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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
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| 3 | | Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who have given
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| 4 | | their lives in service to their communities; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Illinois State Police Trooper Nicholas "Nick" J. |
| 6 | | Hopkins #6141 of Waterloo took pride in serving his community |
| 7 | | and in his roles as friend, brother, husband, and father; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Trooper Hopkins was a 10-year veteran of the |
| 9 | | Illinois State Police and a member of the State
Police's SWAT |
| 10 | | Team; he began his career on June 1, 2009 as a cadet at the |
| 11 | | Illinois State Police Academy; after graduating, he was |
| 12 | | assigned to District 12 (Effingham); on August 1, 2013, he |
| 13 | | joined ISP Zone 7 Investigations General Criminal Unit, and, |
| 14 | | in November of 2013, he was assigned to District 11 patrol in |
| 15 | | Collinsville; in February of 2016, he transferred to Zone 6's |
| 16 | | Metro East Police Assistance Team (MEPAT); in September of |
| 17 | | 2017, he was assigned to ISP SWAT; on March 16, 2018, he became |
| 18 | | a senior agent with the ISP; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, On August 23, 2019, Trooper Hopkins was shot and |
| 20 | | killed in an exchange of gunfire with a
suspect as the ISP SWAT |
| 21 | | team executed a search warrant in East St. Louis; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, At the time of his death, Trooper Hopkins was |
| 2 | | survived by his wife, Whitney Hopkins; his children, Evelyn, |
| 3 | | Owen, and Emma; his parents, James and Verna Hopkins; his |
| 4 | | siblings, Valerie (Justin) Dortch, Zack (Kathy) Hopkins, Emily |
| 5 | | (Mike) Auffenberg, Gabe (Katie) Hopkins, and Abby Hopkins; his |
| 6 | | grandmother, Evelyn Hopkins; his sister-in-law, Erin Harris; |
| 7 | | his father-in-law and mother-in-law, James and Laural |
| 8 | | (Dearnbarger) Harris; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, |
| 9 | | nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
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| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL |
| 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF |
| 12 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois |
| 13 | | Route 3 from GG Road to Kaskaskia Road as the "Trooper Nick |
| 14 | | Hopkins Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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| 16 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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| 17 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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| 18 | | giving notice of the name "Trooper Nick
Hopkins Memorial |
| 19 | | Highway"; and be it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Trooper Hopkins, the Mayor of |
| 22 | | Waterloo, and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of |
| 23 | | Transportation.
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