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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Chief Curt W. Barker on
4the occasion of his retirement from the Macomb Police
5Department; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Chief Barker earned both of his degrees, a
7Bachelor of Science in Law Enforcement and Justice
8Administration in 1992 and a Master of Arts in Law Enforcement
9and Justice Administration in 2010, from Western Illinois
10University; in addition to attending numerous law enforcement
11related classes, he graduated from the Public Safety Police
12Staff and Command Course, session #323, at Northwestern
13University in 2012; he was given the designation of Certified
14Police Chief by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police;
15and
 
16    WHEREAS, Chief Barker served in the U.S. Army Reserves for
17over 20 years, which included two tours in Iraq; he was awarded
18the Bronze Star Medal; he retired at the rank of major; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Chief Barker began his law enforcement career as
20a patrol officer with the Macomb Police Department in 1994; he
21was promoted to sergeant in 2001; he was then promoted to
22lieutenant in 2004; immediately after his promotion to

 

 

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1lieutenant, he was appointed deputy chief and served in that
2capacity until his appointment as chief of police in 2009; he
3has held numerous additional duties within the Macomb Police
4Department, including as department training officer, master
5firearms instructor, field training officer, juvenile officer,
6honor guard member, and Explorers Program advisor; he also
7served as an adjunct instructor of Criminal Justice coursework
8at Western Illinois University from 2017 to 2020; and
 
9    WHEREAS, During his tenure as police chief, Chief Barker
10trained and led a department that responds to every call with
11professionalism, formulated and set forth work practices and
12procedures to improve police operations, oversaw the
13accreditation of the department, saved the city of Macomb
14thousands of dollars through budget cutting measures, obtained
15grants to further offset costs and fund programs, implemented
16programs such as the Strategic Response Team and the Explorers
17Program, and coordinated department activities with local,
18State, and federal law enforcement agencies; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Chief Barker belongs to a number of
20organizations, including the International Association of
21Chiefs of Police, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of
22Police, the Central Illinois Association of Law Enforcement
23Executives, the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #189, American
24Legion Post #6, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1921; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Chief Barker further serves his community in
2several ways, including as treasurer of the McDonough County
3Emergency Telephone Systems Board, as a member of the
4McDonough County Quality of Life Committee, as treasurer of
5the McDonough County/Macomb Communications Board, as a member
6of the Community University Partnership Program (CUPP), and as
7a volunteer with the Shop with a Cop program; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
9HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10we congratulate Chief Curt W. Barker on the occasion of his
11retirement from the Macomb Police Department, and we commend
12him for his 27 years of service to his community and the State
13of Illinois; and be it further
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15presented to Chief Barker as an expression of our esteem and
16respect.