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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Bloomington Police | ||||||
| 4 | Sergeant Larry E. Shepherd on his retirement; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Bloomington Police Sergeant Larry E. Shepherd | ||||||
| 6 | began his career as a Bloomington Police officer on September | ||||||
| 7 | 24, 1979; Sergeant Shepherd served in the patrol division | ||||||
| 8 | working all three shifts until January of 1991; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Larry Shepherd became a detective in the Criminal | ||||||
| 10 | Investigation Division in January of 1991 until February 2, | ||||||
| 11 | 2002, when he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant; during his | ||||||
| 12 | service in the Criminal Investigation Division, Sergeant | ||||||
| 13 | Shepherd either assisted or was the case agent in some of | ||||||
| 14 | Bloomington's most serious and high profile criminal | ||||||
| 15 | investigations; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Sergeant Shepherd remained with the Criminal | ||||||
| 17 | Investigation Division until January 10, 2010, when he was | ||||||
| 18 | transferred to Second Shift Patrol Sergeant; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Sergeant Shepherd, during his career at the | ||||||
| 20 | Bloomington Police Department, received 29 letters of | ||||||
| 21 | commendation, 3 unit citations, and received the meritorious | ||||||
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| 1 | service award for his distinguished service to the citizens of | ||||||
| 2 | Bloomington; Sergeant Shepherd was also named the Veterans of | ||||||
| 3 | Foreign Wars, Bloomington Police officer of the year in 1994; | ||||||
| 4 | and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Sergeant Shepherd was very active in the | ||||||
| 6 | Bloomington PB and PA Unit #21, serving as Vice President for | ||||||
| 7 | one year and recording secretary for four years; he assisted | ||||||
| 8 | with, and participated in, many of the unit events; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Sergeant Larry E. Shepherd will officially retire | ||||||
| 10 | from the Bloomington Police Department on May 1, 2010 after 30 | ||||||
| 11 | years of service; Sergeant Shepherd has proudly worn the | ||||||
| 12 | uniform of the Bloomington Police Department and has endeavored | ||||||
| 13 | to maintain a professional and positive image to the citizens | ||||||
| 14 | of Bloomington and all citizens he has served; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 16 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 17 | congratulate Sergeant Shepherd on his retirement and wish him | ||||||
| 18 | the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Sergeant Larry E. Shepherd as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 21 | respect and esteem.
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