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Chica o Pol·c S ar THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT JAf':jUARY, 1978

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* Superintendent Rochford l,tonQred at testimonial* Spotlight on the 12th District * A page out of history ... 1922 / .* Personalities ... It's a dog's world for Officer Bryant

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CHICAGO

POLICE

STAR

VOLUME 17, NUMBER 1 January 1978

SAMUEL W. NOLAN Deputy Superintendent Bureau of Community Services

TINA VICINI Director Public and Internal Information Division

INDEX

Page 3 Testimonial to former

Superintendent James M. Rochford

4 Recent Retirements 6 A page out of history . .. 1922 8 Police Officers of the Month

Altrusa Language Bank 9 Blue Light

13 Spotlight on 12th District 16 In Memoriam · 17 Department Commendations 18 Personalities 19 Commentary on unions 20 Puzzle

EDITORIAL STAFF SGT. FRED HOFF, Editor; le ROY JIRIK, Associate Editor; DENNIS BINGHAM, Contributing Writer; Photos by Graphic Arts Section Photographers. Unit reporters are listed in the Blue Light Section.

The Chicago Police Star is published monthly by the Chicago Police Department and is the official Department publication. The Star is distributed without charge to active and retired Department members and to persons and agencies in the field of law enforcement. No one is authorized to solicit or accept payment for advertising or subscriptions to the Star . Permission to reprint articles must be received in writing from the Director of Public and Internal Information Division, Chicago Police Department, 1121 South State Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605.

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Awards ... awards ... 1

Assistant Director of FBI Richard Held presents award to Rochford.

Rochford accepts plaque from Robert Strotz, Northwestern University.

Cover Mayor Michael A. Bilandic presents Department's Award of Valor to James M. Rochford, former Superintendent, in recognition for his outstanding courage in April of 1969 when he talked an armed bomber, who had killed two pOlice officers and wounded six others, into surrendering. Presentation was made at testimonial luncheon for Rochford, as citizens and members of Police Department paid tribute to his 30 years of service to Chicago. Photos by Louis Okmin, free lance photographer, and Tommy Tatum, Harry Schmuel and

Roman Zabicki, Graphic Arts


Director'S Honor Award is held by Rochford after being pre Peter Bensinger of Drug Enforcement Administration hands sented by Richard Jordan of Secret Service. plaque to Rochford.

Paid tribute at testimonial

Rochford has 'most memorable day' After receiving accolades and plaques

from Richard Held, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Richard Jordon of the Secret Service and Peter Bensinger, of the Drug Enforcement Administration, former Superintendent James M . Rochford, leaned over and whispered to Mayor Michael A. Bilandic:

"This is the most memorable day in my life, I've just received a plaque from the Justice Department, another from the FBI and here's another from the Secret Service. When I was Superintendent, all I used to get were subpoenas:~

The occasion was a testimonial luncheon for Rochford, sponsored by citizens and members of the Police Department to pay tribute to the former Superintendent for his 30 years of service to the City. Rochford announced his resignation to take a job in private industry recently.

More than 2,000 persons attended the December 13th luncheon in the Conrad Hilton, his family, friends, neighbors, many city officials, including Mayor Bilandic, aldermen, Department heads and members of the Chicago business community, and local law enforcement groups.

In addition to the above mentioned awards, Rochford received another from President Robert Strotz, Northwestern

University, and a special drawing show University Traffic Institute, announced ing Dick Tracy and Rochford conferring, proceeds of the luncheon would be used from Chicago Tribune cartoonist Ches to establish a scholarship in Rochford's ter Gould. name at the Institute.

Strotz, who pointed out that Rochford A slide and film presentation depictis a 1960 alumnus of the Northwestern ing his 30-year long police career was

Rochford admires the 11 stars he has worn in 30 years of service with Department, presented by Deputy Superintendent John Killackey. In foreground is Master of Ceremonies Bob Wiedrich and Mrs. Lois Rochford.

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narrated by Newsman Fahey nynn of Channel 7. The presentation also pointed out some of the important accomplishments by Superintendent Rochford during his four years as Superintendent, reflecting Chicago's dramatic drop in crime. Among the nation's six largest cities, Chicago alone has seen a reduction in crime in each of the past three years.

Tribune Columnist Robert Wiedrich, master of ceremony for the luncheon, read several telegrams from various senators and congressmen who could not attend, including a resolution from the 80th State of Illinois Assembly, which commended former Superintendent Rochford for his "excellent leadership and service to the Chicago Police Department and thanked him for his selfless dedication in fighting crime to make the community safer."

