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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to congratulate William A. Biang on |
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| the occasion of his retirement as Chief of the Waukegan Police |
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| Department; and
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| WHEREAS, William Biang began his career with the Waukegan |
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| Police Department in July of 1978 after graduating Cum Laude |
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| from Western Illinois University with a Bachelor of Applied |
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| Science degree in law enforcement administration; he is a |
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| graduate of the FBI National Academy 181st Session and the |
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| Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command, as |
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| well as a graduate of numerous IACP and Illinois State Police |
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| management and technical courses; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1983, William Biang was promoted to Sergeant |
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| and was assigned to the Patrol Division, Criminal |
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| Investigations Bureau to perform both adult and juvenile |
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| investigations; he was also assigned to the Community Services |
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| Division; in 1989, he was promoted to lieutenant and was |
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| assigned as the Juvenile Bureau Commander; from 1990 to 1993, |
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| he was appointed to serve as Deputy Chief of Police and was |
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| responsible for all operational aspects of the police |
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| department, including patrols, special operations, and |
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| investigations; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1993, William Biang earned the rank of Captain |
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| and was assigned as the Commander of Administrative Services, |
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| where he was in charge of Internal Affairs; he was then |
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| assigned to serve as the Commander of Special Operations, where |
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| he took charge of gang and narcotics investigations, as well as |
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| S.W.A.T. operations; in 1996, he organized the Repeat Offender |
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| Strike Force of Lake County, a multi-jurisdictional task force, |
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| and served as its first commander; in 1997, he was re-appointed |
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| as the Deputy Chief of Police and was responsible for Support |
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| Services; as Deputy Chief, he was instrumental in adopting and |
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| implementing Community Policing and Neighborhood Policing |
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| strategies within the Waukegan Police Department; in 2003, he |
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| was appointed to serve as the Chief of the Waukegan Police |
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| Department, where he remained until his retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, William Biang is a member of numerous community |
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| and law enforcement organizations, including the Advisory |
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| Board of the Staben Center, the Northern Illinois Council on |
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| Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (NICASA), the IACP, the Illinois |
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| Chiefs of Police, the Lake County Chiefs of Police, the |
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| Metropolitan Enforcement Group Board of Directors, and the |
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| Board of the Northern Illinois Police Crime Lab; he is a board |
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| member of Boys and Girls Club of Lake County and the Lake |
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| County YMCA; he has also served as vice president of the Board |
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| of the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force; and
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| WHEREAS, William Biang lives in Waukegan with his wife and |
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| his three children; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate William A. Biang on the occasion of his retirement |
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| and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to William Biang as a symbol of our esteem and |
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| respect.
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