Full Text of HR1057 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dennis Carpenter | 4 | | on the occasion of his retirement as police chief of the | 5 | | Village of South Roxana; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Chief Carpenter attended the police academy at | 7 | | Southwestern Illinois College; he started with the South Roxana | 8 | | Police Department in 1978 as a part-time officer and was hired | 9 | | full-time in 1984; he was appointed chief of police in 1986; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, While serving as chief of police, Chief Carpenter | 12 | | also served as the zoning director, economic development | 13 | | director, and village administrator; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Chief Carpenter's leadership has helped solve | 15 | | crimes including, kidnapping, drug dealing, sex offenses, | 16 | | domestic battery, and heroin overdoses; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, It was under Chief Carpenter's leadership that the | 18 | | South Roxana Police department solved the single murder that | 19 | | has occurred since the village's incorporation; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Chief Carpenter is married to South Roxana Village |
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| 1 | | Clerk, Tina Carpenter, and together they have 4 children and 6 | 2 | | grandchildren; in retirement, he plans to travel, hunt, fish, | 3 | | and garden; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate Dennis Carpenter on the occasion of his | 7 | | retirement as police chief of the Village of South Roxana, and | 8 | | wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Chief Carpenter as an expression of our esteem and | 12 | | respect.
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