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FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE CHICAGO LODGE #7
EXECUTIVE BOARD
DEAN C. ANGELO, SR.
President
RAY CASIANO, JR.
First Vice President
Frank DiMaria Second Vice President Daniel D. Gorman Third Vice President Greg Bella Recording Secretary Kevin Kilmer Financial Secretary John Capparelli Treasurer
Bill Nolan Immediate Past President John Dineen Parliamentarian
Sergeants-at-Arms
Bill Burns
Al Francis, Jr. James E. Moriarty, Jr.
Trustees
Robert Rutherford, Chairman Dean Angelo, Jr.
Mark Donahue
Pat Duckhorn
Sergio Escobedo Kathleen Gahagan Michael Garza Joseph Gentile
Ken Hauser
Tom Lonergan
Kevin McNulty Landry Reeves
Inez Riley
Jay Ryan
Steve Schorsch
Ron Shogren
Daniel Trevino
Field Reps
Keith Carter Marlon Harvey Thomas McDonagh
Magazine Committee Members
Greg Bella, Chair Joseph Gentile Bill Burns Thomas McKenna Michael Carroll Reggie Smith
President’s Report
Storm Before The Calm
Some of our recent articles addressed the unprecedent- ed and overbearing environ- ment that Chicago Police Department members have been subjected to. In those articles, we wrote about the large amount of negative media reports and the ongo- ing political finger-pointing, as well as the frequent and
and determined to have been justified are now being reinvestigated by outside groups that were hired by IPRA, which many have attributed to problems with morale. And while the Department of Justice is conduct- ing an additional investigation into the pat- terns and practices of the Department, it is presently taking part in ride-alongs, which is another aspect of uncertainty that is also bothersome to the membership. Finally, there are several non-law enforcement groups that want to involve themselves in dictating the future of Policing as we know it and re-writing policy, even though none of these groups know the first thing about police work.
DEAN C. ANGELO, SR.
malicious civilian-generated rants, all of which have been directed toward our members, the FOP and the entire police profession. While most of us would agree that there is no limit to the anti-police movement shelf-life as it were, we happen to also be in the midst of one of the highest levels of examination as compared to any other agency.
To say that there is a storm afoot within the Chicago Police Department is an understatement. For the women and men of the Chicago Police Department to con- tinue to perform at a level of professional- ism that few could speaks volumes to their commitment to their oath of office. Our members’ non-stop ability to perform under these overbearing assessments, while providing the law-abiding citizens of the city of Chicago with the protection that they deserve, is extremely impressive. Even under this scrutiny and this oversight, calls for service that seem to never end never go unanswered. As the clouds of the oversight clear and the investigations end, the con- stant that will remain behind will be the tremendous amount of work performed by our officers in the beat cars and by our detectives in the Areas. These hard-working and dedicated professionals are perfect examples of what it means to be Chicago’s Finest.
PERF Battle Looming
Although we are in the early stages of this multi-jurisdictional evaluation, the Lodge is firmly of the opinion that the ever- increasing and exploratory examination of the Chicago Police Department (and of our members) needs to be brought into the foreground of exposure and accuracy. Even though we have discussed much of what has been occurring with those who have attended the general meetings, it is imper- ative that we communicate via the Chicago Lodge 7 Magazine for those who are unable to personally attend the meetings.
For some time now, the membership has been held accountable to numerous indi- vidual and collective levels of scrutiny, and it should come as no surprise to anyone with the slightest knowledge of policing or of police officers that the overall activity, arrests, weapon recoveries and morale are being reported at the lowest levels in recent memory. Internally, the Department started sharing the contents of the recently amended Investigatory Stop Reports (a.k.a. Contact Card) with the ACLU, which many have attributed to the decline in recoveries and activity. Externally, officer-involved shootings that were previously investigated
On March 11, National FOP President Chuck Canterbury addressed the National Board of Trustees and spoke about the Police Executive Research Forum’s (PERF) approach to rewriting “Use of Force” guide- lines. President Canterbury specifically
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