Record #: R2013-89   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 1/17/2013 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 1/17/2013
Title: Congratulations extended to Police Sergeant Eleanor Collins on retirement
Sponsors: O'Shea, Matthew J.
Attachments: 1. R2013-89.pdf
SA HesoCution
Adopted by The City CounciC
of the City of Chicago, ICCinois


WHEKEAS, We- in this city tf immigrants, this city of neighborhoods,
this most American tf alb cities cognisant of the- "A merican
Vream/"; and/

WHEKEAS, Of the myriad/available/career path^ that dream/, there/ are/but a-few through/ which/faithful execu^ responsibilities offers assurance/ that those/ who- choose/ other paths wibb in fact have/ a/ legitimate/ opportunity to- achieve/ their portion of the/Vream/; and/

WHEKEAS, Though seemingly fixed/ and/ inviolable, the/ complex/ social/ fabric tf oar great metropolis could/ be easily torn/ asunder were/ it not for the/ guardians of the public welfare/, indeed/, the guardians tf the "AmericanVream/"; and/

WHEKEAS, Vedication to the fulfillment of the motto of the Chicago-Police/ Department- "We/ Serve/ and Protect' -exacts a substantial physical/ and emoticmabtolb not only on/the officers who- must daily cope/ with/ the stress and danger of being- life/'s arbiters for countless citizens, but also on the family members who-live/with/the very real knowledge that their husband or father may never return/from/ any give- workday; and

WHEKEAS, Through/ p rofessionallsm/ and sacrifice, the membersofthe
Chicago- Police Department have/ provided us with one of the safest cities in
the United/ States tfAmerica, allowing-each/tf us to pur sue our own/version
tf the "American Vream/" insafety and-confidence; and- 55 '.

WHEKEAS, ThewordstfSir Winston Churchill, "neve-r have- ^pda-n/fe c
owed/ so- much-to sofew" were- never more- apropos; and on: rn

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WHEKEAS, Sergeant Eleanor Collins, Star Number 1904, demoted- 3r twenty -five-years tf her life- in service to the people- tf Chicago- anartrv dQ$>ng?-: haspersonably ervsured/that the City tf Chicago-is the safe, healthy, vibrant; community it is today; now, therefore-,

BE IT KESOLVEV, That the/May or and/ membery of the/City Councibof
the/City ofChicago- in councd/ meeting/January 17, 2013, that...

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