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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives wish to congratulate Captain Elton McClendon |
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| on the occasion of his retirement from the Chicago Police |
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| Department on May 15, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Captain McClendon was one of the first Field |
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| Training Officer's for the Chicago Police Department; he was |
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| promoted to Sergeant ranking 54 out of 8,000 applicants, he |
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| attended and graduated from Northwestern University's School |
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| of Command, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant where he |
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| placed number 4 within 600 finalists; and
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| WHEREAS, Captain McClendon attended Chicago State |
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| University at the age of 55, earning his Bachelor's and |
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| Master's degrees; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been privileged to sit on a Blue Ribbon |
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| Panel which initiated the present mandatory drug screening |
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| process that the Chicago Police Department is currently using; |
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| he was sent to Birmingham, Alabama, by the Department to sit on |
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| an assessment panel where he interviewed applicants for the |
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| position of Lieutenants in the Birmingham Police Department and |
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| the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department; and
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| WHEREAS, On May 13, 2004, a celebration in honor of Captain |
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| McClendon retirement was held at South Shore Cultural Center in |
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| Chicago; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Captain Elton McClendon on his retirement after 33 |
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| faithful years with the Chicago Police Department; and we wish |
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| him good health and happiness in all his future endeavors; and |
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| be it further
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