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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate
Belvidere Police Chief | ||||||
| 4 | Jan Noble on the occasion of his retirement on February 28, | ||||||
| 5 | 2018 after 44
years in law enforcement; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Chief Noble is the longest-serving police chief in | ||||||
| 7 | the state with 38 years of
continuous service between Cherry | ||||||
| 8 | Valley and Belvidere; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Chief Noble began his career in law enforcement in | ||||||
| 10 | 1974 with the Boone County
Sheriff's Department and Poplar | ||||||
| 11 | Grove Police Department; he joined the Cherry Valley Police | ||||||
| 12 | Department in 1976, where he
later became chief until he | ||||||
| 13 | relocated to Belvidere in 1995; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Chief Noble was instrumental in establishing the | ||||||
| 15 | first drug unit in Belvidere and
combining the city's drug | ||||||
| 16 | enforcement efforts with Boone County; he worked tirelessly to | ||||||
| 17 | reduce crime rates and gang problems; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Chief Noble has represented the 1,200 police | ||||||
| 19 | chiefs in the State of Illinois on the
Illinois Law Enforcement | ||||||
| 20 | Training and Standards Board since 2014; he served as an | ||||||
| 21 | executive board member of the Illinois Association of
Chiefs of | ||||||
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| 1 | Police; he served as president of the Northwest Chiefs of | ||||||
| 2 | Police Association in
1994; he is a life member of the | ||||||
| 3 | International Association of Chiefs of Police; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Chief Noble was a founding board member of the | ||||||
| 5 | State Line Area Narcotics Task
Force; he served as co-chairman | ||||||
| 6 | of the Illinois Terrorism Task Force
Communication Committee | ||||||
| 7 | since 2006; he served as co-chairman of the Winnebago/Boone | ||||||
| 8 | County Integrity
Task Force; he served as an advisory board | ||||||
| 9 | member of the Chrysler Police Fleet
from 2013 to 2016; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Chief Noble served as chairman of Illinois TRIAD, | ||||||
| 11 | where he brought together
committed police officers, legal | ||||||
| 12 | representatives, elderly rights advocates, and senior citizens | ||||||
| 13 | for
crime prevention and education throughout Illinois; he has | ||||||
| 14 | served as the chairman of Illinois Radio Emergency Assistance
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| 15 | Channel; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Chief Noble has been recognized by his colleagues | ||||||
| 17 | and community as a role model
both on the force and in the | ||||||
| 18 | community for his personable and approachable manner; | ||||||
| 19 | therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 21 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, | ||||||
| 22 | along with his family,
friends, and co-workers, congratulate | ||||||
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| 1 | Chief Jan Noble on the occasion of his retirement, and
thank | ||||||
| 2 | him for his years of dedicated public service to the Belvidere | ||||||
| 3 | and Cherry Valley
communities and the State of Illinois; and be | ||||||
| 4 | it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to Chief Noble as an
expression of our utmost esteem | ||||||
| 7 | and respect.
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