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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 to learn of the death of Illinois State Trooper Corey Steven |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 Thompsen of rural St. Joseph, who was killed in the line of |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 duty on October 18, 2024; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 WHEREAS, Trooper Thompsen was born to Steve and Susan |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 Thompsen in Urbana on August 28, 1996; he was raised in St. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 Joseph, graduating from St. Joseph-Ogden High School in 2014, |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 where he was a four-year letter winner in cross country and |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 track; he graduated from the criminal justice program at |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 Danville Area Community College and then attended Western |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 Illinois University, running cross country at both |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 institutions; he earned his Bachelor of Science in Criminal |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 Justice from Indiana State University in 2018; he married |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 Chelsea Blaase in Tennessee on June 2, 2024; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 WHEREAS, Trooper Thompsen began his career in law |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 enforcement after graduating from the Southwestern Police |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 Academy as part of Session 137, and he initially worked with |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 the Vermilion County Metropolitan Enforcement Group (VMEG); he |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 then attended the Illinois State Police Academy as a member of |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 Cadet Class 130 from 2019 to 2020; he was assigned to Illinois |
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| 24 | 24 | | 22 State Police District 10 in Pesotum; he joined the Illinois |
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| 25 | 25 | | 23 State Police Motorcycle Enforcement Bureau in 2022; he was |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 assigned to Central Special Operations Group (SOG) Fatal 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2 Team in 2023, serving Troop 7; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3 WHEREAS, Trooper Thompsen was proud of serving the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4 Illinois State Police; he was especially proud of being part |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5 of the motor unit, viewing his colleagues as a second family |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6 and a tight-knit group of friends; during his service, he |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7 participated in several escort details across the State that |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8 included the president, the vice president, memorial services, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9 and charity bike rides; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10 WHEREAS, Trooper Thompsen was a member of the Fraternal |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11 Order of Police (FOP) Troopers Lodge 41, the Alpha Phi Sigma |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12 national criminal justice society, and the Phi Theta Kappa |
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| 46 | 46 | | 13 honor society; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | 14 WHEREAS, Outside of his work, Trooper Thompsen loved |
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| 48 | 48 | | 15 vehicles, and he was particular about those he owned and took |
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| 49 | 49 | | 16 meticulous care of them; he loved attending family gatherings, |
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| 50 | 50 | | 17 and his favorite family activities involved teasing and joking |
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| 51 | 51 | | 18 with family members; and |
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| 52 | 52 | | 19 WHEREAS, Trooper Thompsen was a family man who was always |
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| 53 | 53 | | 20 there when anyone needed him, a respected member of the |
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| 54 | 54 | | 21 Illinois State Police, and a friend to many; and |
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| 65 | 65 | | 1 WHEREAS, Trooper Thompsen is survived by his wife, |
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| 66 | 66 | | 2 Chelsea; his parents; his brothers, Ryan and Mitchell; his |
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| 67 | 67 | | 3 parents-in-law, Doug and Nanci Blaase; his brother-in-law, |
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| 68 | 68 | | 4 Drew Blaase; his maternal grandparents, Joseph and Barbara |
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| 69 | 69 | | 5 Peters; his paternal grandparents, John and Donna Thompsen; a |
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| 70 | 70 | | 6 host of extended family members, aunts, uncles, and cousins; |
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| 71 | 71 | | 7 and his German shepherds, Garmin and Grimm; therefore, be it |
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| 72 | 72 | | 8 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
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| 73 | 73 | | 9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 74 | 74 | | 10 Illinois State Trooper Corey Steven Thompsen and extend our |
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| 75 | 75 | | 11 sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew |
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| 76 | 76 | | 12 and loved him; and be it further |
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