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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to recognize Alsip Chief of Police David
4 Snooks on the occasion of his retirement on July 23, 2004 after
5 26 years of service to the Alsip community; and
 
6     WHEREAS, David Snooks was born and raised in Chicago's
7 Scottsdale neighborhood; a third-generation civil servant,
8 both his father and grandfather were Chicago firemen; and
 
9     WHEREAS, He joined the Alsip police force as a patrolman in
10 July of 1978 after spending four years with the Naperville
11 police; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Long before he became chief, David Snooks was
13 making changes in the department; during the mid-1980s he
14 coordinated an project to install on-line computers in all the
15 department's squad cars; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Chief Snooks climbed through the ranks, and was
17 promoted to lieutenant in charge of patrol in July 1991; and in
18 July 2000, he took the reigns of the department from outgoing
19 chief Ken Wood; therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22 together with his officers, village board and its employees,
23 friends, family, colleagues, and community, we salute the
24 accomplishments of Alsip Chief of Police David Snooks and wish
25 him a joyful and meaningful retirement that is well deserved;
26 and be it further
 
27     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
28 presented to Alsip Chief of Police David Snooks as a token of
29 our admiration.