SA HesoCution
Adopted by The City CounciC
ofthe City of Chicago, iCCinois
WHEKEAS, We iaa/this city of immigrants, this city of neighborhoods, this most A merican of abb cities areparticAjlarly cognisant of the- "A merican Vream/'] and
WHEKEAS, Ofthe/ myriad/ available career paths toward/fulfilbmentof that dream/, there/ are/ but a/ few through which faithful/ e>uecution of responsibilities offers assurance that these/ who choose/ other paths will ivv fact hose/ a/ legitimate/ opporturxity to- achieve/ their portion of the/ Vream/] arid/
WHEKEAS, Though seemingly fixed and/ inviolable, the complex/social fabric of our great metropolis could/ be- easily tornasunder were/ it not for the/ guardians of the/public welfare/, indeed/, the guar (lions ofthe/ "A merican Vream/'] and/
WHEKEAS, Vedixxulontothefulfub^ motto of the/ Chicago-
Police department- "We/Serve/ and/ Protect"-exacts a/ substaritial physical and/ emotional tebb not only on the officers who mast daily cope/ with the stress and/ danger of being' libes arbiters for countless citiyens, but alsoonthe 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 rofessicrnalism/ and/ sacrifice, the members of the Chicago- Police department have provided/ us with one of the safest cities in the United States of America, allowing'eachofastopursueour own version of the "A merican Vream/' in safety and confidence] and
WHEKEAS, The words of Sir Winston Churchill, "never have so many owed so- much to so few" were never more apropos] and
WHEKEAS, Sergeant Christina Vyido, Star Number)£$2AQcty^ffid/ twenty -six/ years ofher life (^service to-the people
has personally ensured/ that the City of Chicago is the safe, healthy, vibrant
comAnunity it is today; now, therefore, L*l :6 MV SI N!/f£IOZ
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BE IT KESOLVEV, That the Mayor and/ members ofthe City Council/of
the Cty of Chicago Ln 2013, that on/ ...
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