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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
3Assembly pays honor and respect to those who have served our
4country; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Sheriff Roger Scott served his country in the
6United States Air Force from 1965 to 1969 before he began his
7long and distinguished career with the DeKalb County Sheriff's
8Office; after receiving an honorable discharge from the Air
9Force with the rank of sergeant, he started as a radio operator
10and jailor; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Sheriff Scott has served as the DeKalb County
12Sheriff since being appointed in 1985 and first elected in
131986; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Sheriff Scott created and developed dozens of
15Sheriffs' Citizens Police Academies from 1996 to 2020; he was
16a member of the 911 Steering Committee in 1988 and established
17a Domestic Violence Unit in 2005; he was a founding member of
18the DeKalb County Major Crime Unit; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Sheriff Scott's accomplishments as sheriff
20include the Governor's Award for Excellence in Training in
211999 and the National Sheriffs' Association Presidential Award

 

 

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1for distinguished service in 2010 and serving as president of
2the Illinois Sheriffs' Association from 2005 to 2006; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Sheriff Scott was born and raised in DeKalb
4County and lives in DeKalb with his wife, Marcia, and his
5children; they are members of the Waterman Bible Church; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Sheriff Scott and Marcia have raised three
7biological children and seven adopted children and have
8fostered almost 40 children since 1989; therefore, be it
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
10HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
11SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois Route 23
12in DeKalb from Gurler Road to Perry Road as the "Sheriff Roger
13Scott Highway"; and be it further
 
14    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
15is requested to erect, at suitable locations consistent with
16State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
17giving notice of the name "Sheriff Roger Scott Highway"; and
18be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
20presented to Sheriff Scott, the DeKalb County Sheriff's
21Office, the DeKalb County Board, and the Secretary of the

 

 

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1Department of Transportation.