Mayor Bilandic presented Rochford with the Award of Valor, the Department's highest commendation for heroism above and beyond the call of duty. The medal was presented in recognition for his outstanding courage in April 1969,. when Rochford, in uniform-but unarmed, talked an armed bomber who had barricaded himself in his apartment after killing two police officers and wounding six others-into surrendering his gun and himself. The

Deputy Superintendent John Killackey presents Mrs. Rochford with bouquet and tickets for European trip for Rochfords.

bomber had terrorized the neighborhood by throwing bombs, hand grenades and firing a rifle during a six hour seige.

Said the Mayor: "You have seen the film, you know

the man, you know his record and 1 think that's as eloquent as you can get about him. On behalf of the citizens of Chicago, it is my privilege to wish him

Rochford greets some of many well-wishers at testimonialluncheon.

RECENT RETIREMENTS The following officers retired recently from the Department after years of honor

able service. They have the good wishes of their colleagues and friends on the Department.

Years of Date of Name Unit Age Service Retirement

P.O. Thomas F. McGivney ..... . .... .. .. . 157 ...... 63 ... .... 27 ..... .. 15 December P.O. Orangie Tiller . . . . . . . . . . ..... . 138 ...... 63 . . .. 29 ..... . . 10 December Lt. Franklin Vitek .... . . . . . . . . ... ... .. ... 016 ...... 63 ....... 39 .... ... 10 December

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the best of everything in the days ahead."

Finally, Deputy Superintendent John Killackey, Bureau ofInvestigative Services, presented Rochford with a plaque which contained copies of all 11 stars he has worn during his 3D-year career. The stars, encased in plastic, were displayed on a background of blue velvet.

As he addressed the audience, which had given him a standing ovation, Rochford said:

"My eyes are moist, and my heart is heavy. 1 accept your applause ... not for myself, not for what I've done in a police service . . . in public service ... but for all the men in blue, who every day of their lives, do their best to serve you ... to protect you.

"I have been a very privileged individual to spend half of my professional life in public service. My years in police service has been tremendously, personally very exciting to me, and, this occasion today really satisfies me and makes it all worth while.

"During my years as a police officer ... they were filled with laughs, tears, frustrations and hard work.

"My roots come from this city. 1 patrolled it on foot , 1 drove a squad through it, 1chased criminals and wrote out speeding tickets. And throughout my whole career, 1 have been blessed with friendships.

"I want to thank all of you, my fine friends. I hope that in some small way I've satisfied you."


Rochford ~leaves void hard to fill'

Rochford and his wife, Lois, are flanked by daughters, Joan, left, and Lizabeth.

Lt. Governor Dave O'Neill, for Governor James Thompson:

"A career in law enforcement is a very high calling and one of the most essential. The stakes are enormous. The battle is tough. And, like all battles, it is one which must be fought by the people in the front lines . . . the uniformed local law enforcement officers. You have always understood this Jim.. . .

"As you worked your way up through the ranks of the Department, you earned a reputation for hard work, intelligence and fairness. As a prosecutor, I personally recognized and appreciated your integrity and devotion to duty .

"When you were appointed Superintendent I publicly hailed juetr appointment and the promise it held for the people of Chicago. Today, it is my privilege to say it was a promise that has been fulfilled in every way. As governor, I am proud of you , and proud of the accomplishments you built in less than four years."

Richard Held, Assistant Director, on behalf of Clarence Kelly, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation:

"You have had a tremendous impact on law enforcement which shall remain for many years to come. Your resignation leaves a void which will be hard to fill. Chicago has been most fortunate to have you as a chief law enforcement official and a resident of the community. You have brought a great compassion and understanding to your office and a superior talent for getting the job done."

Congressman Dan Rostenkowski , in a telegram, expressed regrets at not

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"Roof is thundering down," says Rochford after ovation.

Superintendent Rochford's 11 stars Patrolman-October 10, 1947. Patrolman-1955 (old pie-plates were replaced with current star). Sergeant-June 16, 1957. Lieutenant-May 16,1961. District Commander-December 18, 1961. Captain--June 15, 1962. Deputy Chief-April 16, 1963. Chief, Patrol Division-September 9, 1965. Deputy Superintendent-August 6, 1967. 1st Deputy Superintendent-September 16, 1970. Superintendent-February 11, 1974.

being present since a bill he was introducing was being voted on that day:

"I can think of no one more deserving of this tribute. He worked long and hard for this city. His many achievements will be long remembered."

