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SecondVice President’s Report
Invisible Institute taking another ride on the Burge bus?
The FOP has been notified by the City that the media organization called the Invisible Institute has filed a FOIA seeking records about a police shoot- ing in which a murder suspect disarmed a detective, shot at him, then committed suicide while in police custody.
The FOIA focuses on some detectives recently exonerated of misconduct allegations by Judge Wil- liam Hooks in another double murder case. In that case, Judge Hooks ruled that George Anderson was
lying in making allegations against detectives Kenneth Boudreau, Jack Halloran and James O’Brien for two 1991 murders of chil- dren.
Hooks ruled that Anderson had jumped on the “Burge bus” in making allegations against the detectives, who worked a short time under the command of Jon Burge.
Both Boudreau and Halloran testified in Anderson’s hearing, where he claimed he was the victim of police coercion. Hooks also rejected pattern and practice claims against the detectives in his ruling.
Despite the ruling by Hooks, the Invisible Institute, an entity
that claims to investigate police misconduct but, according to its website, is supported by civil rights law firms that file lawsuits against the police, has been filing several Freedom of Informa- tion claims in cases the detectives have worked.
In the latest FOIA, the Invisible Institute is seeking records in connection with the 1991 suicide of Reginald Cole in police custody. Cole was brought to Area Central in connection with a murder investigation in which he was a suspect. Cole reportedly asked to be moved to another room so that he could give his con- fession where other arrestees could not hear him. When brought there, he disarmed a detective and fired a round at him. Halloran entered the room and fired at Cole, but Cole put the gun to his mouth and shot himself right as another detective fired at him.
Cole’s criminal history included a murder conviction for which he served time. At the time of this incident, he was back in pris- on and was serving time for a separate armed robbery when the detectives writ him out in order to charge him in the murder they were investigating.
MARTIN PREIB
No More Broken Cops or Cops’ Families
WHEN: Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 7:00 A.M. – Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 5:30 P.M. CST
WHERE: Donald E Stephens Convention Center • 5555 North River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018 COST: $325-$375 Includes lunch and free parking
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Municipal, County, State and Federal Law Enforcement agencies including Corrections, CSO’s, EMT’s, SRO’s and all Mental Health Professionals
Visit the website below for full event details and registration
Badgeoflife.org
Opening: Dr. Marla W. Friedman, Chair - Badge of Life
Presentation of Colors: Rosemont Department of Public Safety
Invocation: Father Dan Brandt, Chicago Police Department
Dr. John Violanti, Research Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, State University of New York at Buffalo on Hidden danger in law enforcement: Suicide
Colonel Edwin C. Roessler Jr., Chief of Police, Fairfax County, Virginia and Chief Michael Goldstein, Plymouth, Minnesota Police Department on Establishing a Comprehensive Police Agency Wellness Program
Christine Newman, Director and LGBTQ2S Liaison, National Women in Law Enforcement Association,
LGBTQ2S Peer Support Advisor/Facilitator, MDSC PATSS on Peer Support for LGBTQ2S Law Enforcement Personnel
Father Dan Brandt Chicago Police Department
Syd Gravel, M.O.M., S/Sgt. (Ret’d) Ottawa Police Services and Brad McKay, CTSS, S/Sgt. (retired) York Regional Police, Ontario on An Overview of Trauma and Police Peer Support in Canada
Dr. Kevin Gilmartin on Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement
Donald Bostic, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (retired) on Preparing for the Inevitable Trauma of a Law Enforcement Career Judy Gravel, Spouse of S/Sgt. Syd Gravel, author of 56 Seconds on Trauma Family Management: Dealing with post police shootings and thriving Dr. Ellen Kirschman, Police Psychologist and Author of I Love A Cop: What Police Families Need to Know
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