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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Police Chief Lloyd
4 Unland on thirty years of service to the Village of Minooka;
5 and
 
6     WHEREAS, Chief Unland is a past member of MADD, the Grundy
7 Area Career Education Cooperative, the National Police
8 Officer's Association, the Cook County Crime Commission, the
9 Illinois Sheriff's Association, and the Champs Board; he served
10 as President of the Grundy County Crime Prevention Commission,
11 and as the director of the Minooka EMA; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Chief Unland is currently a member of the
13 Channahon/Minooka Chamber of Commerce, the Minooka Lions Club,
14 where he serves as Secretary and Treasurer, a member of the
15 Membership Committee & Legislative Committee Chairman of
16 Community Policing & Crime Prevention Committee of the
17 International Association of Chief's of Police, a member and
18 past President of the Police Chief's Association of Will
19 County, the Vice-chair of the Regional Chief's Committee of the
20 Kendall County Chief's of Police, a member of the Tri-River
21 Training Advisory Board, a member of the Grundy County Local
22 Emergency Planning Committee, a member of the Grundy County 911
23 Board, a member of the No Tolerance Task Force Board, and

 

 

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1 President of the Grundy County Manager's Association in 2003
2 and 2007; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Chief Unland has received letters of commendation
4 and recognition, including: from Village President Clyde Heap
5 for work and achievement above and beyond the call of duty;
6 from Village President Offerman for the apprehending of an
7 armed robber from the Foodliner Grocery Store; from the Federal
8 Bureau of Investigation for the solving of Minooka's Bank
9 Robbery, which led to solving five additional bank robberies;
10 from Village President Clyde Heap for the solving of the Kodo
11 Pharmacy burglary, which led to solving four additional
12 burglaries; from Village President Flatness for the
13 apprehension of an armed robber at Minooka Food Shop; from
14 Village President Offerman for saving the life of a child; in
15 addition, he received the Officer of the year award in 1998,
16 and in 1994, he was recognized by department officers for his
17 leadership and dedication to the department; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Chief Unland graduated basic police training
19 through the Illinois State Police and the Police Administration
20 of Will County; he graduated from the Northwestern University
21 Traffic Institute; and he has attended numerous law enforcement
22 training classes, from Governor's State University, Joliet
23 Junior College, N.E.M.R.T., Tri-River Training, the Chicago
24 Crime Commission, Multi-Regional Criminal Justice Training,

 

 

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1 the Illinois State Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
2 and the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Chief Unland is dedicated to the people of Minooka
4 and has shown that through his thirty years of service to the
5 community; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
8 congratulate Police Chief Lloyd Unland and wish him continued
9 success in the future; and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to Chief Unland as a symbol of our respect and
12 esteem.