SA HesoCution
Adopted6y The City CounciC
ofthe City of Chicago, Itfinois
WHEKEAS, We- in this city of imAmigrants, this city of neighborhoods,
this most Amerixzan of abb cities w cognisant of the- "A merican
Vream/'; and
WHEKEAS, Of the/ myriad/ available career paths toward/ fulfillment of that dream/, there/ are/but a/few through whixh/faithfubex^ responsibilities offers assurance that those/ who- choose/ other paths wilb in fact have/ a Legitimate/ opportunity to achieve/ their portion/ of the/ Vream/; and/
WHEKEAS, Thoughseemingly fixed/and/ inviolable, the/ complex/social/ falyric of our great metropolis could/ be/ easily torn/ asunder were/it not for the/ gaardiansofthepublio welfare-, indeed/, the/ gaardians ofthe "AmecicanVrearvv"; and/
WHEKEAS, Dedicaticntothefulfu^ Police/ Vepartment- "We/ Serve/ and/ Protect"-exacts a/ substantial physical/ and/ emotionabtolbnotonly onthe/officerswhomastdaily cope/with the/stress and/ danger of being- life's arbiters for countless citizens, but also on the family members wholive- withthevery real knowledge/ that their husband/or father may never return/from/ any give- workday; and-
WHEKEAS, Through/ professiirnalism/ and/ sacrifice/, the/members of the Chicago-Police Department hav
the united/States of America, allcnuirig/eachofustopursueou^ of the "A merican V ream/" in safety arub confidence; arub
WHEKEAS, The words of 'Sir WiAVStonCharchilb, "never have- so rnan^ c -
owed/ so much to so few" were/ never more/ apropos; arub ZZ - <
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WHEKEAS, SergeantJamieP. Kane, Star Number 1194, devoted/,. ^ eighteen years of her life in service to the people of Chicago- arub iryjdoingcn haspersonally er^ured/that the City of Chicago- is the safe, healxh^Tff^hra^t commuruty it is today; now, therefore/, —
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BE IT KESOLVEV, That the/Mayor and/ mcAnAberyoftheCity Council/of the/City ofChuzago-incouncil/m-eetwo^pJanuary 17, 2013, thatonbehalfof all/the/ citizens of the City of Chi
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