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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Senior Chaplain Dan Lovin | ||||||
| 4 | on the occasion of his retirement; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Chaplain Lovin entered into law enforcement | ||||||
| 6 | chaplaincy at the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office in | ||||||
| 7 | December 1994; he began serving the Mt. Vernon Police | ||||||
| 8 | Department in May 1998, where he received training from the | ||||||
| 9 | International Critical Incident Foundation, became a certified | ||||||
| 10 | level one trauma stress specialist, and achieved master | ||||||
| 11 | certification in chaplaincy with the International Conference | ||||||
| 12 | of Police Chaplains; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Chaplain Lovin has served as chaplain of the | ||||||
| 14 | Jefferson County Fraternal Order of Police, senior chaplain of | ||||||
| 15 | the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police, where he was in charge | ||||||
| 16 | of the organization's Critical Incident Response Team, | ||||||
| 17 | chaplain coordinator for the Illinois Baptist State | ||||||
| 18 | Association, and assistant state director and chaplain | ||||||
| 19 | coordinator of Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Chaplain Lovin's services have not only been | ||||||
| 21 | called upon by his community and fellow officers but also by | ||||||
| 22 | his country in times of crisis; he made multiple trips to New | ||||||
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| 1 | York City to assist wherever he could following the 9/11 | ||||||
| 2 | attacks in 2001 and offered his services in New Orleans | ||||||
| 3 | following Hurricane Katrina in 2005; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Chaplain Lovin has taught classes on crisis and | ||||||
| 5 | grief trauma and chaplaincy for the International Conference | ||||||
| 6 | of Police Chaplains' Regional Training Seminars, the Dubuque | ||||||
| 7 | Police Department of Dubuque, Iowa, and a number of police | ||||||
| 8 | departments in Illinois; he has also authored a law | ||||||
| 9 | enforcement chaplaincy training manual to be used across the | ||||||
| 10 | region; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Chaplain Lovin has been awarded the International | ||||||
| 12 | Conference of Police Chaplains' John A. Price Award for | ||||||
| 13 | Excellence in Chaplaincy in July 2010 and the Wentink-Kauffman | ||||||
| 14 | Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement Chaplaincy in July | ||||||
| 15 | 2018; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Chaplain Lovin has made steadfast contributions | ||||||
| 17 | to the criminal justice profession over the course of his | ||||||
| 18 | career while generously providing a lifetime of service to | ||||||
| 19 | those in need, including fellow officers, first responders and | ||||||
| 20 | their families, the State of Illinois, and the nation; | ||||||
| 21 | therefore, be it | ||||||
| 22 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
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| 1 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 2 | we congratulate Senior Chaplain Dan Lovin on his retirement on | ||||||
| 3 | August 31, 2024, and we thank him for his dedication to law | ||||||
| 4 | enforcement chaplaincy for over 30 years; and be it further | ||||||
| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to Chaplain Lovin as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 7 | respect. | ||||||