Full Text of HR1140 96th General Assembly
HR1140 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Many elite Illinois police officers are assigned | 3 |
| to serve on Metropolitan Enforcement Groups, which are | 4 |
| multi-jurisdictional police task forces assigned to fight | 5 |
| against illegal drug offenses, gang offenses, weapons | 6 |
| offenses, and other offenses that endanger civilian safety; and
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| WHEREAS, Illegal pharmaceutical chemicals targeted by | 8 |
| Metropolitan Enforcement Groups include Ecstasy, GHB, cocaine, | 9 |
| marijuana, heroin, and LSD; and
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| WHEREAS, The professional training of Illinois peace | 11 |
| officers is overseen by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training | 12 |
| Standards Board, and all peace officers serving on Metropolitan | 13 |
| Enforcement Groups have undergone Illinois Law Enforcement | 14 |
| Training Standards Board professional training, including | 15 |
| training in the use of force; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards | 17 |
| Board published a protocol governing the acceptable and | 18 |
| professional use of force in June 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, The operation of Illinois Metropolitan | 20 |
| Enforcement Groups, including their operational use of force, | 21 |
| is supervised by the Illinois State Police; and
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| WHEREAS, The Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group | 2 |
| faces severe challenges in 2010, being assigned to a geographic | 3 |
| section of Illinois that is undergoing significant changes, | 4 |
| which has been hard-hit by current worldwide economic | 5 |
| conditions, and which is utilized by many people throughout | 6 |
| northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin as a place to | 7 |
| try to purchase illegal pharmaceuticals; therefore, be it | 8 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 |
| strongly support and commend the work of the Lake County | 11 |
| Metropolitan Enforcement Group in establishing and maintaining | 12 |
| public order in Lake County; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we support and commend all of the police | 14 |
| officers and professional keepers of the peace of Lake County; | 15 |
| and be it further | 16 |
| RESOLVED, That our placement of the Illinois Police | 17 |
| Memorial on the immediate grounds of the Illinois State Capitol | 18 |
| in October 1990 serves as a continual reminder to Illinois | 19 |
| lawmakers of the sacrifices made by Illinois police officers | 20 |
| and their families to the public peace of Illinois, and a | 21 |
| reminder to us that some Illinois police men and women have | 22 |
| tragically died in the line of duty; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Preamble and | 2 |
| Resolution be presented to the commander of the Lake County | 3 |
| Metropolitan Enforcement Group, to the Director of the Illinois | 4 |
| State Police, and to the Director of the Illinois Law | 5 |
| Enforcement Training Standards Board.
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