Bill Text: IL HR1114 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commends School Resource Officer Mark Dallas and the students and staff at Dixon High School for their heroic actions on May 16, 2018.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-30 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie [HR1114 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR1114-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, A 14-year veteran of the Dixon Police Department, | ||||||
3 | Mark Dallas, has worked as a School
Resource Officer for Dixon | ||||||
4 | Public Schools for five years; and
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5 | WHEREAS, During the final days of the 2018 spring term, on | ||||||
6 | Wednesday, May 16, a gunman entered
Dixon High School and fired | ||||||
7 | shots; and
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8 | WHEREAS, In the words of Dixon Police Chief Steven Howell | ||||||
9 | Jr., "With shots ringing out through
the hallways of the | ||||||
10 | school, he [Dallas] charged towards the suspect and confronted | ||||||
11 | him, head on."; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The prompt action of Officer Mark Dallas disarmed | ||||||
13 | the gunman, made it
possible for him to arrest the gunman and | ||||||
14 | take him into custody, and led to a successful conclusion
of | ||||||
15 | the incident; Lee County Sheriff John Simonton responded to a | ||||||
16 | description of Mark Dallas's
bravery with the words "He saved | ||||||
17 | an enormous amount of lives."; and
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18 | WHEREAS, During the incident, educators and students at | ||||||
19 | Dixon High School took proper action to
lock down their high | ||||||
20 | school; their lockdown was
followed by a prompt and calm | ||||||
21 | evacuation of the building and grounds; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
2 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
3 | commend the educators and students of Dixon High School for | ||||||
4 | their calm responses during the incident of May 16, 2018; and | ||||||
5 | be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That we commend School Resource Officer Mark | ||||||
7 | Dallas for his heroic service at Dixon
High School on May 16, | ||||||
8 | 2018; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That we commend Mark Dallas's former and current | ||||||
10 | fellow members of the public safety
services of Illinois, | ||||||
11 | including the professionals who develop and maintain the police | ||||||
12 | training
infrastructure of this State, in mind of the fact that | ||||||
13 | incident outcomes like these are the result of the
careful, | ||||||
14 | professional training that is the making of a true police | ||||||
15 | officer; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to Officer Mark Dallas and
to Dixon High School | ||||||
18 | Principal Dr. Michael Grady.
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