HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - R-76-8 - 06/08/1976 - Object to appointment to Law Enforcement Commission SOLUTION
WHEREAS, John J. Flood, founder and President of the
Combined Counties Police Association, a police union,
has been appointed by Governor Daniel Walker to serve
on the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission; and,
WHEREAS, John J. Flood, in his capacity as a member
of the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, will be
in a position to adversely affect grant applications
in counties and municipalities in which his union is
neither recognized or welcome; and,
WHEREAS, John J. Flood and the Combined Counties Police
Association operate as a police union and have been
consistently militant and adversely aggressive in organizing
and bargaining for police officers in several of the
municipalities and counties in the northeast area of
the State of Illinois; and,
WHEREAS, John J. Flood and the Combined Counties Police
Association have encouraged and sanctioned work stoppages
and illegal takeovers of municipal buildings, and have
disrupted public meetings of municipal officials; and
WHEREAS, John J. Flood, in his capacity as President of
the Combined Counties Police Association, has publically
berated public officials,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: the City of McHenry
objects to the appointment of John J. Flood to the Illinois
Law Enforcement Commission;. and,
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of McHenry, by
adoption and transmittal of this resolution, request to
those people seeking to succeed Governor Daniel Walker,
that John J. Flood not be reappointed to the Illinois
Law Enforcement Commission or to any other position of
trust on the State Level.
PASSED unanimously this 8th day of June 1976, by the
City Council of Mc Henry.
oseph . Stanek, Mayor
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