Richard Jordan, Agent in Charge,

Chicago Office, Secret Service, on behalf of Director H. S. Knight:

"The Secret Service has long enjoyed an effective and highly professional relationship with the Chicago Police Department. The support and assistance extended by the Department, but more importantly, by you personally, James Rochford, has had a significant impact on the enforcement activities of the Secret Service in Chicago. Your keen understanding of our unique missions has helped to enhance the fullfillment ofour assigned responsibilities and is certainly most appreciated ."

Peter Bensinger, Drug Enforcement Administration:

"In Federal law enforcement, Rochford is held in the highest esteem. His dedication, his commitment to duty is outstanding. And, in federal narcotics enforcement his partnership to that effort is respected by every individual employed in our agency. On behalfofall the special agents of the DEA, we salute James Rochford and thank him and the City of Chicago for his leadership and commitment." I

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A page out of history...1922 When Patrolman Michael P. Lough

ney was sworn in as an officer on June 8, 1922, he received a star, shield, box key, whistle, a Department rule book and 12 bullets-standard equipment. He then purchased a 3 by 5 notebook and added a pen and pencil and reported for duty.

The notebook was an officer's lifeline-in this was jotted everything that was important to his job, such as a daily listing of stolen vehicles, wanted persons, court dates, pictures of wanted persons and other information.

Officers in those days had two uniforms; a light brown army-type uniform with Sam Brown belt and a blue uniform similar to that worn today, with a white stripe running down the sides of the trouser. The men also wore a patent leather bow tie with a regulation blue wool shirt, which itched, causing neck rashes which sometimes lasted through the winter.

Department vehicles in those days were Model T Fords which had to be hand-cranked to start . In inclement weather officers used canvas curtains with isin-glass windows, which they pulled down, for protection. The cars were unheated and therefore officers bundled up and wore heavy overshoes.

One officer always had to remain wi th the vehicle. Drivers had to be very careful not to drive in the old streetcar tracks because the narrow wheels of the squads could get caught in the tracks, which could result in an accident.

The police cars did not have radios so officers had to make "pulls" from a box every 20 minutes to see if there were any assignments .

Seven years later AM radios were installed in some cars so that police calls

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could be broadcast over WGN radio during the station's regularly featured musical programs. Whenever a "hot call" was received, WGN would sound a gong to alert officers, interrupt the program and announce the assignment.

The first broadcast, was made on March 27, 1929 when unsuspecting Chicagoans in their homes listening to music, heard the program interrupted and a voice dispatching a beat car to a crime in progress. Needless to say, the results were sensational.

In 1930, the Department obtained its own transmitter and a centralized police complaint room at Police Headquarters was set up.

Paper work was at a minimum--only

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Cover of Department Rules and Regulations used in 1924. Below are pages from personal notebook detailing two infamous offenders-John Dillinger and George (Baby Face) Nelson.

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two reports were used by police officers. One was an offense report for crimes; the second was an accident report which was used for such miscellany as dog bites, dead animal removals, traffic accidents, burning leaves and what have you. Everything that happened in an individual district went into a station complaint book.

Many police officers participated in some athletic or field activity as running, boxing, etc., and annual field meets held in Soldier Field were at tended by thousands of Chicagoans. Michael Loughney was a runner and won the Daily News Medal in that competition in 1925.

Loughney had a variety of assignments during his 41-year career. He was assigned to the Peking, Stanton and East Side districts-all were store front stations. He also was assigned to the Police Commissioner's Office, Burnside (now Area Center 2) and the old Wabash (2nd District) Avenue Districts.

At the time of his retirement in 1963 he was assigned to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Statistics (now Records).

Loughney's son , Michael Tom Loughney, assigned to the Labor Relations Section, Jecently brought in his father's Department Rule Book and one of his old 3 by 5 notebooks. Both make fascinating reading.

The notebook, dated 1934 has several pages filled with the license plates of stolen vehicles and mug shots ofvarious wanted criminals, including pictures of Basil (the Owl) Banghart; Charles (Ice Wagon) Conners; and Tommy (the Terrible) Touhy, wanted for kidnapping

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and robbery; George (Baby Face) Nelson, wanted for bank robberies and John Dillinger, also wanted for bank robberies, plus murder. Another mug shot was that of Murray (the Camel) Humphrey, an alleged crime syndicate figure, wanted by the Federal Government for income tax evasion.

Mug shots of Pearl Elliott and Mary Kinder, associates of the Dillinger mob also were included.

