SA HesoCution
Adopted by The City CounciC
ofthe City of Chicago, I CCinois
WHEKEAS, We in this city of immigrants, this city of neighborhoods, this most A merican of alb cities core particularly cognisant of the" American Vream/"; and/
WHEKEAS, Of the myriad/ available career paths toward/ fulfdlment of that dream/, there are but a- few through/ which/faith^ resporsdyilitiey offers ayyurance that these who- choose other paths wilb irv fact have a/ Legitimate opportunity to- cuzhieve their portion of theVream/; and/
WHEKEAS, Though/ yeemingly fixed/ and/ iro^ix/bable, the complex/yociab fabrioofour great metropolis could/ be easily torvv asunder were it not for the guardians ofthepubbie welfare, indeed/, the guardians ofthe "A merican/ Vream/"; and/
WHEKEAS, Vedicatuyntothefulfid motto of the Chicago-
Police Vepartynent- "WeServe and/ Protect''-exacts a yalyytantiab physical/ and/ emoticrnabtolb not only on the officery whir must daily cope with the ytreyy and/ danger of being- life'y arbitery for countless citizens, butalsoon/the family memhery who live with/the very real/ knowledge that their husband/or father may never return/ from any give workday; and
WHEKEAS, Through- p rofeyyionalism/ and ycur~ifice, the memhery ofthe Chicago-Police Vepartment
the United States of America, auowirvg-eacAhofustopuryueour own of the "A merican Vream/" in yafety and cenxfidence; and
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WHEKEAS, The wordy of Sir Winston Churchill/, "never have yo many co
owed yo- much/to yo few" were never more apropos; and —~rl js» ^
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WHEKEAS, Sergeant Viana/Morales, Stat-- Number 1519, devotiB^thirty
yeary of her life in yervice to the people of Chicago and in doing- bas\ ^
peryonabby ensured/ thatthe City of Chicago-i^-th ~^
community it is today; now, therefore, rn ^_
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BE IT KESOLVEV, That the Mayor and memlyery of t^
the/City of Chicago-incoiincitmeetwogpJoixuary 17 2013, that onlyehalf of
altthecitiy^nsofthe of Chicago- we do hereby express our appreciatiim/
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