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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Chicago 
4Police Officer Samuel Jimenez, who was killed in the line of 
5duty on November 19, 2018 at the age of 28; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Officer Jimenez grew up in the Edison Park 
7neighborhood of the City of Chicago and built a family of 
8Illinoisans; he, his wife Crystal, and their three young 
9children regularly attended Mass at the Chapel of St. Joseph at 
10the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, From his childhood onward, Officer Jimenez 
12expressed a desire to build a life in law enforcement; he 
13joined the Chicago Police Department in 2017 in full knowledge 
14of the current state of public safety in America's 
15third-largest city; in November of 2018, he had served his time 
16of probation and had pinned on the star of an officer of the 
17department; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Officer Jimenez was assigned to the 2nd Police 
19District (Wentworth); he was responding to a radio call of 
20shots fired on Chicago's South Side around the emergency room 
21of Mercy Hospital; a gunman had begun to kill professionals and 
22trainees in and around the hospital; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Officer Jimenez ran into the line of fire to 
2defend the hospital and save the lives of civilians, in line 
3with the highest traditions of the American police; and
 
4    WHEREAS, As a consequence of this split-second decision, 
5Officer Jimenez is End of Watch (EOW); and
 
6    WHEREAS, Mourners at the funeral mass of Officer Jimenez 
7included Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Governor Bruce 
8Rauner, and main celebrant Cardinal Blase Cupich of the 
9Archdiocese of Chicago; and
 

  
10    WHEREAS, Officer Jimenez leaves behind his wife, Crystal 
11Jimenez,  and three children, daughters, Ebony and Angelina, and 
12son, Julian, who now have memories to remind them of what 
13heroism in action looks like; therefore, be it
  
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
15HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
16mourn the loss, while on duty, of Officer Samuel Jimenez of the 
17Chicago Police Department; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That when we pass by the Illinois Police Officers 
19Memorial, which stands adjacent to the door we use to enter and 
20leave the Illinois State Capitol each day we are in session, we 
 
 
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1will think of Officer Jimenez and his fellow Illinois police 
2officers who have paid the ultimate price of service to their 
3fellow citizens; and be it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That we recognize that the police officers of 
5Illinois put their lives on the line every day and every night 
6for the safety and security of their loved ones and their 
7fellow citizens; and be it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
9presented to Crystal Jimenez, as an act of sorrowful memory of 
10and homage to the heroism of Officer Jimenez, a peace officer 
11and a defender of Chicago and of the State of Illinois.