Full Text of HR0328 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Thomas Q. Weitzel on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as police chief for the City of | 5 | | Riverside; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Chief Weitzel has been with the Riverside Police | 7 | | Department since
September 1984; he has held various positions | 8 | | within the department, including Crime Prevention Coordinator, | 9 | | Evidence Technician, Public Information Officer
(PIO), MCAT | 10 | | member (Major Crime Assistance Team), Field Training Officer, | 11 | | and Internal
Affairs Supervisor; he became police chief in | 12 | | 2008; prior to joining the Riverside Police Department, he | 13 | | served as a patrolman for the Chicago
Zoological Park Police | 14 | | at Brookfield Zoo; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Chief Weitzel has received the Kevlar/DuPont | 16 | | Survivor's Club Award (1987), the Police Valor Award (1997), | 17 | | the Police Medal of Honor (1998), the
Distinguished Public | 18 | | Servant Award (2005), the Cook County Sheriff's Law | 19 | | Enforcement Award of Merit (2006), and the Gazette Newspaper | 20 | | Public Official of the Year Award (2006); he has over 200 | 21 | | Honorable Mentions and Commendation letters from citizens and | 22 | | police departments and is a published author on the subject of | 23 | | law enforcement; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Chief Weitzel is a member of the Fraternal Order | 2 | | of Police, the Police Benevolent Association, the Illinois | 3 | | Police
Association, the Northwestern University Alumni | 4 | | Association, the International Association for Identification, | 5 | | the Illinois
Crime Prevention Officers Association, the West | 6 | | Suburban Chiefs of Police Association, and the Illinois | 7 | | Association of Chiefs of Police; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Chief Weitzel holds a master's degree in criminal | 9 | | social justice from Lewis University
and is a graduate of the | 10 | | Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute's Executive | 11 | | Management program; he was
recently honored as a Certified | 12 | | Police Chief for the State of Illinois; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Chief Weitzel is a graduate of the Northwestern | 14 | | University Center for Public Safety School of Staff and | 15 | | Command, where he served
as Vice President of Class 115; he | 16 | | holds certificates of graduation from the Institute of Police
| 17 | | Technology and Management at the University of North Florida, | 18 | | the National Crime Prevention Institute in Louisville,
| 19 | | Kentucky, the F.B.I National Academy in Quantico, Virginia | 20 | | (Session 218), The Police Executive Role in the 21st Century | 21 | | in Bloomington, and the Law Enforcement Executive Development | 22 | | Program (LEEDA) F.B.I.; he is a
graduate of the Southwestern | 23 | | Law Enforcement Institute's Center for Law Enforcement Ethics |
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Texas; he is a nationally certified ethics | 2 | | instructor through the Southwest Legal Foundation; therefore, | 3 | | be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate Thomas Q. Weitzel on his retirement as police | 7 | | chief for the City of Riverside, and we wish him the best in | 8 | | all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to Chief Weitzel as a symbol of our respect and | 11 | | esteem.
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