Full Text of SJR0031 103rd General Assembly
SJ0031 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| | 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| | 2 | | WHEREAS, It is fitting to honor those who have given their | | 3 | | lives in service to their community; and
| | 4 | | WHEREAS, From a young age, Officer Brian Pierce Jr. looked | | 5 | | to serve his community, including with the Raymond/Harvel Fire | | 6 | | Explorer program, the ISP Junior Police Academy, the Christian | | 7 | | County Drug and Alcohol Task Force, and the Elkville Fire | | 8 | | Department; and
| | 9 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from Elkville High School, | | 10 | | Officer Pierce became the trainer and treasurer of the | | 11 | | Elkville Fire Department as well as a correctional officer | | 12 | | with the Menard Correctional Facility; and
| | 13 | | WHEREAS, In 2017, Officer Pierce moved to Makanda, where | | 14 | | he joined the Makanda Township Fire Department; while there, | | 15 | | he spent every Monday night training younger firefighters; and
| | 16 | | WHEREAS, In 2019, Officer Pierce assisted the mayor of | | 17 | | Spillertown in constructing a police department that had not | | 18 | | existed for ten years, which included assisting in applying | | 19 | | for funding and grants and helping with day to day operations; | | 20 | | and
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| | 1 | | WHEREAS, Officer Pierce became a police officer in | | 2 | | Brooklyn and was killed in the line of duty on August 4, 2021 | | 3 | | while deploying stop sticks to halt a vehicle fleeing police; | | 4 | | and
| | 5 | | WHEREAS, At the time of his death, Officer Pierce was | | 6 | | survived by his parents, a sister, and a niece and nephew; | | 7 | | therefore, be it
| | 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | | 10 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the | | 11 | | section of Illinois Route 37 from Longstreet Road to | | 12 | | Prosperity Road as it passes Spillertown as the "Officer Brian | | 13 | | Pierce Jr. Memorial Highway"; and be it further
| | 14 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
| | 15 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
| | 16 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
| | 17 | | giving notice of the name "Officer Brian Pierce Jr. Memorial | | 18 | | Highway"; and be it further
| | 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 20 | | presented to the family of Officer Pierce and the Secretary of | | 21 | | Transportation.
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