JA HesoCution
Adoptedhy The City CounciC
of the City ofChicago, 1CCinois
WHEKEAS, We inthis city of iAnmlfyrants, this city of nei/ghXyorhoods,
this most American of ad cities cognisant of the/ "A merican
Vream/"; and/
WHEKEAS, Of the/ myriad/ available career paths toward/ fulfillment of that dream/, there/ are/but cufew through/ which/ faithful/ execution of responsibilities offers assui-~ance that thine/ who- choose/ other paths will/irv fact hcuve/ cu legitimate/ opportunity to- achieve/ their porticrvu of the/Vream; arid/
WHEKEAS, Though/yeemirigly fixed/ anal/ inviolable, the/ complex/ social fahric/of our great metropolis could/ be/ easily tor vv asunder were/ it notfor the guardians of thepulyllo welfare/, irvdeed/, the gcuardians of the "A merican V ream''; and/
WHEKEAS, Vedieatiorv to- the fulfilment of the motto- of the Chlcago
Pollce Vepartment-"We/ Serve/ and/ Protect"-exacts a substantial physical and/
ervvytionaltoll not only on the officers who mast daily cope-with the stress
and/ dxxnger of being- life's arbiters for countless citizens, but also on the c=
family members who- live/ with/the very real knowledge- that their husbxkrub^
father may never return/ from any give/ workday; and/ "—IZ.'. ^
WHEKEAS, Through/professicwabLsm/ arub sacrifice/, the vrvernbersofthe? Chicago-Police Vepartwien^
the LL nited/ States- of A merica, albowing-each/of lustopursueour owriversio&
of the "A merican Vream/" in safety arub confidence/; arub o
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WHEKEAS, The words- of Sir Winston Churchill, " never have- so- many owed/ so- much/to so few" were- never more/ apropos; arub
WHEKEAS, Sergeant Kobert M. Pietrowskl, Star Number 2552, devoted/ forty -oneyears of his life in service to the people of Chicago- arub in dcing-has-personally ensured that the City of Chicago-is-the safe-, healthy, v'd»rant corvvmunity it is today; now, therefore/,
BE IT KESOLVEV, That the Mayor and memhery of the City Covinodof the/City of Chicago- in council meeting-January 17, 2013, th...
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