-Regional | ||||||
17 | Police Training Board and as Parliamentarian for the West | ||||||
18 | Suburban Chiefs of Police Association, where he was also a past | ||||||
19 | President and life member; he served as past Chairman of the | ||||||
20 | Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police's Police Chiefs | ||||||
21 | Certification Committee and as past Chair of its Executive | ||||||
22 | Search Committee; he was past President of the 5th District | ||||||
23 | Police Chiefs Association; he served in the United States | ||||||
24 | Army's Old Guard, where was presented with the Meritorious Unit | ||||||
25 | Citation; he was a life member and a member of the board of | ||||||
26 | directors of The Old Guard Association; he received the United |
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1 | States Army's National Defense Service Medal; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Chief Holub has authored articles in the FBI's | ||||||
3 | National Academy Associate magazine and in Command Magazine; | ||||||
4 | and
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5 | WHEREAS, Chief Holub received his Associate of Arts from | ||||||
6 | Morton College in 1979; he attended the FBI Executive | ||||||
7 | Development Course for Police Chiefs in 1988 and the FBI | ||||||
8 | National Academy in 1993; he received his Bachelor of Arts in | ||||||
9 | Criminal and Social Justice from Lewis University in 1995; he | ||||||
10 | attended the FBI Midwest Law Enforcement Executive Development | ||||||
11 | Seminar in 1997; he received his Master of Arts in Law | ||||||
12 | Enforcement and Justice Administration from Western Illinois | ||||||
13 | University in 1997; he became a certified police chief in 2001 | ||||||
14 | (recertified in 2006 and 2011) and attended the Western | ||||||
15 | Illinois University Fire Protection Services Program from 2002 | ||||||
16 | to 2003; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Chief Holub will be honored at a retirement dinner | ||||||
18 | on January 24, 2015 at Crystal Sky Banquets in McCook; | ||||||
19 | therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
21 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
22 | congratulate Michael A. Holub on his retirement as the Chief of |
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1 | Police of the Village of La Grange, and we wish him the best in | ||||||
2 | all his future endeavors; and be it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
4 | presented to Chief Holub as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
5 | respect.
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