Full Text of HR0044 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dan Palmer on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as Chief of the Bartlett Police | 5 | | Department; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dan Palmer began his career with the Bartlett | 7 | | Police Department on November 6, 1979; he was subsequently | 8 | | promoted to the rank of sergeant in 1984, followed by a | 9 | | promotion to the rank of lieutenant in 1987; after being named | 10 | | the acting Chief of the force in 1993, he was selected to serve | 11 | | as Chief of the Bartlett Police Department on April 14, 1994; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, During his tenure as Chief, Dan Palmer has been | 14 | | instrumental in the creation of numerous community programs, | 15 | | including The National Night Out Program, the expansion of the | 16 | | Neighborhood Watch program, the Middle School and High School | 17 | | Officer programs, the Operation Safe School full-scale | 18 | | emergency exercise, the creation of the Citizen Star award, the | 19 | | child safety seat lending program, the Cop-on-the-corner | 20 | | program, the department's first basketball fundraiser, and the | 21 | | department's bike helmet program; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Under Chief Palmer, the Bartlett Police |
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| 1 | | Department was initially accredited and received | 2 | | re-accreditation four times; he also made numerous effective | 3 | | changes within the Police Department, including the creation of | 4 | | a Mission and Vision Statement for the department, 12-hour | 5 | | patrol shifts, the department's New Directed Patrol unit and | 6 | | Traffic Unit, in-car computerized report writing, a new Records | 7 | | Management System, the formation of the Specialized Police | 8 | | Emergency Action Response Team, the creation of the Bartlett | 9 | | Police Department flag, the formation of the Elderly Services | 10 | | Team, the creation of the Planning and Research Unit and the | 11 | | Special Operations Section, and the creation of the | 12 | | department's first and second K9 Units; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The City of Bartlett witnessed a decline in the | 14 | | crime rate and an increase in DUI arrests during Chief Palmer's | 15 | | tenure, a testament to his effectiveness and law enforcement | 16 | | acumen; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Under Chief Palmer's leadership, the Bartlett | 18 | | Police Department has received numerous accolades and | 19 | | re-accreditations, including the Governor's Award for | 20 | | Excellence in Law Enforcement Training and the first place | 21 | | designation of the National Night Out program; he also worked | 22 | | diligently to get the department a Flagship Agency designation | 23 | | twice; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Chief Palmer is well known among his peers for his | 2 | | great dedication to his family, which includes his wife, Lori | 3 | | Palmer, and his children, Abbi, Brett, and Lisa; he has been | 4 | | the family sports schedule organizer over the years and has | 5 | | planned many memorable vacations for his family to Yellowstone | 6 | | National Park, the Badlands, Mount Rushmore, Washington D.C., | 7 | | and Alaska; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dan Palmer serves as a model of hard work, | 9 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 10 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate Dan Palmer on the occasion of his retirement | 14 | | and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Dan Palmer as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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