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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING FIRE, POLICE, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE COOK COUNTY SUBURBAN DUTY OFFICER PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has worked to embrace the principals of innovative leadership, improved services, transparency and accountability as well as fiscal responsibility; and,
WHEREAS, as part of the above, the Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has worked to significantly enhance outreach and collaboration with key stakeholders from local, state and federal agencies and jurisdictions, in addition to other entities in the public, private, non-profit and other sectors over the last twenty nine months; and
WHEREAS, coordination, cooperation and information sharing is absolutely vital to the success of preparedness, emergency management and response operations; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has created a number of avenues to gather and disseminate information, thereby enhancing overall situational awareness throughout the County, and placing local, county and mutual aid first responders in a better position to respond to an incident; and
WHEREAS, in the Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management's efforts, the partnership of local police, fire and emergency management agencies and personnel is absolutely vital; and,
WHEREAS, in order to improve situational awareness and increase information sharing and partnerships, the Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, working in cooperation with local jurisdictions, created the Suburban Duty Officer Program; and
WHEREAS, the Suburban Duty Officer Program provides first responders from across Cook County -including local fire, law enforcement, emergency management and public works officials - the opportunity to be trained on the information...
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