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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to congratulate Captain Elton McClendon
4 on the occasion of his retirement from the Chicago Police
5 Department on May 15, 2004; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Captain McClendon was one of the first Field
7 Training Officer's for the Chicago Police Department; he was
8 promoted to Sergeant ranking 54 out of 8,000 applicants, he
9 attended and graduated from Northwestern University's School
10 of Command, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant where he
11 placed number 4 within 600 finalists; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Captain McClendon attended Chicago State
13 University at the age of 55, earning his Bachelor's and
14 Master's degrees; and
 
15     WHEREAS, He has been privileged to sit on a Blue Ribbon
16 Panel which initiated the present mandatory drug screening
17 process that the Chicago Police Department is currently using;
18 he was sent to Birmingham, Alabama, by the Department to sit on
19 an assessment panel where he interviewed applicants for the
20 position of Lieutenants in the Birmingham Police Department and
21 the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department; and
 
22     WHEREAS, On May 13, 2004, a celebration in honor of Captain
23 McClendon retirement was held at South Shore Cultural Center in
24 Chicago; therefore, be it
 
25     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
26 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
27 congratulate Captain Elton McClendon on his retirement after 33
28 faithful years with the Chicago Police Department; and we wish
29 him good health and happiness in all his future endeavors; and
30 be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to Captain Elton McClendon as a token of our
3 admiration.