The Department rule book, which had to be returned with an officer's star and shield when resigning from the Department, had belonged to two other officers before being issued to Loughney. It listed 525 Department rules on its 136 pages.

Loughney's copy, published December 10, 1924 shows as Superintendent of Police, Morgan A. Collins. Collins was the first with that title. Previous heads of the Police Department were called either Chief or Commissioner.

The organization table shows the Department had both a Traffic and Detective Division at that time. It is also interesting to note the Department had a Horse and Marine and an Inspection Section.

The District Commanders (Captains) and the Detective Division also were charged with the responsibility of keeping a "bad character" card index which listed the names, description, haunts, habits, associates and relatives of every person known to be a bad character re-

Police officers march in drill before thousands of people in Soldier Field.

siding or frequenting the district including pickpockets, burglars, holdup men, safe blowers, confidence men, vagrants, pimps and prostitues and gamblers. Whenever one of these "bad characters" moved the captain forwarded his card to the captain of the district where his new home was situated.

There is mention of Roundsmen Sergeant rank; however, no indication as to where the name originated or for what purpose.

Contrary to popular belief that the Department first used policewomen in

patrol in recent years, the Department's 1924 Rule Book outlines various duties for Patrolwomen. Assigned to foot patrol as were male police officers, the women were instructed to give particular attention to all public places including railway stations, theaters, parks, playgrounds, department stores, public rest rooms, dance halls, etc., where both sexes gathered in matters involving women, young girls and all juveniles.

Matrons, a separate unit of the Department, were responsible for handling women prisoners and for conveying prisoners to and from stations, courts or other places.

The Custodian of the Lost and Stolen Property Section under the direction of the Superintendent, was custodian of all properties, seized or taken by the police . An interesting sidelight is that before he could take his office, the Custodian had to execute a $20,000 bond to the City of Chicago, guaranteeing the "faithful" performance of his office.

The Chief Surgeon, in charge of the Department's Medical Section, was responsible for issuing medical supplies required for police surgeons who were detailed at stations, ambulances and patrol wagons. The surgeons examined patients and determined whether or'not first aid should be given to persons in the care or custody of the police.

Rule 223 prohibited officers from giving out "any information relating to police business" without the approval of the Superintendent .. . a rule which probably wasn't very popular with members ofthe news media of that day.

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Police Department's running club lines up for marathon in annual police field meets.


Police Officers of the Month Sergeant Robert Klunk and Inves

tigators Eugene Labiak, August Lett, and Thomas West of the Gang Crimes Investigation Division, South, were cited for their exceptional investigative work, thereby earning them honors as the Police Officers of the Month.

As a result of their actions in two separate raids, four major narcotics traffickers were arrested and 31 V2 pounds of uncut heroin confiscated, with a street value of more than $18 million.

During the course of an on-going investigation into the affairs of a notorious family of narcotics dealers operating between Mexico and Chicago, the officers were informed of a drug transaction which led to the arrest of two dealers and the confisca tion of fi ve pounds of heroin.

After receiving a tip that a member of the family might be visiting the 1200

Sergeant Robert Klunk

Investigator August Lett

block of North Lockwood Avenue to make a sale, the officers placed the area under surveillance.

The suspect arrived and was met by another man . The investigators observed the suspect hand a plastic bag containing a brown granulated substance to the other man. At this point,

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the officers announced their office and placed the suspect under arrest.

A subsequent search of the area revealed a cardboard box in the garage that held six plastic bags, each containing about 41h pounds of heroin, and a bag containing several one-ounce packets of heroin.

This seizure is the largest confiscation of heroin ever recorded by state, federal , or local authorities in the Midwestern area.

Altrusa Language Bank aids officers Did you know that Chicago has a

"Language Bank" which provides a FREE emergency translation service?

More than 400 volunteer interpreters win provide translation services (primarily by phone) in anyone of 73 languages and dialects for any police officer who encounters a " language problem" on the street.

All the officer has to do is call the answering service at 332-1460 and request a translator.

It is important to note before calling, if the person speaks a dialect because

each is different , says Sue Smith, chairman of the Altrusa Language Bank of Chicago.

"For example," Smith explained: "If you need a Yugoslavian translator, ascertain first whether it is in the Serbian, Croatian or Siovenian dialect."

The Altrusa Club of Chicago is a women 's service club . Founded in Nashville, Tennessee, some 60 years ago, the Chicago chapter has been in existence since February 1925.

