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GINA CROTCHFELT
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DAN CAMPANA
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AMBER RAMUNDO
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MAGAZINE COMMITTEE
Farah Baqai, Darrin Bourret, Bill Burns, Mike Carroll, Michael Grantz, Martin Preib, Anthony Respondi
DAN RAPPOPORT
Founder
DECEMBER 2019 ■ VOLUME 5, NO. 12
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COVER STORY
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A hero is worth
a thousand
pictures
OK, maybe not a thousand, but this commemorative cover of Chicago Lodge 7 Magazine showcases all of the members who have been honored during the past 12 months with Officer Awards. From saving infants and citizens threatening to take their own lives to facing down peo- ple pointing guns at them and trying to kill them, Chicago Police Officers respond heroically every day in every way. Officer Award winners from the past year explain why members continue to go above and beyond the call of duty and detail why all Chicago Police Officers can truly be called “Our Heroes.”
COVER ILLUSTRATION BY GINA CROTCHFELT
Fraternal Order of Police
CHICAGO LODGE 7 Official Magazine • December 2019
Our Heroes
Chicago Police Offificers go above and beyond to do award-winning work every day
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 9 Financial Secretary’s Report .............. Page 10 Field Representative’s Report............ Page 12 Retired Members ................................... Page 14 Deceased Members..............................Page 15 FOP Labor Report..................................Page 16 FOP Legal Report................................... Page 18 Officer Awards ........................................ Page 20 Legislative Report.................................. Page 22
Military Report........................................ Page 23 Portraits by Peter Bucks ...................... Page 24
Compliments of
Rabbi Moshe Wolf ................................. Page 26
Father Dan Brandt’s Corner................ Page 27 A Message from EAP ............................ Page 39 Mental Health Spotlight...................... Page 40 The Sports Page ..................................... Page 42 Members Only ........................................ Page 45 Sponsor Spotlight ................................. Page 52 FOP Benefits ............................................ Page 54
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Expression of gratitude
A teenager from Wisconsin heard the story of how a tourniquet helped saved a Chicago Police Officer’s life. So she set out to honor him and every Chicago Police Officer............................................................................. Page 32
For Sam
Members came from across the city to attend a special Mass at the
FOP Hall to remember Samuel Jimenez one year after he made the
ultimate sacrifice ..................................................................................... Page 34
Unfair deal
Filing Unfair Labor Practice charges has helped Lodge 7 keep the City and the Department from making unilateral changes that violate the collective bargaining agreement............................................................................ Page 36
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