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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Commander Maureen Biggane |
| 4 | | on the occasion of her retirement from the Chicago Police |
| 5 | | Department; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane has lived in Chicago her entire |
| 7 | | life and is the daughter of a firefighter and a hairstylist; |
| 8 | | and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane's brother and sister also |
| 10 | | became sworn officers of the Chicago Police Department; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane attended Maria High School and |
| 12 | | earned her undergraduate degree from the University of |
| 13 | | Illinois in Urbana-Champaign; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane earned her master's degree in |
| 15 | | Business Administration from Saint Xavier University and |
| 16 | | graduated summa cum laude from John Marshall Law School; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane began her career with the |
| 18 | | Chicago Police Department in 1992; she was first assigned to |
| 19 | | the 9th District working a beat car; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane was promoted to sergeant in |
| 2 | | 1999, and she served in that role for nearly nine years in the |
| 3 | | 21st District, the Office of the Superintendent, the Organized |
| 4 | | Crime — Vice Control Section, and the Area One Detective |
| 5 | | Division; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane, then-Sergeant Biggane, was |
| 7 | | promoted to lieutenant and assigned as field lieutenant in the |
| 8 | | 12th District in 2008; over the course of the following 11 |
| 9 | | years, she served as commanding officer of the Juvenile |
| 10 | | Intervention and Support Center, News Affairs, and the |
| 11 | | Organized Crime – Confidential Matters & Criminal Analysis |
| 12 | | Unit and in the Office of the First Deputy Superintendent; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, In November 2018, Commander Biggane was promoted |
| 14 | | to commander of the 16th District on Chicago's northwest side; |
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane and her husband, Sergeant |
| 17 | | Johnny Pasiewicz, have been married for seven years and have |
| 18 | | two children, Maddie and Lucas; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane is passionate about many |
| 20 | | causes, including animal rights and rescue; she volunteers in |
| 21 | | her community with veterans and the elderly and mentors women |
| 22 | | in the Chicago Police Department; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane has offered a career of service |
| 2 | | to her home, Chicago, and has served as an excellent police |
| 3 | | leader and commander in the 16th District; therefore, be it
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| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 5 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 6 | | we congratulate Commander Maureen Biggane on her retirement |
| 7 | | and thank her for her years of service and dedication to the |
| 8 | | Chicago Police Department and the City of Chicago; and be it |
| 9 | | further
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| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 11 | | presented to Commander Biggane as an expression of our esteem |
| 12 | | and gratitude.
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