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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Michael Jordan on
4 the occasion of his retirement after 30 years of dedicated
5 service with the Bloomington Police Department; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mike Jordan earned his bachelor's degree in
7 criminal justice from Illinois State University in 1979; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mike Jordan has had a long and distinguished
9 career in law enforcement; he began his career as a McLean
10 County Jail Correctional Officer from 1979 to 1980; on April
11 21, 1980, he was hired to serve on the Bloomington Police
12 Department, where he serve faithfully until his retirement on
13 June 4, 2010; and
 
14     WHEREAS, During his tenure with the Bloomington Police
15 Department, Mike Jordan worked as a patrol officer, a youth
16 officer, a community policing officer, a member of the Crisis
17 Negotiation Unit, and a Crime Stopper Liaison; he also worked
18 in the Detective Division from 1988 to 1998; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Mike Jordan proudly wore Bloomington Police
20 Department ribbons for Life Saving, Distinguished Achievement,
21 Individual Unit Citations, and Education; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Mike Jordan was very active with the Bloomington
2 Police Benevolent & Protective Association Unit 21 and served
3 on or coordinated many of the association's committees; he was
4 involved with the Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis, the Red Cross
5 Blood Drive, the St. Jude's Christmas Card Recycle Program,
6 Shop with a Cop, Copy Your Kids, Christmas Parades, Race for
7 Victim's Rights, National Night Out, the McLean County Fair,
8 the Labor Day Parade, and the Special Olympics Torch Run as a
9 State Committee Member from 1981 to 2000; he also served as an
10 American Legion baseball coach and was a participant in the
11 Volunteer Police Officer Reading Program; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Mike Jordan was the recipient of numerous awards
13 for his service in the community, including the Chief's Award
14 of Merit in 1995, the PB & PA Unit #21 Officer of the Year Award
15 in 1998, the Bloomington Rotary Club Officer of the Year Award
16 in 1999, the BPD Meritorious Award in 1999, the MADD Heroes of
17 the Highway Award in 2000, the ISU, Department of Criminal
18 Justice, Alumni Achievement Award in 2000, the Illinois Crime
19 Stopper of the Year in 2003, and the Illinois State Crime
20 Stopper Coordinator of the Year Award in 2005; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Mike Jordan serves as a model of hard work,
22 integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of
23 Illinois; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3 congratulate Michael Jordan on the occasion of his retirement
4 and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it
5 further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Mike Jordan as a symbol of our esteem and respect.