| 1 | 1 | | *HR1513* |
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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE |
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| 4 | 4 | | RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by: Andrade |
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| 6 | 6 | | ____________________________________ |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1 A HOUSE RESOLUTION congratulating Munster Police |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2 Chief Stephen Scheckel for 35 years of service. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 3 Whereas, Chief Stephen Scheckel is a 35 year veteran of the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 4 Munster Police Department and has served as chief since his |
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| 11 | 11 | | 5 promotion in 2008; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 6 Whereas, Chief Scheckel holds a Master's Degree in Law |
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| 13 | 13 | | 7 Enforcement Administration and is a graduate of Northwestern |
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| 14 | 14 | | 8 University's Center for Public Safety; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 9 Whereas, Prior to becoming Chief of Police, he served as a |
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| 16 | 16 | | 10 patrol officer, D.A.R.E. officer, and a sergeant in the Patrol |
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| 17 | 17 | | 11 Division; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 12 Whereas, Chief Scheckel has served outside his community |
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| 19 | 19 | | 13 as one of the first coordinators for the Indiana Intelligence |
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| 20 | 20 | | 20242232 |
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| 21 | 21 | | HR 1513/DI 140 2024 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1 Fusion Center for Northwest Indiana, as a leader of the District |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2 1 Law Enforcement Strike Team since 2009, for which he was |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3 hand-selected by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security |
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| 25 | 25 | | 4 director, and as President of the Northwest Indiana Critical |
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| 26 | 26 | | 5 Infrastructure Group since 2011; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 6 Whereas, In 2008, the Town of Munster was severely |
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| 28 | 28 | | 7 impacted by excessive flooding due to Hurricane Ike, and Chief |
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| 29 | 29 | | 8 Scheckel was instrumental in establishing the Town of Munster |
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| 30 | 30 | | 9 Emergency Operations Center, which helped secure emergency |
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| 31 | 31 | | 10 assistance to the region; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 11 Whereas, Chief Scheckel has previously served on the FEMA |
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| 33 | 33 | | 12 Regional Advisory Council that encompassed the six |
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| 34 | 34 | | 13 Midwestern states of Region 5; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 14 Whereas, He remains active in volunteer community efforts |
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| 36 | 36 | | 15 with both the Rotary Club of Munster and the Munster Lion's |
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| 37 | 37 | | 16 Club, and he has received numerous awards and distinctions |
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| 38 | 38 | | 17 throughout the course of both his law enforcement career and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 18 volunteer service; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | 19 Whereas, Chief Scheckel has shown dedication to not only |
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| 41 | 41 | | 20 the Town of Munster but to the entire Northwest Indiana region |
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| 42 | 42 | | 21 over the course of his 35 years of service: Therefore, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 22 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 23 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 45 | 45 | | 24 SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives |
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| 46 | 46 | | 25 congratulates Munster Police Chief Stephen Scheckel for 35 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 26 years of service. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 27 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of |
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| 49 | 49 | | 28 Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to State |
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| 50 | 50 | | 29 Representative Mike Andrade for distribution. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 20242232 |
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| 52 | 52 | | HR 1513/DI 140 2024 |
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