HR1140 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Many elite Illinois police officers are assigned to serve on Metropolitan Enforcement Groups, which are multi-jurisdictional police task forces assigned to fight against illegal drug offenses, gang offenses, weapons offenses, and other offenses that endanger civilian safety; and

WHEREAS, Illegal pharmaceutical chemicals targeted by Metropolitan Enforcement Groups include Ecstasy, GHB, cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and LSD; and

WHEREAS, The professional training of Illinois peace officers is overseen by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, and all peace officers serving on Metropolitan Enforcement Groups have undergone Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board professional training, including training in the use of force; and

WHEREAS, The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board published a protocol governing the acceptable and professional use of force in June 2007; and

WHEREAS, The operation of Illinois Metropolitan Enforcement Groups, including their operational use of force, is supervised by the Illinois State Police; and

WHEREAS, The Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group faces severe challenges in 2010, being assigned to a geographic section of Illinois that is undergoing significant changes, which has been hard-hit by current worldwide economic conditions, and which is utilized by many people throughout northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin as a place to try to purchase illegal pharmaceuticals; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we strongly support and commend the work of the Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group in establishing and maintaining public order in Lake County; and be it further

RESOLVED, That we support and commend all of the police officers and professional keepers of the peace of Lake County; and be it further

RESOLVED, That our placement of the Illinois Police Memorial on the immediate grounds of the Illinois State Capitol in October 1990 serves as a continual reminder to Illinois lawmakers of the sacrifices made by Illinois police officers and their families to the public peace of Illinois, and a reminder to us that some Illinois police men and women have tragically died in the line of duty; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Preamble and Resolution be presented to the commander of the Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group, to the Director of the Illinois State Police, and to the Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.