Full Text of HR1071 93rd General Assembly
HR1071 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
HR1071 |
|
LRB093 22591 HSS 52171 r |
|
| 1 |
| HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Richard E. Davis | 4 |
| of Bloomington on the occasion of his retirement from the | 5 |
| Bloomington Police Department after 31 years of service in law | 6 |
| enforcement; and
| 7 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Davis graduated from Pontiac Township High | 8 |
| School in Pontiac in 1970 and attended Winston Churchill Junior | 9 |
| College in Pontiac; and
| 10 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Davis valiantly served his country as a member | 11 |
| of the 123rd Infantry Unit of the United States Army/Illinois | 12 |
| National Guard, based in Pontiac; he attended basic training | 13 |
| and advanced individual training at Ft. Jackson in Columbia, | 14 |
| South Carolina; he participated in non-commissioned officer | 15 |
| training at Fort Still, Oklahoma, in 1976; he was honorably | 16 |
| discharged with the rank of Sergeant E-5 in 1977; and
| 17 |
| WHEREAS, In 1973, Mr. Davis attended the University of | 18 |
| Illinois Police Training Institute in Champaign, where he | 19 |
| completed basic police recruit and breath alcohol analysis | 20 |
| studies; he studied major homicide investigation at the Midwest | 21 |
| Organized Crime Information Center in Springfield, Missouri, | 22 |
| and undercover police operations at the Federal Law Enforcement | 23 |
| Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, in 1985; in 1998, he | 24 |
| attended the School of Police Staff and Command at the | 25 |
| Northwestern University Center for Public Safety in Evanston; | 26 |
| and
| 27 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Davis began his career with the police force | 28 |
| with the City of Pontiac, Illinois Police Department as a | 29 |
| police officer in 1973; he became a Hit and Run Accident | 30 |
| Investigator for the City of Bloomington, Illinois Police | 31 |
| Department in 1977; he worked his way through the ranks at the |
|
|
|
HR1071 |
- 2 - |
LRB093 22591 HSS 52171 r |
|
| 1 |
| Bloomington Police Department, serving as Stolen Vehicle | 2 |
| Investigator, Crime Prevention Officer, Patrol Officer, | 3 |
| Detective in the Criminal Investigations Unit, Patrol | 4 |
| Sergeant, Sergeant-Pro/Active Gang Suppression Unit | 5 |
| Supervisor, Detective Sergeant, Commander of the Vice and | 6 |
| Narcotics Unit, and Sergeant-Administrative Training | 7 |
| Sergeant/Quartermaster, and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Sergeant Davis has been the recipient of many | 9 |
| honors during his tenure with the police force; he received a | 10 |
| Unit Citation from the Bloomington Police Department in 1997 | 11 |
| and 2000, was honored by the Sons of the American Revolution as | 12 |
| McLean County Officer of the Year in 2000 and with the Bronze | 13 |
| Good Citizenship Award in 2001, and he received a Distinguished | 14 |
| Achievement Award from the Bloomington Police Department in | 15 |
| 2000; and
| 16 |
| WHEREAS, Sergeant Davis is active in many professional | 17 |
| organizations including the American Society of Law | 18 |
| Enforcement Trainers, the Policemen's Benevolent and | 19 |
| Protective Association of Illinois Unit #21, the Northwestern | 20 |
| University Traffic Institute Alumni Association, and the | 21 |
| Mobile Unit 8 Training Board; therefore, be it
| 22 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 24 |
| congratulate Richard E. Davis of Bloomington on the occasion of | 25 |
| his retirement from the Bloomington Police Department after 31 | 26 |
| years of service in law enforcement; and be it further
| 27 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 28 |
| presented to Sergeant Davis as an expression of our respect and | 29 |
| esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.
|
|