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91_HR0163

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, Illinois law requires  that  all  counties  must
 3    provide  full-time probation and court services to permit the
 4    judicial branch to fulfill its needs for sentencing  options;
 5    and

 6        WHEREAS,  The  safety of Illinois citizens and the rights
 7    of crime  victims  are  best  served  with  a  competent  and
 8    thorough administration of the criminal justice system; and

 9        WHEREAS,  Probation and court services professionals work
10    in  collaboration  with  the   circuit   court   to   provide
11    supervision  to  both  juvenile  and  adult  offenders  in  a
12    continuum  of  sanctions that include: pre-trial supervision,
13    home   confinement,   intensive    supervision,    electronic
14    monitoring,  detention,  community  service, drug monitoring,
15    teen drug courts, and  pre-sentencing  investigations,  among
16    many other sanctions; and

17        WHEREAS,  Probation and court services professionals work
18    closely with the circuit court, community organizations,  and
19    crime   victims   to  promote  the  system  of  balanced  and
20    restorative  justice  for  crime  victims  through  community
21    service,  dispute   resolution,   and   the   collection   of
22    restitution; and

23        WHEREAS,  2,200 dedicated probation, detention, and court
24    services officers supervise more than  100,000  juvenile  and
25    adult  offenders  who  are  sentenced  to  this  continuum of
26    sanctions and are receiving active probation  supervision  or
27    participating in court-ordered programs; and

28        WHEREAS,   The  Illinois  Probation  and  Court  Services
29    Association  is   celebrating   its   30th   anniversary   of
30    representing   these  individuals,  seeking  to  improve  the
31    administration  of   the   criminal   justice   system,   and
 
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 1    continuously  striving  to  improve the training, conditions,
 2    tools and services available for these probations  and  court
 3    services professionals; and

 4        WHEREAS,  Governor  George  Ryan has proclaimed April 14,
 5    1999  as  "Probation  and  Court  Services  Officer  Day"  in
 6    Illinois; therefore, be it

 7        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 8    NINETY-FIRST  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 9    we congratulate and commend all probation and court  services
10    officers  for  the  professional manner in which they fulfill
11    their jobs; and be it further

12        RESOLVED, That  the  Illinois  House  of  Representatives
13    congratulates  the  Illinois  Probation  and  Court  Services
14    Association  on  its  30th anniversary of serving its members
15    and the citizens of Illinois; and be it further

16        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
17    presented  to  the  Illinois  Probation  and  Court  Services
18    Association.

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