Bill Text: IL HR0657 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors former Glen Ellyn police officer Ray Munch.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-11-05 - Resolution Adopted [HR0657 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0657-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 honor former Glen Ellyn Police | ||||||
| 4 | Officer Ray Munch; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Ray Munch joined the Glen Ellyn Police Department | ||||||
| 6 | on January 3, 2002; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Ray Munch was named Glen Ellyn Officer of the Year | ||||||
| 8 | in 2004, just 2 years after joining the department; the | ||||||
| 9 | numerous reasons cited for bestowing him this award included | ||||||
| 10 | always putting the safety of the public first, talking suicidal | ||||||
| 11 | subjects into surrendering themselves for treatment, becoming | ||||||
| 12 | a CPR/AED trainer, using his automatic external defibrillator | ||||||
| 13 | to aid people in distress, participating in the seat belt | ||||||
| 14 | enforcement program, and achieving the highest possible | ||||||
| 15 | overall ranking in his first annual evaluation; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Ray Munch was awarded The Spirit of Glen Ellyn | ||||||
| 17 | Award and Officer of the Year for the second time in 2010 as | ||||||
| 18 | part of a group who responded to a fire at Royal Glen | ||||||
| 19 | Condominiums; he carried a woman with Muscular Dystrophy down 3 | ||||||
| 20 | flights of stairs to safety; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Ray Munch has received countless letters of thanks | ||||||
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| 1 | and commendation from the public and other police agencies; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Ray Munch resigned from the Glen Ellyn Police | ||||||
| 3 | Department on August 29, 2013 due to injuries sustained in the | ||||||
| 4 | line of duty; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Ray Munch was born on July 19, 1980; he attended | ||||||
| 6 | Lisle Senior High School and the College of DuPage, and he | ||||||
| 7 | graduated from Western Illinois University in Macomb; he lives | ||||||
| 8 | in Naperville with his wife, Kelley, and their 2 sons, Ben and | ||||||
| 9 | Nate; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 11 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we honor Ray Munch for his service to the people of Glen Ellyn | ||||||
| 13 | and wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it | ||||||
| 14 | further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to Ray Munch as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 17 | respect.
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