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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Mount Prospect |
| 4 | | Chief of Police John Dahlberg on his retirement; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was sworn in as a Mount Prospect Police Officer |
| 6 | | on April 1, 1985; he was promoted to Sergeant in 1993, promoted |
| 7 | | to Commander in 2001, promoted to Deputy Chief in 2003; and on |
| 8 | | March 20, 2007, he was promoted to Chief of Police; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, He received training from the Cook County |
| 10 | | Sheriff's Police Training Academy in 1985 and was the Class |
| 11 | | President; he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis |
| 12 | | University in 1991 and a Master of Science degree from Lewis |
| 13 | | University in 2007; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, In addition, he received training at the |
| 15 | | Northwestern University Center for Public Safety Police Staff |
| 16 | | and Command, where he was Class President and received the |
| 17 | | Franklin M. Kremi Award for Leadership; he also attended the |
| 18 | | Northwestern University Center for Public Safety Executive |
| 19 | | Management Program, the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| 20 | | National Academy, the Police Executive Research Program Senior |
| 21 | | Management for Police, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| 22 | | Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He has received 8 Unit Citations and 10 Department |
| 2 | | Commendations; he was the Officer of the Year Runner Up in |
| 3 | | 1986, 1987, and 1988 and was the Officer of the Year in 1990; |
| 4 | | in 2001, he received the Cook County Sheriff's Law Enforcement |
| 5 | | Award of Valor in 2001; he received the Northwestern University |
| 6 | | Center for Public Safety Executive Leadership Award; and he |
| 7 | | received the Christian Life Church and College of Mount |
| 8 | | Prospect "Community Hero Award" in 2010; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, He coordinated with the Mount Prospect Fire |
| 10 | | Department, local schools, summer youth programs, Special |
| 11 | | Olympics, landlord workshops, interfaith organizations, the |
| 12 | | Northwest Alliance on Domestic Violence, and other groups to |
| 13 | | impact issues that effected local residents; he worked with a |
| 14 | | variety of local groups to implement and support innovative |
| 15 | | activities promoting safety in Mount Prospect; and held |
| 16 | | one-on-one "Chat with the Chief" meetings with residents to |
| 17 | | hear concerns; therefore, be it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 19 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 20 | | we congratulate Chief Dahlberg on his retirement and wish him |
| 21 | | all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
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| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |