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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the passing of Chicago |
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| Police Officer Jose Vazquez on February 12, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Officer Vazquez joined the Chicago Police |
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| Department in 1998, serving six of those years as a patrol |
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| officer in a Northwest Side area that includes several |
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| neighborhoods with serious Hispanic gang problems; he was |
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| promoted to special operations section in July of 2004, where |
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| he was deployed to gang and drug hot spots across the City of |
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| Chicago; he was scheduled to join the elite SWAT unit in two |
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| weeks; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Officer Jose Vazquez will be deeply |
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| felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his loving wife, |
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| Onelia Vazquez; his parents, Raul and Carmen Vazquez; his |
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| siblings Raul, Jaqueline, Nancy, and Joaquin; his nephew |
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| Xavier; his many friends and fellow officers of the Chicago |
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| Police Department; and the residents of the West Side of |
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| Chicago, where he dedicated his career to making them feel |
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| safer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |