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SEPTEMBER 2017 ■ Volume 3, No. 9
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ON THE COVER
Group Effort
The Chicago Lodge 7
Delegation to the 63rd
Biennial National FOP
Conference included a
plethora of members
who were focused on
gathering all the
information out there in
Nashville, Tennessee to
help represent their union sisters and brothers. The messages they brought back proved to be inspiring, reinforcing and rewarding for all Police Officers.
PLUS...
We’re here for you
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions addressed conference delegates with a message from President Trump and the Department of Justice that resonated all the way to
Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 44
Also in this issue
President’s Report .....................................Page 5 The 4-1-1......................................................Page 6 First Vice President’s Report...................Page 8 Second Vice President’s Report..........Page 11 Third Vice President’s Report ..............Page 14 Financial Secretary’s Report................Page 15 Field Representative Report................Page 16 Remembering Deceased Members..Page 19 Honoring Retired Members ................Page 20 FOP Labor Report...................................Page 22 FOP Legal Report....................................Page 24
Legislative Report...................................Page 26 Portraits by Peter Bucks........................Page 27 FOP Finance .............................................Page 28 FOP Benefits.............................................Page 29 Rabbi Moshe Wolf ................................. Page 30 Father Dan Brandt ..................................Page 31 Members Only.........................................Page 50 Legal Advice.............................................Page 60 Health and Wellness ..............................Page 61 Real Estate.................................................Page 62
CONTENTS
More than a few laughs
The Fifth Annual Laugh Patrol called on Chicago’s Funniest Cops for another night of memorable stand-up comedy. The good humor started spreading with a memorable joke from a noted Lodge 7 leader and didn’t stop until a perennial favorite, and his wife, took the stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 38
First Class
As students went back to school in Chicago, Lodge 7 members were there in many districts to hand out backpacks and school supplies and make their presence felt in this vital aspect of community policing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 33
Just Relax
The Lodge 7 Golf Outing served up a day away from the stress of the job that members reveled in and gave all who attended a chance to enjoy the fraternalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 46
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