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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to 
3congratulate Rebecca L. Hooks on becoming the first woman to 
4reach the rank of first deputy director with the Illinois 
5State Police (ISP) since the agency's inception in 1922; and
 
6    WHEREAS, First Deputy Director Hooks, who was promoted to 
7the rank of first deputy director on December 1, 2023, has a 
823-year tenure with ISP and presently works at the agency's 
9headquarters in downtown Springfield, serving as second in 
10command of the ISP; and
 
11    WHEREAS, First Deputy Director Hooks earned her Bachelor 
12of Science degree at Eastern Illinois University, majoring in 
13zoology and minoring in chemistry; she joined ISP as a member 
14of ISP Cadet Class #105 on February 24, 2002; and
 
15    WHEREAS, First Deputy Director Hooks began her law 
16enforcement career as a trooper assigned to ISP District 15 
17under the Division of Operations on August 23, 2002; she 
18proceeded to serve under the Division of Forensic Services, 
19where she was assigned to Crime Scene Services (CSS) 
20Litchfield on March 1, 2006 and CSS Sterling on April 16, 2011; 
21she was then promoted to sergeant of CSS Rockford on April 27, 
222011; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, First Deputy Director Hooks continued to serve 
2under ISP's Division of Forensic Services, being promoted to 
3master sergeant as a quality assurance administrator on 
4September 16, 2015, to lieutenant assigned to CSS Northern 
5Command on September 1, 2018, to captain as a crime scene 
6commander on August 16, 2020, and to lieutenant colonel of the 
7Division of Forensic Services on November 1, 2021; and
 
8    WHEREAS, First Deputy Director Hooks was assigned to Chief 
9of Staff to the Office of the Director of the ISP on August 1, 
102022, and she was subsequently promoted to her current 
11position, first deputy director, on December 1, 2023; and
 
12    WHEREAS, First Deputy Director Hooks is a certified 
13bloodstain pattern analyst and crime scene investigator 
14through the International Association for Identification; she 
15has taught bloodstain pattern analysis courses to law 
16enforcement agencies and departments across Illinois and the 
17United States, and through ISP's partnership with the U.S. 
18Department of State, she has also taught police 
19internationally in Tbilisi and Batumi in the country of 
20Georgia; and
 
21    WHEREAS, During her career with ISP, First Deputy Director 
22Hooks has been awarded two Department Unit Citations, a 
 
 
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1Certificate of Recognition for work associated with the 
2Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, and 
3the Violent Crime Expressway Ribbon; and
 
4    WHEREAS, First Deputy Director Hooks, outside of work, is 
5an avid runner and has participated in numerous marathons, 
6including the Chicago Marathon; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL 
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate 
9Rebecca L. Hooks on becoming the first woman to reach the rank 
10of first deputy director with the Illinois State Police; and 
11be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to First Deputy Director Hooks as an expression of 
14our esteem and respect.