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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Illinois law requires that all counties must
3 provide full-time probation and court services to permit the
4 judicial branch to fulfill its needs for sentencing options;
5 and
6 WHEREAS, The safety of Illinois citizens and the rights
7 of crime victims are best served with a competent and
8 thorough administration of the criminal justice system; and
9 WHEREAS, Probation and court services professionals work
10 in collaboration with the circuit court to provide
11 supervision to both juvenile and adult offenders in a
12 continuum of sanctions that include: pre-trial supervision,
13 home confinement, intensive supervision, electronic
14 monitoring, detention, community service, drug monitoring,
15 teen drug courts, and pre-sentencing investigations, among
16 many other sanctions; and
17 WHEREAS, Probation and court services professionals work
18 closely with the circuit court, community organizations, and
19 crime victims to promote the system of balanced and
20 restorative justice for crime victims through community
21 service, dispute resolution, and the collection of
22 restitution; and
23 WHEREAS, 2,200 dedicated probation, detention, and court
24 services officers supervise more than 100,000 juvenile and
25 adult offenders who are sentenced to this continuum of
26 sanctions and are receiving active probation supervision or
27 participating in court-ordered programs; and
28 WHEREAS, The Illinois Probation and Court Services
29 Association is celebrating its 30th anniversary of
30 representing these individuals, seeking to improve the
31 administration of the criminal justice system, and
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1 continuously striving to improve the training, conditions,
2 tools and services available for these probations and court
3 services professionals; and
4 WHEREAS, Governor George Ryan has proclaimed April 14,
5 1999 as "Probation and Court Services Officer Day" in
6 Illinois; therefore, be it
7 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9 we congratulate and commend all probation and court services
10 officers for the professional manner in which they fulfill
11 their jobs; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives
13 congratulates the Illinois Probation and Court Services
14 Association on its 30th anniversary of serving its members
15 and the citizens of Illinois; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to the Illinois Probation and Court Services
18 Association.