Bill Text: IL SR0068 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Sergeant Shawn Curry for successfully completing his term as chair of the Illinois Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund (IPOPIF). Thanks him for his continued service to the City of Peoria and the State of Illinois.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR0068 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SR0068-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
congratulate Sergeant Shawn Curry of the Peoria Police
Department for completing his term as chair of the Illinois
Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund (IPOPIF); and
WHEREAS, Sgt. Curry was appointed by Governor JB Pritzker
to serve on the IPOPIF Transitional Board for one year in 2019,
which he was then selected to lead as chair; he was
overwhelmingly elected to full term in 2021, serving as chair
of the IPOPIF Board until 2023; and
WHEREAS, Through IPOPIF, Sgt. Curry was placed in charge
of creating an investment fund that would have a value of over
nine billion dollars in assets and overseeing a consolidation
of 357 local pension funds, which was the largest
consolidation of its kind in the nation; and
WHEREAS, Sgt. Curry worked with municipal leaders, state
officials, union leaders, and pension board trustees to ensure
the process was done with transparency, integrity, and free
from special interests; and
WHEREAS, Sgt. Curry oversaw the drafting of policies and
procedures and the hiring of executives, a legal team, subject

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matter experts, and fund executives; and
WHEREAS, Most importantly, Sgt. Curry worked with all
parties to create and oversee the first IPOPIF Board of
Trustees' election that encompassed the entire State of
Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Sgt. Curry often met with union leaders,
legislators, the governor's office, and police officers,
providing regular progress updates while outlining the future
direction of IPOPIF; he spent countless hours traveling the
State to meet with pension trustees to garner their trust and
answer any questions or concerns; and
WHEREAS, Sgt. Curry dedicated countless hours to the
pension fund while working as a third shift beat cop during the
COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest; and
WHEREAS, At the end of his tenure as chair, Sgt. Curry
successfully completed the nation's largest consolidation of
local pension funds; and
WHEREAS, Sgt. Curry has a history of dedication and
service; he started his career at the Woodford County
Sheriff's Office, where he was named Deputy of the Year in
2003; and

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WHEREAS, While serving the City of Peoria, Sgt. Curry has
earned several letters of commendation, six Distinguished
Service Awards, a Meritorious Service Award in 2018, and the
Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Valor Award; he was also
named the Police Officer of the Year in 2010 and the Illinois
Public Pension Fund Association's Person of the Year in 2019;
and
WHEREAS, For over the past decade, Sgt. Curry has lobbied
for both victims of crime and for those who pursue justice in
Springfield and Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS, Sgt. Curry's most notable accomplishment has been
creating and passing the Illinois First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act in 2019; he and his wife, Dr. Michelle Lilly,
have trained over 1,000 first responders in mental health
awareness and suicide prevention; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate
Sergeant Shawn Curry for successfully completing his term as
chair of the Illinois Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund
(IPOPIF), and we thank him for his continued service to the
City of Peoria and the State of Illinois; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Sgt. Curry as a symbol of our esteem and respect.