Bill Text: IL HR1012 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Derwin Lee Ryker on the occasion of his retirement from law enforcement after 41 years of dedicated service. Expresses deep appreciation for his distinguished and respected career as a law enforcement leader in the State of Illinois.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-11-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR1012 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR1012-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 Derwin Lee Ryker on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of his retirement from law enforcement in Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | after 41 years of dedicated service; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Lee Ryker served in the U.S. Air Force from 1972 | ||||||
| 7 | to 1976; he was stationed in Thailand, where he loaded | ||||||
| 8 | munitions ordinances on F-4 Phantoms and achieved the rank of | ||||||
| 9 | sergeant; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Lee Ryker began his career in law enforcement as | ||||||
| 11 | a jailer for the Richland County Sheriff's Office; he then | ||||||
| 12 | worked as a police officer for the City of Olney from 1979 to | ||||||
| 13 | 1984; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Lee Ryker served as deputy and chief deputy of | ||||||
| 15 | the Clay County Sheriff's Office from 1984 to 1990; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Lee Ryker was elected four times and served as | ||||||
| 17 | sheriff of Clay County from 1990 to 2005; during this time, he | ||||||
| 18 | served as a Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) instructor | ||||||
| 19 | in Clay County Schools and a chaplain, and he was later elected | ||||||
| 20 | as president of the Illinois Sheriff's Association; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Lee Ryker served as warden of the Illinois | ||||||
| 2 | Department of Corrections Lawrence Correctional Center from | ||||||
| 3 | 2005 to 2011; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Lee Ryker has served as a police training | ||||||
| 5 | specialist and as a sworn investigator for the Illinois Law | ||||||
| 6 | Enforcement Training and Standards Board since 2014, and he | ||||||
| 7 | will continue to serve until 2023, making him a part of the | ||||||
| 8 | training and certification of thousands of law enforcement | ||||||
| 9 | officers across the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we congratulate Derwin Lee Ryker on the occasion of his | ||||||
| 13 | retirement from law enforcement after 41 years of dedicated | ||||||
| 14 | service, and we express our deep appreciation for his | ||||||
| 15 | distinguished and respected career as a law enforcement leader | ||||||
| 16 | in the State of Illinois.
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