Bill Text: IL HR0384 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the law enforcement officers of the State of Illinois and the country.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-20 - Resolution Adopted [HR0384 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0384-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of | ||||||
3 | Justice, there are over one million full-time law
enforcement | ||||||
4 | officers serving in communities throughout the United States; | ||||||
5 | and
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6 | WHEREAS, Over 50,000 of those officers serve the residents | ||||||
7 | of Illinois; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Police officers have honorably chosen an | ||||||
9 | occupation the demands of which include nobly
and selflessly | ||||||
10 | assuming risks and suffering inconveniences on behalf of | ||||||
11 | strangers; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Every police officer reports for duty each day | ||||||
13 | knowing that he or she could be confronted
with | ||||||
14 | life-threatening danger, but still they faithfully serve their | ||||||
15 | communities in order to protect the lives,
defend the civil | ||||||
16 | liberties, and secure the safety of their fellow citizens; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Since 1791, there have been over 22,000 police | ||||||
18 | officers killed in the line of duty throughout
the United | ||||||
19 | States of America; and
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20 | WHEREAS, More than 1,000 of those officers killed in the |
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1 | line of duty have been Illinois police officers; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Thanks in large part to the vigilance and | ||||||
3 | dedication of Illinois police officers, the occurrence
of | ||||||
4 | violent crime in Illinois has declined precipitously over the | ||||||
5 | past 20 years; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Illinois State elected officials, before taking | ||||||
7 | office, swear or affirm an oath to support the
Constitutions of | ||||||
8 | the State of Illinois and the United States, including | ||||||
9 | fulfilling the constitutional purposes
of providing for the | ||||||
10 | health, safety, and welfare of the people and insuring domestic | ||||||
11 | tranquility; this oath
would be impossible to keep without the | ||||||
12 | courage and sacrifice of Illinois police officers; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The bravery of all law enforcement officers who | ||||||
14 | have stood to protect the residents of their
communities shall | ||||||
15 | never be forgotten; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois' debt to those officers who | ||||||
17 | have given their lives in the line of duty can
never be | ||||||
18 | adequately repaid; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
20 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
21 | pay tribute to all law enforcement officers of the United |
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1 | States and the State of Illinois, and thank them for the risks | ||||||
2 | they assume on our behalf each day; and be it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That we solemnly mourn the loss of those officers | ||||||
4 | who have made the ultimate sacrifice in
the line of duty.
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