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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, James J. Molloy, a St. Sabina graduate, was a 1969 
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graduate of Leo High School; James attended Loyola University 
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and worked his way through college at  various jobs, until 1972; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1972, James J. Molloy entered the Chicago 
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Police Academy and in March 1973, he graduated from the 
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Academy; as a Chicago Police Officer, James was first assigned 
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to patrol the streets in Gresham; in 1974, he graduated from 
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Loyola University with a Bachelor's degree in Business

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Administration; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James J. Molloy moved through the ranks in the 
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Chicago Police Department serving, in succession, as a 
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patrolman, tactical officer, gang crimes investigator, and 
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sergeant; and

 
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    WHEREAS, From 1983 through 1987, James J. Molloy was 
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detailed to the Narcotics Section, Organized Crime Division; in 
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1988, he was promoted to Field Lieutenant of the 18th District; 
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later, he served as Field Lieutenant of the 9th District; in 
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1989, he was appointed to be a Tactical Lieutenant; and

 
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    WHEREAS, During 1994 and 1995, James J. Molloy served first 
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as
the Commanding Officer of the Violent Crimes Detective 
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Division and then as the Commanding Officer of the Headquarters 
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Support Section of Detectives; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The 8th District is the most populous district in 
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Chicago and it also has the most calls for service; James J. 
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Molloy commanded the 8th District from 1998 through 2001; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 2001, James J. Molloy was named Assistant 
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Deputy Superintendent and later was appointed to be the Chief 
 


 






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of Detectives; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Chicago Police Superintendent Phil Cline named 
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James J. Molloy to serve as the Deputy Superintendent of the 
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Chicago Police Department in June 2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James J. Molloy's Chicago Police Department 
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citations and decorations number in the hundreds; James is a 
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proud member of many police organizations and several Catholic 
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associations; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James J. Molloy was honored as a 2006 Leo High 
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School Hall of Fame Inductee and his exemplary record of public 
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service to the City of Chicago brings particular distinction to 
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the Leo Alumni Association; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we honor James J. Molloy for his dedicated and decorated career 
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in the Chicago Police Department and for his thirty-three years 
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of service to the City of Chicago; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to James J. Molloy as an expression of our esteem.