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CHICAGO LODGE 7
Official Magazine
President’s Report
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE CHICAGO LODGE #7
EXECUTIVE BOARD
KEVIN GRAHAM
President
PATRICK J. MURRAY
First Vice President
Martin Preib
Second Vice President
Jay R. Ryan
Third Vice President
Greg Bella
Recording Secretary
Michael P. Garza
Financial Secretary
John Capparelli
Treasurer
Dean C. Angelo, Sr.
Immediate Past President
Sergeants-at-Arms
William Burns James Jakstavich Michael Mette
Trustees
Harold Brown Andrew Cantore Mark Donahue William Dougherty Pat Duckhorn Sergio Escobedo Fernando Flores Joseph Gentile Danny Gorman Ken Hauser Rick King Frank Quinn Carlos Salazar Ron Shogren Mark Tamlo Daniel Trevino Michael Underwood
Field Representatives
Robert Bartlett Rich Aguilar
We will never forget our fallen brothers
We start off the year by remembering our brothers who were lost in the line of duty in 2018. It’s a cold reminder of how dangerous this job is. I spent time with the families of Officer Conrad Gary and Officer Eduardo Marmolejo. They are wonderful people, and, unfortunately, we now have more children who will grow up without their fathers. It is heartbreaking and wrong.
I want to thank all the officers who went to the wakes and funerals, and all the officers who worked the honor guard, traffic patrol and other details that helped send our brother officers off in a manner that is worthy of the heroes they are.
Certainly, we need to remember all officers we lost in 2018 in the line of duty: Commander Paul Bauer, Officer Samuel Jimenez, Officer Conrad Gary and Officer Eduardo Marmolejo. With their passing, we have lost valued members, friends and colleagues who will never be forgotten. I remind all our members that the names of fallen officers are en- graved in granite in the courtyard of our building at 1412 W. Washington Blvd. These officers will have their names forever etched in stone so that we will never forget the great sacrifice they have made to the Chicago Police Department and the people of the city of Chicago. They are fraternal members forever.
Consent Decree
On Jan. 8, the Federal Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit did not allow the Fraternal Order of Police to intervene in the consent decree.
There has been talk that we did not move fast enough. There was no date that we missed, and that is all speculative, even though the court did not grasp the entire picture–that it was the attorney general of Illinois who delayed our intervention.
However, we gained added protections, and we can assure members that the contract will be enforced and cannot be undermined by the Illinois attorney general, the City of Chicago or the Chicago Police Department. Enforcing and protecting the contract was our most important goal as the FOP.
It would’ve been nice to be able to intervene and go after the Illinois attorney gener- al for bringing a 1983 civil rights case against the Department. We have always believed that the attorney general does not have standing in this case, and we would have sought to have her removed from the case had we won the intervention part. However, we were most concerned with the contract, which the federal court has now reaffirmed is protected and cannot arbitrarily changed by the court. This should further move along negotiations for a new contract.
Finally, the court also stated that should our interests be negatively affected, we still may have the right to intervene in the future if we can show harm.
KEVIN GRAHAM
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