JK. HesoCution
Adoptedhy The City CounciC
ofthe City of Chicago, iCCinois
WHEKEAS, we- in this city of immiarants, this city of neighborhoods,
this most Avnerican cf ad cltu^ ccrgni^ant of the/ A merican
Vream/'; and
WH EKEAS, Of the/ myriad/ available/ career paths toward/ fulfillment of that dream/, there/ are/but a/few through which faithful execution of responsibilities offers assurance/ that those/ who- choose/ other paths will in fact have/ a/ legitimate/ opportunity to achieve/ their portion of the/ Vream/, arub
WHEKEAS, Thoughseemingly fixed/ arub inviolable/, the complex/social fabricofour great metropolis ooubb be/ easily torn asunder were/ itnotfor the/guardiansofthe/puhbicwebfare/, indeed/, the guardians ofthe "AmericanVream)'; arub
WHEKEAS, Vedication to the fulfillment of the motto of the Chicaao
Vobice/ Vepartment-"We/ Serve/ arub Protect"-exacts a substantial physical arub
emotuynabtolb not only on the officers who- must daily cope/ withthe stress
arub danger of being- li/fe/'s arbiters for countless ci/ti/gens, but also on the
family members who live/ w ith the very real hnowledge that their husband or^
father may never return from/ any give- workday; and/ c-- ZZ
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WHEKEAS, Through/professionalism/ arub sacrifice, the members of theib_ Chicago- Police Vepartrnent have/provided/us
the United/States of America, albow ing-each of us to pur sue our own version of the "American Vream)' in safety arub confidence; and/ ^
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WHEKEAS, The words of Sir Winston Churchill, "never have/ so manyQ owed/ so much to- so- few" were- never more- apropos; and
WHEKEAS, Sergeant Willie Q. Whitehead/, Star Number 1358, devoted twenty -threeyears of his life- in service to- the people of Chicago- and- in doing- has personally ensured- that the City of Chicago- is the safe, healthy, vibrant ccrmmunity it is today; now, therefore-,
BE IT KESOLVEV, ThattheMay'Or and/memb^yofthe/CityCouncibof
the City of Chixzago- irv cenxncib meeting-January 17, 2013, that onb...
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