HR0378 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, John Richard Chambers served as Sheriff of Douglas County from 1994 to 2004; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Chambers was born February 6, 1951, in Tuscola; he is married and has two children; and

WHEREAS, He graduated from Stephen Decatur High School in Decatur and attended Lake Land College in Mattoon, Parkland College in Champaign, and the FBI National Academy in Virginia; and

WHEREAS, From 1969 to 1973, he served in the United States Air Force; from 1973 to 1982, he worked in Decatur at the Firestone Tire Company and Decatur Bottling Company, then with the Ziegler Coal Company in Murdock; in 1982, he started with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office in Tuscola; he was first employed as a Deputy Sheriff and Certified Evidence Control Officer; he was promoted to Corporal in 1984; he served on the Drug Task Force from 1985 to 1987; in 1990, he was promoted to Chief Deputy; and from 1993 to 1994, he was an Atwood Police Officer; and

WHEREAS, From 1983 to 1996, he received specialized training in such areas as firearms, civil rights, sexual assault, defensive tactics, death investigation, drug interdiction, police supervision, undercover operations, labor relations and management, and eavesdropping laws and equipment; and

WHEREAS, From 2004, he has served as Warden for the Danville Correctional facility; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we thank John Chambers for his years of public service as Sheriff of Douglas County and wish him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to John Chambers as an expression of our esteem.