Full Text of HR0774 94th General Assembly
HR0774 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Decatur Police Department celebrates the | 3 |
| 150th anniversary of its founding on January 7, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Officers will wear a specially designed | 5 |
| commemorative 150th anniversary badge during the year of 2006; | 6 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The first city marshal was elected to office | 8 |
| January 7, 1856; the marshal was the sole law enforcement | 9 |
| officer for the city until the mid-1860s, when a deputy marshal | 10 |
| was elected to assist him; by 1876, the police department | 11 |
| consisted of the marshal, a deputy marshal, and 5 officers; by | 12 |
| 1882, the city marshal and deputy marshal were no longer | 13 |
| elected officials, but appointed by the mayor; the title of | 14 |
| city marshal disappeared in the late 1890s and was replaced | 15 |
| with the title of chief of police; by 1900, Decatur had 12 | 16 |
| sworn officers; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1960, the police chief formed the first formal | 18 |
| detective bureau for the police department and the civil | 19 |
| service rank of detective was created; and
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| WHEREAS, The police department was located in the county | 21 |
| courthouse on the southeast corner of Water and Wood Streets | 22 |
| until 1927, when it moved into a building across the street on | 23 |
| the northwest corner of Water and Washington; in 1939, when the | 24 |
| present county courthouse was constructed in the 200 block of | 25 |
| East Wood, the police department moved back in; in 1964, the | 26 |
| police department moved into the city's municipal building | 27 |
| located at 707 East Wood; in 1989, the police department moved | 28 |
| into the newly constructed Law Enforcement Center in the 300 | 29 |
| block of South Franklin; and
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| WHEREAS, As of this time, the Decatur Police Department has |
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| a force of 164 sworn officers, including 102 patrol officers, | 2 |
| 36 detectives, 17 sergeants, 5 lieutenants, 3 deputy chiefs, | 3 |
| and a police chief; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 |
| we congratulate the Decatur Police Department on the occasion | 7 |
| of its 150th anniversary and express our sincerest best wishes | 8 |
| for the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the Decatur Police Department as an expression of | 11 |
| our admiration and esteem.
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