Bill Text: IL HR0884 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors Chicago Police Department Probationary Officer Nicholas Picicci on the occasion of his courageous actions in saving the life of a 62-year-old man in Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-12-02 - Resolution Adopted [HR0884 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0884-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to honor Chicago Police Department | ||||||
| 4 | Probationary Officer Nicholas Picicci on the occasion of his | ||||||
| 5 | courageous actions in saving the life of a 62-year-old man in | ||||||
| 6 | Chicago; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, During his first day on the job, Officer Nicholas | ||||||
| 8 | Picicci was patrolling with Officer Robert Cavaiani near the | ||||||
| 9 | intersection of Belmont and Austin Avenues in Chicago on | ||||||
| 10 | November 8, 2015 when they got a call about a medical emergency | ||||||
| 11 | several blocks away; they raced to the 3100 block of North | ||||||
| 12 | Marmora Avenue, where they found a family performing CPR on a | ||||||
| 13 | 62-year-old man on the floor of his bathroom; the man was | ||||||
| 14 | unresponsive, and the officers were unable to determine any | ||||||
| 15 | signs of life, a heartbeat, or breathing; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Undeterred by the man's physical state, Officers | ||||||
| 17 | Picicci and Cavaiani began performing CPR; after 5 minutes of | ||||||
| 18 | CPR, the man's pulse returned; the Chicago Fire Department | ||||||
| 19 | subsequently transported the man to the nearby Community First | ||||||
| 20 | Medical Center; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, The courage, dedication, and coolness under | ||||||
| 22 | pressure exhibited by Officer Nicholas Picicci is worthy of the | ||||||
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| 1 | greatest respect; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 4 | honor Chicago Police Department Probationary Officer Nicholas | ||||||
| 5 | Picicci for his courageous actions in saving the life of this | ||||||
| 6 | man and wish him great success and happiness in his future | ||||||
| 7 | endeavors; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to Officer Nicholas Picicci as a symbol of our esteem | ||||||
| 10 | and respect.
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