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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives are
3 pleased to congratulate Captain Kevin W. Shaughnessy on the
4 occasion of his retirement as Commander of State Police
5 District 5 in Joliet after 25 years with the State Police; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Kevin W. Shaughnessy entered the Illinois State
7 Police Academy in June of 1978; he was a member of the first
8 class of agents; upon graduation in October of 1978, he was
9 assigned to the Division of Criminal Investigations, Financial
10 Fraud and Forgery Unit; and
 
11     WHEREAS, He was promoted to Master Sergeant in 1988 and
12 became the Squad Supervisor of the Financial Fraud and Forgery
13 Unit; through the years, he coordinated and was a supervisor
14 for several State Police units; and
 
15     WHEREAS, In 1995, Sergeant Shaughnessy was promoted to
16 Lieutenant and was assigned to District Chicago with
17 assignments in Investigations and Patrol; he was also assigned
18 as Commander of the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Lieutenant Shaughnessy was promoted to Captain in
20 1999 and was made Commander of District 5 in Joliet; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Captain Shaughnessy has been the recipient of the
22 Illinois State Police Director's Award of Honor, the Director's
23 Award of Merit, and numerous departmental commendations; he was
24 named the M.A.D.D. Officer of the year for Will County in 2002;
25 and
 
26     WHEREAS, Captain Shaughnessy has instructed over 3,000 Law
27 Enforcement Officers on a variety of topics; he is a State
28 certified instructor with the Law Enforcement Training and
29 Standards Board, Springfield, and he has taught at the Illinois

 

 

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1 State Police Academy, with Northeast Multi-Regional Training,
2 and Northwestern University Traffic Institute; he is a member
3 of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the
4 Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, the Greater Cook
5 County Council-Chiefs of Police (President 2002 to 2003), the
6 Kendall County Chiefs of Police, the Will County Chiefs of
7 Police, the Illinois Polygraph Society, and the Grundy County
8 Law Enforcement Executives Association; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Captain Shaughnessy is married to Colleen; he has
10 three children, Ryan, Kelly, and Mary Beth; he enjoys playing
11 golf and is an avid player of games of chance; therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
14 congratulate Captain Kevin W. Shaughnessy on the occasion of
15 his retirement from the Illinois State Police; and be it
16 further
 
17     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18 presented to Captain Shaughnessy as an expression of our
19 esteem.