Full Text of HR0410 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Chief Kristen Ziman on | 4 | | the occasion of her retirement from the Aurora Police | 5 | | Department after 30 years of service; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Chief Ziman was born and raised on the west side | 7 | | of Aurora and graduated from West Aurora High School; she | 8 | | received an associate's degree from Waubonsee Community | 9 | | College; she earned her bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice | 10 | | from Aurora University and a master's degree in Criminal | 11 | | Justice Management from Boston University; she earned a second | 12 | | master's degree in Homeland Security and Defense from the | 13 | | Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California; she is a | 14 | | graduate of the Police Executive Research Firm's Senior | 15 | | Management Institute for Police, the FBI National Academy | 16 | | #249, and several other leadership programs; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Chief Ziman started her law enforcement career as | 18 | | a police cadet in Aurora in 1991; she became a sworn police | 19 | | officer of the Aurora Police Department (APD) in 1994; she | 20 | | became a field training officer and then joined APD's | 21 | | Community Policing Unit; she moved to the Investigations | 22 | | Division in the late 1990s; after seeing a spike in domestic | 23 | | violence in Aurora, she launched the Domestic Violence |
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| 1 | | Reduction Unit, a specialized unit within Investigations to | 2 | | investigate and arrest those responsible for domestic | 3 | | violence; she was promoted to sergeant in 2003; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Chief Ziman took the lieutenant's test in 2008, | 5 | | and she placed first on the promotion list; shortly | 6 | | thereafter, she became the first female lieutenant in the | 7 | | history of the Aurora Police Department; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Chief Ziman became the first-ever female | 9 | | commander of the Aurora Police Department in 2010, where she | 10 | | continued her passion of community policing and helped build | 11 | | long-lasting relationships with the community that attributed | 12 | | to huge overall crime reductions in Aurora; as part of her | 13 | | community-policing effort, the City of Aurora documented zero | 14 | | murders in 2012; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Chief Ziman became the first female police chief | 16 | | in the Aurora Police Department's history in 2016; during her | 17 | | tenure, she put together a team of individuals who brought a | 18 | | diversity of culture and thought to the department, updated | 19 | | antiquated policies, implemented a consistent system of | 20 | | accountability, incorporated new technology to enhance | 21 | | policing, and continued making strides with the community; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Chief Ziman serves as vice president at-large of |
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| 1 | | the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and | 2 | | is a member of the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council | 3 | | (SPAC); she also serves as the member at-large of the Police | 4 | | Executive Research Firm (PERF); and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, During her 30-year career, Chief Ziman led by | 6 | | example, opened doors for those who came after, and encouraged | 7 | | the Aurora Police Department, no matter their rank or | 8 | | position, to always speak up if they had an idea or concern; | 9 | | her leadership brought humanity, trust, and legitimacy to the | 10 | | Aurora Police Department; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate Chief Kristen Ziman on her retirement from the | 14 | | Aurora Police Department, thank her for her service to the | 15 | | community, and wish her all the best in her future endeavors; | 16 | | and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Chief Ziman as an expression of our esteem and | 19 | | respect.
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