Bill Text: IL HR0997 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes Kendall County Sheriff's Deputies Joseph Melchiori and Greg Shadle and Oswego Police Officers Michael Torrance, Steven Lawrence, and Justin Pan for their heroic act of rescuing a 2-year-old-boy from a retention pond.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-07 - Resolution Adopted [HR0997 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0997-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 recognize Kendall County Sheriff's | ||||||
4 | Deputies Joseph Melchiori and Greg Shadle and Oswego Police | ||||||
5 | Officers Michael Torrance, Steven Lawrence, and Justin Pan for | ||||||
6 | their heroic act of rescuing a 2-year-old-boy from a retention | ||||||
7 | pond on March 24, 2014; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Area deputies responded to a report of a missing | ||||||
9 | 2-year-old-boy on Fernwood Road in unincorporated Montgomery; | ||||||
10 | police from surrounding agencies conducted a search of the area | ||||||
11 | and found the boy in a retention pond near his home; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Deputies Joseph Melchiori and Greg Shadle and | ||||||
13 | Officers Michael Torrance, Steven Lawrence, and Justin Pan | ||||||
14 | entered the frigid waters to recover the child; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Deputies Joseph Melchiori and Greg Shadle and | ||||||
16 | Officers Michael Torrance, Steven Lawrence, and Justin Pan are | ||||||
17 | true definitions of the police motto "to serve and protect"; | ||||||
18 | therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
20 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
21 | we wish to recognize Kendall County Sheriff's Deputies Joseph |
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1 | Melchiori and Greg Shadle and Oswego Police Officers Michael | ||||||
2 | Torrance, Steven Lawrence, and Justin Pan for their heroic act | ||||||
3 | of rescuing a 2-year-old-boy from a retention pond; and be it | ||||||
4 | further
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5 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
6 | presented to Deputies Joseph Melchiori and Greg Shadle and | ||||||
7 | Officers Michael Torrance, Steven Lawrence, and Justin Pan as | ||||||
8 | an expression of our esteem and respect.
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