Illinois SR 436: MEMORIAL - DENNIS G. BAILEY

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SR0436LRB104 15546 LAW 28711 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Brian Keith Baptist of Jacksonville, 

4who passed away on September 21, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Brian Baptist, the son of Frank "Buzz" and 

6Barbara Baptist, was born in Jacksonville on October 17, 1975; 

7he graduated from Jacksonville High School in 1993, where he 

8was a member of the golf, baseball, and basketball teams; he 

9attended Lewis and Clark Community College before attending 

10MacMurray College, graduating with a degree in education in 

111998; while at MacMurray College, he was a 1997 NCAA 

12conference champion in golf and a member of the 1997 

13conference championship-winning football team, the 

14Highlanders; he married Jennifer Stevens at Bethel Baptist 

15Church in Chandlerville on September 28, 2001; and

16 WHEREAS, Brian Baptist coached baseball at Jacksonville 

17High School, and he served as a substitute teacher and then as 

18a teacher for the behavioral disorder classes; he returned to 

19MacMurray College to pursue endorsements to teach special 

20education and health classes before choosing to pursue a 

21career in law enforcement; and

22 WHEREAS, Brian Baptist's law enforcement career spanned 

SR0436- 2 -LRB104 15546 LAW 28711 r

1more than 20 years; he was a member of Basic Law Enforcement 

2Class #2272 at the Police Training Institute in Champaign, 

3graduating in February 2005; he was selected for the Special 

4Response Team in December 2007, and he was assigned to the 

5ILEAS Mobile Field Force in 2008 and the Jacksonville Street 

6Crimes Unit from 2009 to 2012; he was promoted to sergeant on 

7June 22, 2014, and he served in that capacity