Full Text of SR0140 94th General Assembly
SR0140 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Edward Leroy Buckney on | 4 |
| Friday, April 1, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Born in Keokuk, Iowa, on February 28, 1929, | 6 |
| Commander Edward L. Buckney graduated from Keokuk Senior High | 7 |
| School in 1947 with honors; his high school days were replete | 8 |
| with extra curricular activities; he later attended Iowa | 9 |
| Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and majored in social | 10 |
| science and physical education; he received a bachelor's degree | 11 |
| in communication arts from Columbia College in Chicago and a | 12 |
| master's degree in public administration from the Illinois | 13 |
| Institute of Technology; and
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| WHEREAS, He valiantly served his country as a member of the | 15 |
| U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953; he attained the rank of corporal | 16 |
| and served in the Korean War as a member of the 568th Medical | 17 |
| Ambulance Company; and
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| WHEREAS, Commander Buckney had a long and distinguished | 19 |
| career in law enforcement; appointed to the Chicago Police | 20 |
| Department on June 16, 1954, he became the first | 21 |
| African-American officer to be permanently assigned to State | 22 |
| Street (the intersection of State and Madison) at what was then | 23 |
| called "the world's busiest corner"; in January of 1959, he | 24 |
| transferred to the old 11th District, and in May of 1960, he | 25 |
| was appointed sergeant, becoming the first African American to | 26 |
| be assigned to the Superintendent's office; though he was not a | 27 |
| lawyer, he was assigned to the Training Division in 1961, where | 28 |
| he taught criminal law for four years; and
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| WHEREAS, His outstanding career in law enforcement | 30 |
| includes: Sergeant (1963); Lieutenant (1965); Commanding | 31 |
| Officer of Task Force Area 1 (1965); Commanding Officer - |
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| Detective Division (1966); and Commanding Officer of the Gang | 2 |
| Intelligence Unit (March 1967), where he was cited for | 3 |
| "Outstanding Community Service" and phenomenal efforts in | 4 |
| fighting Chicago's gang problem; his work attracted the | 5 |
| attention of local and national news organizations giving | 6 |
| Chicago and the nation an unprecedented view of the | 7 |
| inner-workings of urban gangs; he served as Captain of Police | 8 |
| (1968), District Commander (1975), Assistant Deputy | 9 |
| Superintendent of Field Operations, and Director of the Chicago | 10 |
| Police Training Academy (1983 to 1988); and
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| WHEREAS, Commander Buckney later joined the Oak Park Police | 12 |
| Department as Deputy Chief, where he became the first | 13 |
| African-American supervisor in the department's history; he | 14 |
| retired in 1993 and enjoyed his passions - bowling, traveling, | 15 |
| golf, and spending time with his family; he was a member of the | 16 |
| Chatham Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Chicago for more than | 17 |
| 40 years; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Commander Edward Leroy Buckney has | 19 |
| been deeply felt by many, especially his wife of 27 years, Dr. | 20 |
| Cozette Buckney; his sister-in-law, Alberta Turner Kelley | 21 |
| (James); his nieces, Erica and Brittany; his nephew, Richard; | 22 |
| and his many other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 24 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 25 |
| Edward Leroy Buckney, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 26 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 27 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 29 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 30 |
| condolences during their time of bereavement.
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