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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, It is important and appropriate to honor the men
3and women of the Illinois State Police Division of Patrol for
4their contributions to improving public safety; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Trooper Dunbar joined the Illinois State Police
6on October 28, 1957 and was assigned to District 13 in DuQuoin;
7and
 
8    WHEREAS, Trooper Dunbar was killed in an automobile
9accident on May 14, 1972 while patrolling Route 37, north of
10Benton; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Trooper Dunbar was the first state trooper in 26
12years to be killed in the line of duty and the first to be
13killed in a patrol car accident in Southern Illinois; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Trooper Dunbar's service to and sacrifice for the
15people of Illinois should never be forgotten; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
17ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
18REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois
19Route 37 north of the city of Benton and south of Lake Benton
20Road as the "Trooper Frank R. Dunbar Memorial Highway"; and be

 

 

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1it further
 
2    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
3is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
4State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
5giving notice of the name of "Trooper Frank R. Dunbar Memorial
6Highway"; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of Trooper Dunbar.