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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Deborah Ann Simental on
4the occasion of her retirement from the Illinois State Police
5on September 30, 2016; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Deborah Simental graduated from Cadet Class 88 in
71990 and was assigned to District 3/Chicago; she was then
8assigned to the Operational Services Command, Statewide
9Criminal Conspiracy Unit, Zone 1 Investigations, and the
10Division of Internal Investigation; she was appointed as a
11Special Agent in 1996; she was promoted to the rank of Sergeant
12in 1998, Master Sergeant in 2000, and Lieutenant in 2007; she
13was appointed as the Commander of the Division of Internal
14Investigation in 2010; she was then promoted to Captain in 2011
15before being appointed as Zone 1 Commander in 2013; she was
16appointed to serve as Colonel of the Division of Internal
17Investigation in 2014; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Deborah Simental was a member of the Illinois
19Association of Chiefs of Police, the International Association
20of Chiefs of Police, the National Association of Women in Law
21Enforcement, the Illinois Homicide Investigations Association,
22and the South Suburban Chiefs of Police; she helped with events
23for the Illinois State Police Heritage Foundation and the

 

 

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1Special Olympics; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Deborah Simental has one daughter, Sarah, and one
3son, Matthew; she earned her Bachelor of Liberal Arts and
4Science in 1988; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
7congratulate Deborah Ann Simental on her retirement from the
8Illinois State Police and wish her the best in all her future
9endeavors; and be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to Deborah Simental as an expression of our esteem
12and respect.