Record #: R2017-703   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 7/26/2017 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 7/26/2017
Title: Congratulations extended to Police Sergeant Juan Clas on retirement
Sponsors: Villegas, Gilbert
Attachments: 1. R2017-703.pdf

Resolution Honoring Sargent Juan Clas

 

 

 

WHEREAS, Juan Clas is retiring from the Chicago Police Department and deserves great praise and gratitude from every Chicagoan; and

 

WHEREAS, Sargent Clas' service has made Chicago a better place for over 30 years; and

 

WHEREAS, Sargent Clas knew he wanted to serve and protect his community as a Police Officer from the age 5; and

 

WHEREAS, Sargent Clas was born in Pilsen and was raised in Little Village before moving to Cicero and graduating from Morton East High School; and

 

WHEREAS, Sargent Clas attended the Chicago Police Academy and began his career of service on June 16th, 1986; and

 

WHEREAS, Sargent Clas served in the 10lh and 11th Districts before making his final move to the 13th District; and

 

WHEREAS, Sargent Clas spent the last 16 years leading the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy program for the 12' and 13th Police Districts in the City's West Town neighborhood; and

 

WHEREAS, Sargent Clas helped Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy take hold and make over a dozen Police Beats safer for everyone; and

 

WHEREAS, Sargent Clas now begins a well deserved retirement in his 36th Ward home on the Northwest side; and

 

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor of the City of Chicago and members of the City Council, gathered this twenty-sixth day of July, 2017, take this opportunity to recognize the years of service that Sargent Juan Clas has provided the residents of Chicago and wish him years of happy retirement; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of the resolution be prepared and presented to Sargent Juan Clas.

Gilbert Villegas Alderman, 36th Ward