Full Text of HR0154 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Madison County Chief | 4 | | Deputy Coroner Roger D. Smith on the occasion of his | 5 | | retirement on March 12, 2021, after 38 years in public | 6 | | service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Roger Smith has had a long and distinguished | 8 | | career in public service; in addition to his work for the | 9 | | Madison County Coroner's Office, he has served as a police | 10 | | officer in Pontoon Beach, as a firefighter for the Long Lake | 11 | | Fire Department, and as an EMT with Laughlin Ambulance Service | 12 | | in Troy and Campbell's Ambulance Service; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Roger Smith became a volunteer deputy coroner in | 14 | | 1987 before becoming a full-time employee in 1989; in 2010, he | 15 | | was named Madison County Chief Deputy Coroner and in that role | 16 | | he had the privilege of working with a staff dedicated to | 17 | | serving their community and meeting the highest standards of | 18 | | their profession, with every investigator achieving | 19 | | accreditation from the American Board of Medicolegal Death | 20 | | Investigators; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Roger Smith spent a lot of | 22 | | his time working on child death investigations and going to |
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| 1 | | high schools to speak on the dangers of drinking and driving; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, In addition to his regular duties, Roger Smith is | 4 | | also a former member of the St. Louis Major Case Squad and a | 5 | | founding member of the Illinois Child Death Review Team; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Roger Smith is currently an instructor and | 7 | | lecturer for the Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners | 8 | | Association and the Southwestern Illinois Law Enforcement | 9 | | Commission; he conducts numerous trainings with fire | 10 | | department personnel and reserve deputy coroners and pre-prom | 11 | | presentations at area high schools; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Proving his dedication to local public service, | 13 | | Roger Smith currently serves as an executive board member of | 14 | | the St. Louis Area Regional Response System (STARRS) and is | 15 | | co-chairman of the Mass Fatality Committee; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After 38 years in public service, Roger Smith | 17 | | plans to continue to be active in disaster planning and as a | 18 | | volunteer deputy coroner in his retirement; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Roger Smith greatly enjoyed working in the | 20 | | Coroner's Office because he saw it as a way to be an advocate | 21 | | for the deceased and to help the survivors find answers during |
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| 1 | | very dark, difficult times; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | we congratulate Roger D. Smith on his retirement and thank him | 5 | | for his many years of dedicated public service to the citizens | 6 | | of Madison County; and be it further | 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Mr. Roger D. Smith as an expression of our esteem | 9 | | and respect.
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