SJ0036 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General Assembly pays honor and respect to the truly great individuals who have served their communities; and

WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Adam Streicher dreamed of being a police officer at a young age; he started as a Police Explorer in high school and later attended college to earn a criminal justice degree while working as a Code Enforcer for the City of Kewanee; and

WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Adam Streicher worked for the Villages of Atkinson, Sheffield, and Annawan, which was his hometown, before accepting employment as a Sheriff's Deputy for Stark County in 2001; and

WHEREAS, On March 22, 2002, Deputy Sheriff Adam Streicher was shot and killed while attempting to serve a failure to pay warrant; and

WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Adam Streicher graduated from Annawan High School in 1997; another fallen police officer, Michigan State Trooper, Chad Wolf, graduated from Annawan High School in 1995; and

WHEREAS, On August 28, 2015, Michigan State Trooper Chad Wolf was killed while on patrol when his motorcycle was struck by a vehicle; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the Illinois Route 78 overpass over Interstate 80 as the Deputy Adam Streicher and Trooper Chad Wolf Memorial Overpass; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs giving notice of the name of the Deputy Adam Streicher and Trooper Chad Wolf Memorial Overpass; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation and the families of Deputy Sheriff Adam Streicher and Trooper Chad Wolf.