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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The 32nd Representative District ranks in the top 
33 of Representative Districts reporting incidents of violent 
4crimes; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, The boundaries of the 32nd Representative 
6District are generally in the inner city of Chicago spanning to 
7the southwest suburbs of Burbank, Bridgeview, Hickory Hills, 
8and Justice, Illinois; and
 
9    WHEREAS, The Chicago Police Department statistics indicate 
10that portions of the city, within the 32nd Representative 
11District, including the Chicago Police Department 7th 
12District's Englewood community and 3rd District's Park Manor 
13neighborhood, are some of the most violent communities in the 
14City of Chicago;  and  
 
15    WHEREAS, From January through September 22, 2013 within the 
16Englewood community there have been 33  murders  and 24 murders 
17surrounding the Park Manor neighborhood  according to the 
18Chicago Police Department's crime portal; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Residents of the 32nd Representative District of 
20the State of Illinois have petitioned to have the State of 
21Illinois enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement 
 
 
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1with the City of Chicago to deploy the Illinois Department of 
2State Police to patrol certain boundaries of the 32nd 
3Representative District of the State of Illinois, for a 
4reasonable period of time;  and
 
5    WHEREAS, There are over 600 signatories to the petition who 
6are all registered voters in the 32nd District within those 
7boundaries; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Section 16 of the State Police Act (20 ILCS 
92610/16) gives officers of the Department of State Police 
10statewide jurisdiction, consequently, Illinois State Police 
11officers can enforce the laws of the State of Illinois anywhere 
12within its boundaries in cooperation with local officers; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The City of Chicago is willing and authorized to 
14make an official request for assistance to the Department of 
15State Police, through an Intergovernmental Cooperative 
16Agreement, to have Illinois State Police Officers patrol areas 
17within the 32nd Representative District; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Subsection (c) of Section 10 of Article VII of the 
19Constitution of the State of Illinois dealing with Local 
20Government and Intergovernmental Cooperation states that "The 
21State shall encourage intergovernmental cooperation and use 
22its technical and financial resources to assist 
 
 
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1intergovernmental activities"; and
 
2    WHEREAS,   The Illinois State Police have been patrolling 
3expressways in Chicago for over 25 years, under a November 1985 
4Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement entered into by 
5Governor James Thompson and Mayor Harold Washington;  and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement 
7allows the State to sell State Lottery tickets at 6 designated 
8kiosks at Chicago O'Hare International Airport and 
9subsequently at Midway International Airport, in exchange for 
10State Police patrolling expressways in the city, including the 
11Dan Ryan Expressway, at no additional cost to the City or 
12State; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway is that portion of I-94 
14located in the City of Chicago spanning from 95th Street to 
15Roosevelt Road; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway travels through the 32nd 
17District one linear mile from 67th Street to 76th Street; and
 
18    WHEREAS,  Within the 32nd Representative District lies 
19Halsted Street one mile west of the Dan Ryan Expressway and 
20Cottage Grove Avenue one mile east of the Dan Ryan Expressway; 
21which encompasses the community of Englewood and Park Manor 
 
 
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1neighborhood; and



  
 
2    WHEREAS, Consistent with the 1985 Intergovernmental 
3Cooperative Agreement, the State of Illinois has generated 
4$4,939,990 in Fiscal Year 2013 from lottery sales at Chicago 
5O'Hare International Airport and $696,776 in Fiscal Year 2013 
6from lottery sales at Midway International Airport; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has generated additional 
8monies for fines imposed on drivers operating along Chicago 
9expressways;   and
  
 
10    WHEREAS,  The State of Illinois receives monies by the 
11imposition of fines and penalties for those improperly 
12operating motor vehicles on the Dan Ryan Expressway between 
1367th Street and 76th Street; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois derives financial profits 
15directly from the Illinois Lottery kiosks located at O'Hare and 
16Midway Airports; and
 
17    WHEREAS, The Illinois State Lottery is managed by Northstar 
18Lottery Group which exponentially surpassed the past years 
19goals of the Illinois Lottery, thereby deriving substantial 
20profits for the Illinois State Lottery; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS,  It will not be a financial burden on the State of 
2Illinois for the Illinois State Police to expand its patrol 
3area, solely from the Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street 
4and 76th Street one linear mile east and one linear mile west,  
5to support efforts at combating violent crime in the State of 
6Illinois; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Over 600 registered voters within the 2 mile 
8rectangular radius of the Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th 
9Street and 76th Street have signed a petition imploring the 
10Governor of the State of Illinois to dispatch the Illinois 
11State Police to that specific area within the 32nd 
12Representative District; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Over 600 residents of the 32nd District have 
14stated that they are in immediate need of assistance and relief 
15in the efforts to combat violent crime in the State of 
16Illinois; and
 
17    WHEREAS, It is necessary and appropriate for the City of 
18Chicago to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperative 
19Agreement with the State of Illinois to deploy Illinois State 
20Police inwards from the Chicago expressways for approximately 
21one linear mile between 67th and 76th streets to Halsted Avenue 
22to the West and Cottage Grove Avenue to the East, for the 
23health, safety, and welfare of its residents; therefore, be it
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
2NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
3we urge the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois to enter 
4into an Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement to deploy 
5Illinois State Police inwards from the Chicago expressways for 
6approximately one linear mile between 67th and 76th streets to 
7Halsted Avenue to the West and Cottage Grove Avenue to the 
8East, for the health, safety, and welfare of its residents; and 
9be it further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
11forwarded to the Director of State Police and the Mayor of the 
12City of Chicago.