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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 the Village of Mundelein |
| 4 | | Chief of Police Eric Guenther on receiving the Dr. Nathan Davis |
| 5 | | Award for Outstanding Government Service, the American Medical |
| 6 | | Association's (AMA) top government service award; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Chief Guenther spearheaded the award-winning "A |
| 8 | | Way Out" program, Lake County's response to the opioid abuse |
| 9 | | crisis, which allows law enforcement to place people with |
| 10 | | opioid use disorder into substance abuse treatment programs as |
| 11 | | an alternative to arrest and prosecution through the criminal |
| 12 | | justice system; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, "A Way Out" has the participation of several |
| 14 | | police departments throughout Lake County and has created |
| 15 | | partnerships with every treatment center in the county; the |
| 16 | | relationship between law enforcement and drug users has been |
| 17 | | changed, making departments themselves a starting point in the |
| 18 | | recovery process; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, The program was immediately successful, with the |
| 20 | | first patient entering a participating police station just one |
| 21 | | day after the program was announced in June 2016; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, "When confronted with an opioid epidemic that has |
| 2 | | overwhelmed police departments and first responders across the |
| 3 | | country, Chief Guenther found an innovative solution that is |
| 4 | | working for his community and giving people with substance use |
| 5 | | disorder a chance at recovery," said AMA Board Chair Jack |
| 6 | | Resneck Jr. M.D.; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Chief Guenther was one of eight honorees chosen; |
| 8 | | the award, named for the founding father of the American |
| 9 | | Medical Association, recognizes elected and career officials |
| 10 | | in federal, state, or municipal service whose outstanding |
| 11 | | contributions have promoted the art and science of medicine and |
| 12 | | the betterment of public health; therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 14 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 15 | | we congratulate the Village of Mundelein Chief of Police Eric |
| 16 | | Guenther on receiving the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for |
| 17 | | Outstanding Government Service, and we commend his work to |
| 18 | | shape a productive, treatment-based response to the opioid |
| 19 | | abuse epidemic; and be it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to Chief Guenther as an expression of our esteem and |
| 22 | | respect.
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