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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 Illinois State Police | ||||||
| 4 | Master Sergeant Jacqueline Cepeda on the occasion of being | ||||||
| 5 | named president of the Hispanic Illinois State Law Enforcement | ||||||
| 6 | Association (HISLEA); and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Cepeda was born to Miguel and | ||||||
| 8 | Irma Del Villar in Chicago in 1986; she grew up in the Little | ||||||
| 9 | Village community on the Southwest Side of Chicago, where she | ||||||
| 10 | attended Eli Whitney Elementary School; she transferred to | ||||||
| 11 | William B. Ogden Elementary School before attending and | ||||||
| 12 | graduating from Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, | ||||||
| 13 | relocating to the Scottsdale neighborhood; she earned her | ||||||
| 14 | Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Loyola University | ||||||
| 15 | Chicago in 2009, during which she worked at Central States | ||||||
| 16 | SER, a non-profit organization in Little Village; she | ||||||
| 17 | graduated from the Illinois State Police Academy in 2011; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Cepeda began her career with the | ||||||
| 19 | Illinois State Police as a patrol trooper of the south sector | ||||||
| 20 | of District Chicago on a midnight shift; she worked in the | ||||||
| 21 | District Chicago Staff Office in 2013 and the Region I Staff | ||||||
| 22 | Office in 2016; she was promoted to sergeant in 2018 and then | ||||||
| 23 | worked as a department spokesperson in the Illinois State | ||||||
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| 1 | Police's Public Information Office before being assigned as | ||||||
| 2 | chief of staff to Division of Patrol's Deputy Director's | ||||||
| 3 | Office in 2020; she was promoted to master sergeant in May | ||||||
| 4 | 2021; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Cepeda has proudly served on the | ||||||
| 6 | executive board of the Hispanic Illinois State Law Enforcement | ||||||
| 7 | Association since 2016; she was elected and sworn in as | ||||||
| 8 | HISLEA's newest president in 2022, becoming the first female | ||||||
| 9 | president of HISLEA in its 35 years of existence; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Cepeda has expressed her | ||||||
| 11 | commitment to making every effort towards ensuring that all | ||||||
| 12 | sworn officers employed by law enforcement agencies within the | ||||||
| 13 | State of Illinois are provided equal opportunities as well as | ||||||
| 14 | working to help members of our Latino communities through acts | ||||||
| 15 | of service, including the awarding of scholarships for higher | ||||||
| 16 | education; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Master Sergeant Cepeda is married to Sergeant | ||||||
| 18 | Fernando Cepeda Jr. of the Illinois State Police, and they | ||||||
| 19 | welcomed their son, Fernando Cepeda III, in 2021; therefore, | ||||||
| 20 | be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 22 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
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| 1 | we congratulate Illinois State Police Master Sergeant | ||||||
| 2 | Jacqueline Cepeda on being named president of the Hispanic | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois State Law Enforcement Association (HISLEA) and wish | ||||||
| 4 | her success in her new role; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to Master Sergeant Cepeda as an expression of our | ||||||
| 7 | esteem and respect.
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