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SJR0042 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to those individuals who have | ||||||
| 4 | given their lives in service to their community; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Illinois State Trooper Corey Steven Thompsen of | ||||||
| 6 | rural St. Joseph was killed in the line of duty on October 18, | ||||||
| 7 | 2024; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Trooper Thompsen began his career in law | ||||||
| 9 | enforcement after graduating from the Southwestern Police | ||||||
| 10 | Academy as part of Session 137, and he initially worked with | ||||||
| 11 | the Vermilion County Metropolitan Enforcement Group (VMEG); he | ||||||
| 12 | then attended the Illinois State Police Academy as a member of | ||||||
| 13 | Cadet Class 130 from 2019 to 2020; he was assigned to Illinois | ||||||
| 14 | State Police District 10 in Pesotum; he joined the Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | State Police Motorcycle Enforcement Bureau in 2022; he was | ||||||
| 16 | assigned to Central Special Operations Group (SOG) Fatal 4 | ||||||
| 17 | Team in 2023, serving Troop 7; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Trooper Thompsen was proud of serving with the | ||||||
| 19 | Illinois State Police; he was especially proud of being part | ||||||
| 20 | of the motor unit, viewing his colleagues as a second family | ||||||
| 21 | and a tight-knit group of friends; during his service, he | ||||||
| 22 | participated in several escort details across the State that | ||||||
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| 1 | included the president, the vice president, memorial services, | ||||||
| 2 | and charity bike rides; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Trooper Thompsen was a member of the Fraternal | ||||||
| 4 | Order of Police (FOP) Troopers Lodge 41, the Alpha Phi Sigma | ||||||
| 5 | national criminal justice society, and the Phi Theta Kappa | ||||||
| 6 | honor society; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Trooper Thompsen was a family man who was always | ||||||
| 8 | there when anyone needed him, a respected member of the | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois State Police, and a friend to many; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | ||||||
| 12 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the | ||||||
| 13 | County Road 1900E Interstate 74 Overpass as the "Trooper Corey | ||||||
| 14 | S. Thompsen Memorial Overpass"; and be it further | ||||||
| 15 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 16 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 17 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 18 | giving notice of the name "Trooper Corey S. Thompsen Memorial | ||||||
| 19 | Overpass"; and be it further | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Trooper Thompsen, the Mayor of St. | ||||||
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| 1 | Joseph, and the Secretary of Transportation. | ||||||