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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 Colonel JoAnn D. Johnson | ||||||
| 4 | on the occasion of her retirement from the Illinois State | ||||||
| 5 | Police (ISP); and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Col. Johnson has served with the ISP for over 28 | ||||||
| 7 | years; she was promoted to the rank of Colonel on November 1, | ||||||
| 8 | 2016, becoming the first African American woman to reach the | ||||||
| 9 | rank of Colonel; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Col. Johnson began her law enforcement career as a | ||||||
| 11 | trooper with the ISP in 1989; she has worked patrol, general | ||||||
| 12 | criminal investigations, and
narcotics investigations in the | ||||||
| 13 | Chicago area, where she was promoted to the rank of Sergeant; | ||||||
| 14 | she served under the Director's Office as an Investigative | ||||||
| 15 | Sergeant in the department's Office of Equal
Employment | ||||||
| 16 | Opportunity before being promoted to the rank of Master | ||||||
| 17 | Sergeant, Investigative Squad
leader; in 2008, she was promoted | ||||||
| 18 | to the rank of Lieutenant, Division of Operations District
15 | ||||||
| 19 | Patrol; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, In 2010, Col. Johnson relocated to Springfield and | ||||||
| 21 | accepted a position as Lieutenant, Special Projects
Officer at | ||||||
| 22 | the Illinois State Police Training Academy, ultimately being | ||||||
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| 1 | assigned as the Educational Services
Bureau Chief; she is a | ||||||
| 2 | Senior
National Instructor for Fair and Impartial Policing, | ||||||
| 3 | LLC.; she is a certified facilitator with FranklinCovey for The | ||||||
| 4 | 7 Habits
for Law Enforcement, The Nobility of Policing, Leading | ||||||
| 5 | at the Speed of Trust, and Diversity Centered
Leadership; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In 2012, Col. Johnson accepted a position under | ||||||
| 7 | the Director's Office as Chief of the Office of Equal | ||||||
| 8 | Employment
Opportunity, where she served until 2013; in 2013, | ||||||
| 9 | she was appointed to Lieutenant Colonel in the Division of | ||||||
| 10 | Internal Investigation; she was
promoted to Colonel in November | ||||||
| 11 | of 2016; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, In 2014, Col. Johnson was appointed to serve as a | ||||||
| 13 | law enforcement
representative on the Governor's Racial | ||||||
| 14 | Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Board, where she
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| 15 | continues to serve; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Col. Johnson is a graduate of the Northwestern | ||||||
| 17 | School of Police Staff and Command, Class #282 and the Illinois
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| 18 | Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board Executive | ||||||
| 19 | Institute Police Executive Role in the 21st
Century; she holds | ||||||
| 20 | a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice from | ||||||
| 21 | Southern Illinois
University and a Master of Arts in | ||||||
| 22 | Organizational Leadership from Lewis
University in Romeoville; | ||||||
| 23 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Col. Johnson married Richard Johnson in 2013 and | ||||||
| 2 | together they have two daughters; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 5 | congratulate Colonel JoAnn D. Johnson on her retirement from | ||||||
| 6 | the Illinois State Police, thank her for her service to the | ||||||
| 7 | State of Illinois, and wish her the best in all her future | ||||||
| 8 | endeavors; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to Col. Johnson as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 11 | respect.
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