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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 Springfield Police Chief | ||||||
| 4 | Kenny Winslow on the occasion of his retirement from the | ||||||
| 5 | Springfield Police Department; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Chief Winslow is native of Alton; he earned his | ||||||
| 7 | bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois Springfield | ||||||
| 8 | and his associate's degree from Lewis and Clark Community | ||||||
| 9 | College; he graduated from Northwestern University's Executive | ||||||
| 10 | Management Program and School of Police Staff & Command, the | ||||||
| 11 | Southern Police Institute's Chief Executive Leadership Course, | ||||||
| 12 | as well as other executive and management courses; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Chief Winslow joined the Springfield Police | ||||||
| 14 | Department in January 1995, and he has served as chief since | ||||||
| 15 | being named interim chief in 2013; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Under Chief Winslow's leadership, many community | ||||||
| 17 | policing initiatives were implemented, including partnering | ||||||
| 18 | with The Outlet Mentoring Group for their annual Bridging the | ||||||
| 19 | Gap barbecue with residents and with the NAACP and NOBLE on | ||||||
| 20 | their "Know Your Rights" and "Law and You" programs; he has | ||||||
| 21 | also overseen the Lights in the Mirror program, Coffee with | ||||||
| 22 | Cops, the Halloween Safety Event, Focused Deterrence, | ||||||
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| 1 | Community Staff Walks, National Night Out, Teen Police | ||||||
| 2 | Academy, school reading programs, and much more; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Chief Winslow helped coordinate the Springfield | ||||||
| 4 | Police Department's Annual Beards and Badges campaign, which | ||||||
| 5 | has raised over $26,000 in the past five years for the American | ||||||
| 6 | Cancer Society to support research into women's and men's | ||||||
| 7 | health; he has been very active in his community and | ||||||
| 8 | participates in many events; he has also served on various | ||||||
| 9 | boards, including Memorial Behavioral Health and the Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | Law Enforcement Alarm System's Executive Board; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Chief Winslow oversaw the implementation of body | ||||||
| 12 | cameras, making the Springfield Police Department the first | ||||||
| 13 | major police department in Illinois to use them; he has been a | ||||||
| 14 | leading voice within the Illinois Association of Chiefs of | ||||||
| 15 | Police (ILACP) in making recommendations for how the cameras | ||||||
| 16 | can be used most successfully in Illinois; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, In recognition of his leadership and exemplary | ||||||
| 18 | public service, Chief Winslow was named the 2021 Chief of the | ||||||
| 19 | Year by the ILACP, a 1,200-member statewide organization; this | ||||||
| 20 | award is given to a chief who excels in his or her own | ||||||
| 21 | department and provides extraordinary service to the | ||||||
| 22 | association; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Chief Winslow will retire from the Springfield | ||||||
| 2 | Police Department on January 28, 2022; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 5 | we congratulate Chief Kenny Winslow on his retirement from the | ||||||
| 6 | Springfield Police Department, and we wish him the best in his | ||||||
| 7 | future endeavors; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to Chief Winslow as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 10 | respect.
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