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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Bruce N. Johnson is retiring as Chief of Police of
3 the Village of Round Lake Park and the Village of Hainesville
4 after more than 20 years in Law Enforcement; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Chief Johnson, in addition to his position as
6 Chief of Police, is an Adjunct Faculty Instructor at the
7 Northwestern University Center for Public Safety School of
8 Police Staff and Command, and teaches courses in Forensics and
9 Investigations at William Rainey Harper College; his academic
10 credentials include a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal
11 Social Justice and a Master of Science Degree from Lewis
12 University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude; he has also
13 completed an extensive number of courses and seminars, some
14 conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pennsylvania
15 State University, University of Louisville, Illinois Emergency
16 Management Agency, Norfolk Constabulary and New Scotland Yard,
17 England, and the Garda Siochana College Templemore, Ireland;
18 and
 
19     WHEREAS, Chief Johnson has served on the Lake County
20 Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, the College of Lake
21 County Criminal Justice Institute Advisory Committee, and the
22 Advisory Board of the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy; he is a
23 member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police,
24 serves on the Executive Board of the Illinois Association of
25 Chiefs of Police, and is a Past President of the Lake County
26 Chiefs of Police Association; and
 
27     WHEREAS, Chief Johnson is a Board Member of the Lake County
28 After School Coalition, the Round Lake Area Exchange Club, and
29 the Institute for Public Safety Partnerships; he is a Member of
30 the B.E.S.T. Program Development Committee and the Character
31 Counts Coalition; he is also a Chief Warrant Officer in the
32 United States Marine Corps Reserve and a member of American

 

 

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2     WHEREAS, Bruce Johnson and his lovely wife Dee Dee have
3 three bright, happy, and caring children: son Joseph, 14, son
4 John, 11, and daughter Jacey, 4; Chief Johnson is also very
5 proud of his involvement with, and being co-founder of, the
6 Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, which provides much needed
7 services for the diversified community of the Round Lake area;
8 the Center provides instruction in English as a second
9 language, health education, parenting, child care services,
10 and much more; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Chief Johnson is also the coordinator for the
12 Round Lake Park-Hainesville Police Department's Shop With A Cop
13 Holiday Program, which has raised approximately $150,000 to
14 benefit more than 1,500 of the Round Lake area's most
15 disadvantaged children and families; therefore, be it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
18 we congratulate Bruce N. Johnson on his retirement as Chief of
19 Police of the Village of Round Lake Park and the Village of
20 Hainesville; and be it further
 
21     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22 presented to Chief Johnson as an expression of our respect and
23 esteem and with best wishes for a pleasant retirement.