Bill Text: IL HR0893 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Commander Maureen Biggane on her retirement and thanks her for her years of service and dedication to the Chicago Police Department and the City of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0893 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0893-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 congratulate Commander Maureen Biggane | ||||||
| 4 | on the occasion of her retirement from the Chicago Police | ||||||
| 5 | Department; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane has lived in Chicago her entire | ||||||
| 7 | life and is the daughter of a firefighter and a hairstylist; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane's brother and sister also | ||||||
| 10 | became sworn officers of the Chicago Police Department; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane attended Maria High School and | ||||||
| 12 | earned her undergraduate degree from the University of | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois in Urbana-Champaign; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane earned her master's degree in | ||||||
| 15 | Business Administration from Saint Xavier University and | ||||||
| 16 | graduated summa cum laude from John Marshall Law School; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane began her career with the | ||||||
| 18 | Chicago Police Department in 1992; she was first assigned to | ||||||
| 19 | the 9th District working a beat car; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane was promoted to sergeant in | ||||||
| 2 | 1999, and she served in that role for nearly nine years in the | ||||||
| 3 | 21st District, the Office of the Superintendent, the Organized | ||||||
| 4 | Crime — Vice Control Section, and the Area One Detective | ||||||
| 5 | Division; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane, then-Sergeant Biggane, was | ||||||
| 7 | promoted to lieutenant and assigned as field lieutenant in the | ||||||
| 8 | 12th District in 2008; over the course of the following 11 | ||||||
| 9 | years, she served as commanding officer of the Juvenile | ||||||
| 10 | Intervention and Support Center, News Affairs, and the | ||||||
| 11 | Organized Crime – Confidential Matters & Criminal Analysis | ||||||
| 12 | Unit and in the Office of the First Deputy Superintendent; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, In November 2018, Commander Biggane was promoted | ||||||
| 14 | to commander of the 16th District on Chicago's northwest side; | ||||||
| 15 | and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane and her husband, Sergeant | ||||||
| 17 | Johnny Pasiewicz, have been married for seven years and have | ||||||
| 18 | two children, Maddie and Lucas; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane is passionate about many | ||||||
| 20 | causes, including animal rights and rescue; she volunteers in | ||||||
| 21 | her community with veterans and the elderly and mentors women | ||||||
| 22 | in the Chicago Police Department; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Commander Biggane has offered a career of service | ||||||
| 2 | to her home, Chicago, and has served as an excellent police | ||||||
| 3 | leader and commander in the 16th District; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 5 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 6 | we congratulate Commander Maureen Biggane on her retirement | ||||||
| 7 | and thank her for her years of service and dedication to the | ||||||
| 8 | Chicago Police Department and the City of Chicago; and be it | ||||||
| 9 | further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to Commander Biggane as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
| 12 | and gratitude.
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