Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2017-1028

• Record #: R2017-1028
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 11/15/2017
• Final action: 11/15/2017
• Title: Congratulations extended to Police Officer Gregory Jones on retirement
• Sponsors: Curtis, Derrick G.

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/15/2017		City Council	Introduced (Agreed Calendar)
11/15/2017	61107	City Council	Adopted	Pass

CONGRATULATIONS EXTENDED TO POLICE OFFICER GREGORY JONES ON RETIREMENT FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT

WHEREAS, On December 7, 2017, Police Officer Gregory Jones will retire from the Chicago Police Department following twenty-six years of dedicated public service; and

WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this occasion by the Honorable Derrick Curtis, Alderman of the 18^th Ward; and

WHEREA, Police Officer Gregory Jones, Star #11238, will retire as a valued member of the 6^th District; and

WHEREAS, Dedication to and fulfillment of the motto of the Chicago Police Department - "We Serve and Protect" - exacts a substantial physical and emotional toll not only on the officers who must daily cope with the stress and danger of being life's arbitrator for countless citizens, but also on their family members; and

WHEREAS, Throughout a long and distinguished tenure, Officer Gregory Jones upheld the finest traditions of the law enforcement community and his hard work, commitment and dedication to duty earned him the respect and admiration of his colleagues and the communities he protected; and

WHEREAS, Police Officer Gregory Jones devoted twenty-one years of his life in public service to the people of the City of Chicago and in doing so has personally ensured that the City of Chicago is the safe, healthy and vibrant community it is today; and

WHEREAS, The leaders of this great City of Chicago are cognizant of the great debt owed our public servants, and extend our sincerest gratitude to the long and prolific career of Police Officer Gregory Jones; now, therefore

Be ft Resolved, That we, the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Chicago gathered here this twenty-first day of November, 2017, do hereby express our gratitude for twenty-six years of work in service to the people of the City of Chicago, and express our heartiest wishes on a pleasant retirement to Gregory Jones; and

Be It Further Resolved, That a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared and presented to Gregory Jones.

DERRICK CURTIS Alderman, 18^th Ward