Full Text of HR1549 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Captain Gerald Scott | 4 | | Compton on the occasion of his retirement from the Illinois | 5 | | State Police after over 26 years of dedicated service; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Captain Compton started his career with Cadet | 7 | | Class 88 on June 25, 1990; upon graduation, he was assigned as | 8 | | a Trooper to District 14; he transferred to the Division of | 9 | | Operations Intelligence Bureau on April 15, 1995; he was | 10 | | promoted to Sergeant on November 16, 1996 and to Master | 11 | | Sergeant on October 1, 2001; while in the Division of | 12 | | Operations, he spent time as the Southern Intelligence | 13 | | Coordinator, Tactical Analysis Supervisor, Post Seizure | 14 | | Analysis Supervisor, Staff Officer for the Division of | 15 | | Operations, and with the criminal conspiracy unit;
he | 16 | | transferred to the Division of Internal Investigations on | 17 | | October 16, 2002; he was promoted to Lieutenant on October 1, | 18 | | 2005; he transferred to the Office of the Director to serve as | 19 | | the Public Information Officer on February 1, 2007; he was | 20 | | promoted to Captain on May 1, 2009; he transferred to District | 21 | | 18 Litchfield as the District Commander in 2011 and to District | 22 | | 9 Springfield as the District Commander on
March 16, 2013; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Captain Compton served at the last four Illinois |
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| 1 | | State Fairs; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Captain Compton received a Department Service | 3 | | Ribbon for the Roby Ridge Incident in 1997; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Captain Compton is the son of Everett and Brenda | 5 | | Compton of Nokomis; he is a
1984 graduate of Nokomis High | 6 | | School and received his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice | 7 | | Sciences in 1988 from Illinois State University; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Captain Compton will spend time with his wife and | 9 | | two children during retirement, which will become official on | 10 | | January 1, 2017; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 | | congratulate Captain Gerald Scott Compton on his retirement | 14 | | from the Illinois State Police, and we wish him the best in all | 15 | | his future endeavors; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Captain Compton as an expression of our esteem and | 18 | | respect.
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