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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the passing of Chicago Police Officer Jose Vazquez on
4 February 12, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Officer Vazquez joined the Chicago Police
6 Department in 1998, serving six of those years as a patrol
7 officer in a Northwest Side area that includes several
8 neighborhoods with serious Hispanic gang problems; he was
9 promoted to special operations section in July of 2004, where
10 he was deployed to gang and drug hot spots across the City of
11 Chicago; he was scheduled to join the elite SWAT unit in two
12 weeks; and
 
13     WHEREAS, The passing of Officer Jose Vazquez will be deeply
14 felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his loving wife,
15 Onelia Vazquez; his parents, Raul and Carmen Vazquez; his
16 siblings Raul, Jaqueline, Nancy, and Joaquin; his nephew
17 Xavier; his many friends and fellow officers of the Chicago
18 Police Department; and the residents of the West Side of
19 Chicago, where he dedicated his career to making them feel
20 safer; therefore, be it
 
21     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
22 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we honor the memory of

 

 

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1 Chicago Police Officer Jose Vazquez and his dedication to his
2 family, the Chicago Police Department, and the residents of the
3 City of Chicago; and be it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to the family of Officer Jose Vazquez as a symbol of
6 our sympathy.