Full Text of HR0890 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Senior Chaplain Dan Lovin | 4 | | on the occasion of his retirement; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Chaplain Lovin entered into law enforcement | 6 | | chaplaincy at the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office in | 7 | | December 1994; he began serving the Mt. Vernon Police | 8 | | Department in May 1998, where he received training from the | 9 | | International Critical Incident Foundation, became a certified | 10 | | level one trauma stress specialist, and achieved master | 11 | | certification in chaplaincy with the International Conference | 12 | | of Police Chaplains; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Chaplain Lovin has served as chaplain of the | 14 | | Jefferson County Fraternal Order of Police, senior chaplain of | 15 | | the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police, where he was in charge | 16 | | of the organization's Critical Incident Response Team, | 17 | | chaplain coordinator for the Illinois Baptist State | 18 | | Association, and assistant state director and chaplain | 19 | | coordinator of Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Chaplain Lovin's services have not only been | 21 | | called upon by his community and fellow officers but also by | 22 | | his country in times of crisis; he made multiple trips to New |
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| 1 | | York City to assist wherever he could following the 9/11 | 2 | | attacks in 2001 and offered his services in New Orleans | 3 | | following Hurricane Katrina in 2005; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Chaplain Lovin has taught classes on crisis and | 5 | | grief trauma and chaplaincy for the International Conference | 6 | | of Police Chaplains' Regional Training Seminars, the Dubuque | 7 | | Police Department of Dubuque, Iowa, and a number of police | 8 | | departments in Illinois; he has also authored a law | 9 | | enforcement chaplaincy training manual to be used across the | 10 | | region; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Chaplain Lovin has been awarded the International | 12 | | Conference of Police Chaplains' John A. Price Award for | 13 | | Excellence in Chaplaincy in July 2010 and the Wentink-Kauffman | 14 | | Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement Chaplaincy in July | 15 | | 2018; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Chaplain Lovin has made steadfast contributions | 17 | | to the criminal justice profession over the course of his | 18 | | career while generously providing a lifetime of service to | 19 | | those in need, including fellow officers, first responders and | 20 | | their families, the State of Illinois, and the nation; | 21 | | therefore, be it | 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 1 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we congratulate Senior Chaplain Dan Lovin on his retirement on | 3 | | August 31, 2024, and we thank him for his dedication to law | 4 | | enforcement chaplaincy for over 30 years; and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Chaplain Lovin as an expression of our esteem and | 7 | | respect. |
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