HesoCution
Adopted6y The City CounciC
ofthe City of Chicago, Itfinois
WHEKEAS, We- inthlscity of immigrants, this city of neighborhoods, this most A merican of alb cities are particularly cognisant of the "A merican Vream)'; and/
WHEKEAS, Of the myriad/ available/ career paths toward/ fubfibbment of that dream/, there are but a few through/which faithful ex^ responsibilities offers assurance that those who- choose other paths wibbin fact have a legitimate opportunity to achieve their portico and
WHEKEAS, Thoughseemingly fixed/ arub inviclable, the complex/yoclab fabric of our great metropolis could/ be easily torn/ asunder were it not for the guardians of the public/ welfare, indeed/, the guardians ofthe "A merican Vream/"; arub
WHEKEAS, VediCabu>n/to-thefulfillment of the mo^ Police Vepartment- "We Serve and/ Protect' - exacts a/ substantiab physical and/ emotional toll net: only on the officers who must daily cope with the stress ^ arub danger of being- life's arbiters for countless citizens, but also on the — family members who-live with the very real knowledge that their hasband/iQy father may never return/ from/ any give workday; arub "I™.
WHEKEAS, Through/ p rofessionabism/ arub sacrifice, the members of the^ Chicago Police Vepartment haveprovided- us with-one of the safest theUnited/ States ofAmerica, allowixxg- each of ustopursue our own/Vebsix5£b ofthe "A merican Vream/" in safety and/ confidence; and g
WHEKEAS, The words of Sir Winston Churchdb, "never have so many owed/ so muchto so few" were never more apropos; and
WHEKEAS, Sergeant Koseanne froncyyh, Star Number 1179, devoted/ twenty -six/years of her life in service to the people of Chicago- and in doing-haspersonauy erisure
BE IT KESOLVEV, That the Mayor and/ members ofthe City Council of theCCty ofChicago-Lwcouncil meeting'January 17, 2013, that onbehabf of ali the- citizens of the/ CLty of Chicago...
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