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IN THIS ISSUE OF CHICAGO LODGE 7 MAGAZINE
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MAGAZINE COMMITTEE
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DAN RAPPOPORT
Founder
FEBRUARY 2021 ■ VOLUME 7, NO. 2
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COVER STORY
A Bill of Goods
Page 29
When a faction of Illinois state
legislators pushed their criminal
justice reform bill through the
General Assembly in January,
they had little concern for how to
address the grave crime issues in
the City. Shootings and murders
have grown at an unprecedented
rate and cut a path of destruction,
including taking the lives of many
children in 2020. Chicago Lodge
7 joined forces with other law en-
forcement organizations and oth-
er labor unions to battle the bill
and eliminate some of its most
egregious attempts to make life
more difficult for the police. This
special report details how that fight was waged and what it means for members.
Plus: In his President’s Report, John Catanzara asserts how much harder the bill will make it for members to effectively police .................................................................................................................... Page 5
Fraternal Order of Police
CHICAGO LODGE 7 Official Magazine • February 2021
What Really Matters
Shootings: 3,261 (41 percent increase over 2019) Shooting Victims: 4,033 (36 percent increase over 2019) Murders: 769 (40 percent increase over 2019)
Some of the faces these numbers reflect and are forgotten in HB3653
NATALIA WALLACE Age 7
LENA NUNEZ ANAYA Age 10
MEKHI JAMES Age 3
AMARIA JONES Age 13
VERNADO JJONES JR. Age 14
DAVON MCNEAL Age 11
SINCERE GASTON Age 1
SECORIEA TURNER Age 8
Special Report: Pages 5 and 29
MESSAGES FROM LODGE 7
The 4-1-1................................................Page 8 First Vice President’s Report.........Page 10 Second Vice President’s Report .. Page 11 Third Vice President’s Report.......Page 12 Financial Secretary’s Report ........Page 13 Recording Secretary’s Report......Page 14 Retired Members.............................Page 16 Deceased Members........................Page 17
INSIDE STORIES
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Members at the Inauguration
FOP Labor Report............................Page 18 FOP Legal Report.............................Page 20 Legislative Report............................Page 22 Officer Awards .................................. Page 24 Father Dan’s Corner ........................Page 26 Compliments of Rabbi Moshe .... Page 27 A Message from EAP ......................Page 39 Members Only Section..................Page 43
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