Full Text of HR0403 95th General Assembly
HR0403 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Carl Alexander on | 4 |
| his retirement as Public Safety Director for the City of | 5 |
| Danville; and
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| WHEREAS, Carl Alexander was born and raised in Danville; he | 7 |
| served in the U.S. Army in Korea, Germany, and Vietnam; he was | 8 |
| a senior drill instructor at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; in 1969, | 9 |
| the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. | 10 |
| recruited him to be a police officer; instead of going back to | 11 |
| Vietnam, he chose to become a police officer; and
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| WHEREAS, As a police officer in Washington, D.C., Carl | 13 |
| Alexander dealt with demonstrations and riots, including the | 14 |
| 1971 May Day protests; he started in the special operations | 15 |
| division, but also worked in internal affairs, as well as with | 16 |
| murders, kidnappings and bombings and as a police academy | 17 |
| instructor; he was an investigator in the attempted | 18 |
| assassination of President Ronald Reagan and helped in the | 19 |
| recovery of passengers in the Air Florida Flight 90 crash in | 20 |
| January 1982; and
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| WHEREAS, Carl Alexander briefly retired in October 1991 and | 22 |
| came back to Danville prior to becoming director of |
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| security/chief of police at the Veterans Affairs Illiana Health | 2 |
| Care System in May 1992; he became police chief of Danville in | 3 |
| November 1999; in 2004 Alexander's position changed from police | 4 |
| chief to director of public safety, a position which oversees | 5 |
| both the police and fire departments of Danville; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Carl Alexander and his wife Janet have two | 7 |
| daughters and three grandchildren; during his retirement Mr. | 8 |
| Alexander plans on spending a couple of months enjoying his | 9 |
| hobby, fishing, before deciding on any future plans; and
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| WHEREAS, A retirement ceremony for Carl Alexander will be | 11 |
| held on May 31, 2007 at 5 P.M. at the Harrison Park Clubhouse | 12 |
| in Danville; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| congratulate Carl Alexander on his retirement and wish him | 16 |
| continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 17 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to Carl Alexander as a symbol of our esteem and | 20 |
| respect.
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