Bill Text: IL HR0308 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates William A. Biang on the occasion of his retirement as Chief of the Waukegan Police Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-04-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0308 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0308-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate William A. Biang on | ||||||
4 | the occasion of his retirement as Chief of the Waukegan Police | ||||||
5 | Department; and
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6 | WHEREAS, William Biang began his career with the Waukegan | ||||||
7 | Police Department in July of 1978 after graduating Cum Laude | ||||||
8 | from Western Illinois University with a Bachelor of Applied | ||||||
9 | Science degree in law enforcement administration; he is a | ||||||
10 | graduate of the FBI National Academy 181st Session and the | ||||||
11 | Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command, as | ||||||
12 | well as a graduate of numerous IACP and Illinois State Police | ||||||
13 | management and technical courses; and
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14 | WHEREAS, In 1983, William Biang was promoted to Sergeant | ||||||
15 | and was assigned to the Patrol Division, Criminal | ||||||
16 | Investigations Bureau to perform both adult and juvenile | ||||||
17 | investigations; he was also assigned to the Community Services | ||||||
18 | Division; in 1989, he was promoted to lieutenant and was | ||||||
19 | assigned as the Juvenile Bureau Commander; from 1990 to 1993, | ||||||
20 | he was appointed to serve as Deputy Chief of Police and was | ||||||
21 | responsible for all operational aspects of the police | ||||||
22 | department, including patrols, special operations, and | ||||||
23 | investigations; and
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1 | WHEREAS, In 1993, William Biang earned the rank of Captain | ||||||
2 | and was assigned as the Commander of Administrative Services, | ||||||
3 | where he was in charge of Internal Affairs; he was then | ||||||
4 | assigned to serve as the Commander of Special Operations, where | ||||||
5 | he took charge of gang and narcotics investigations, as well as | ||||||
6 | S.W.A.T. operations; in 1996, he organized the Repeat Offender | ||||||
7 | Strike Force of Lake County, a multi-jurisdictional task force, | ||||||
8 | and served as its first commander; in 1997, he was re-appointed | ||||||
9 | as the Deputy Chief of Police and was responsible for Support | ||||||
10 | Services; as Deputy Chief, he was instrumental in adopting and | ||||||
11 | implementing Community Policing and Neighborhood Policing | ||||||
12 | strategies within the Waukegan Police Department; in 2003, he | ||||||
13 | was appointed to serve as the Chief of the Waukegan Police | ||||||
14 | Department, where he remained until his retirement; and
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15 | WHEREAS, William Biang is a member of numerous community | ||||||
16 | and law enforcement organizations, including the Advisory | ||||||
17 | Board of the Staben Center, the Northern Illinois Council on | ||||||
18 | Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (NICASA), the IACP, the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Chiefs of Police, the Lake County Chiefs of Police, the | ||||||
20 | Metropolitan Enforcement Group Board of Directors, and the | ||||||
21 | Board of the Northern Illinois Police Crime Lab; he is a board | ||||||
22 | member of Boys and Girls Club of Lake County and the Lake | ||||||
23 | County YMCA; he has also served as vice president of the Board | ||||||
24 | of the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force; and
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1 | WHEREAS, William Biang lives in Waukegan with his wife and | ||||||
2 | his three children; therefore, be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
4 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
5 | congratulate William A. Biang on the occasion of his retirement | ||||||
6 | and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | ||||||
7 | further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | presented to William Biang as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
10 | respect.
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