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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Melrose Park Chief of Police Sam Pitassi has been
3 named Man of the Year by the Flowers of Italy Club; and
 
4     WHEREAS, He was named Police Chief on May 1, 2007 by the
5 Melrose Park village board; and
 
6     WHEREAS, He was born in 1952 and his family moved to
7 Melrose Park when he was two; he attended Sacred Heart Grade
8 School and Proviso East High School; and
 
9     WHEREAS, He attended Triton College and earned an
10 associate's degree in police science in 1972 and a certificate
11 in police corrections in 1974; he received his bachelor's
12 degree in criminal justice from Lewis University in 1980; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Sam Pitassi joined the Melrose Park Police
14 Department in 1974 as a patrolman; in 1982 he was promoted to
15 detective of investigations; he was promoted to sergeant in
16 1995 and lieutenant in 1997; he was made deputy chief in 1999
17 and served in that capacity for eight years; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Sam Pitassi has been married to his wife, Rosa,
19 since 1984; they have two children Christina and Sam, Jr.;
20 therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3 congratulate Melrose Park Chief of Police Sam Pitassi on being
4 named Man of the Year by the Flowers of Italy Club; and be it
5 further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Sam Pitassi as a symbol of our respect.