Smith says the most requested languages are Spanish, Polish, Arabic,

Killackey ends 30-year career Deputy Superintendent John Killac

key resigned from the Chicago Police Department effective January. He has accepted a position with Chicago Local 705, International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Killackey , 56, had been Deputy Superintendent of the Bureau of Investigative Services for the last four years.

After his appointment to the department in 1946, Killackey has had many varied assignments and promotions during his police career.

In 1963, as a lieutenant, he headed the Labor Relations Section as Director

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and remained in the position until 1970 when he was promoted to Deputy Chief of the Criminal Investigation Division. The following year, on January 1, 1971, he was promoted Chief of the Criminal Investigation Division.

Former Superintendent James M. Rochford promoted Killackey to Deputy Superintendent on April 16, 1974.

Killackey , a graduate of St. Mel's High School , Wright Jr. College and Northwestern University's Managementcourse, served with the U .S. Naval Intelligence from May 1942 through November 1945.

Cantonese, Greek, French, Korean and Yugoslavian.

However, translators are available in many other languages such a s Japanese , Indonesian, Russian, Urdu, Hindi , Malay, German, Italian, Portuguese and Tagalog.

The phone number is 332-1460.

Sebastian Rivera, a member of Chicago Police Board, was honored by Chicago Commission on Human Relations "for working toward equal treatment for his fellow members of Spanish-speaking community ... establishing better linkage and understanding with institutions designed to serve all people."


THE

BLUE

LIGHT

003: Congratulations to the former probationary officers that graduated to full P.O. status. Those graduated and assigned into 003 included K. Ambrose, S. Baran, M. Bradford, D. Campbell, B. Collins, T. King, and I. Ruiz ... For service above and beyond, the following were given Park Manor Community Council Awards: E. Bluett, A. Boness, and A. Ricks. . Returning from L.O.A.S to the Department and assigned to 003 were R. Soprych and R. Marchese. Welcome back and good luck to these officers ... Farewell to several officers that have transferred out of the Third District. This list includes the 12th and 13th Police Periods: Captain A. Faklis; SergeantsJ. Brown and W. Vincent; and P.O.'s M. Conroy, D. Kendrick, L. Seals, R. Caimens, M. Shehan, G. Alfred, S. Webster, J. Bangnola, R. Kolovitz, and M. Bell. Your physical presence will be missed but memories of both the good and bad times will linger on forever. We pray for your success at the new assignments ... P.O. R. Ryan wanted to know why his name was not mentioned for making his last great arrest. The trouble with that is I could not find anyone who could remember when that was ... During the 12th and 13th Police Periods, the following were transferred into 003: Sergeant H. Dozier and P.O. 'sE. Hirsch, J. Bartkowiak, R. Carten, and R. Divincenzo. They should all learn, on a first hand basis, why the Third District is considered "Numero Uno" ... Mistake in the Blue Light Section of October's Star listed E. Tomasik on the Third District Golf Team, it should have been F. Tomasek. Sorry about that Fred ...

P.O. Robert Brown

005: Congratulations to Tact Officer J. Doyle and his wife, Diane, who recently gave birth to John Patrick, Jr. and P.O. J. Handley and his wife, Karen, who gave birth to their beautiful little Trisha. Double congrats are extended to P.O. Jimmy Redmond and his wife, Kitty, who brought TWO beautiful bundles of joy into the world with Kelly Marie being the early bird at 0328 and Kathleen Ann checking in at 0331 hours ... The Red Cross Blood Drive was most successful in 005. During the drive a random test was conducted by one of the representatives of the Red Cross. The test disclosed that one member of the fantastic 5th Dist. is blessed with a rare and unique blood type. The blood type is of such fine quality, clarity, and supreme vintage that the "Christian Brothers" were most inquisitive. They have serious intentions of placing it in the casks worn by the St. Bernard snow dogs. It would not be fair to reveal the donor at this time, so P.O. Marty Gavin stay in good spirits--your secret is safe with us ... The 5th Dist. basketball team is off to a great start. After a few more practice sessions they will be well on their way.

The team's "Honeybear," Lenita Bell, is doing a fine job-she is learning the finer points of cheerleading from none other than P.O. Ernie "Twinkle Toes" Yamich ... Strong rumor has it that P.O. Joe Gobert was so impressed with the movie "Star Wars" that he has formed a rock group titled "Joey G. and the Galaxies." As of this writing Joe has mastered one electronic instrument-the radio! Good luck, Joe ... The 1978 annual furlough selection was weathered fairly well. There was only one element of confusion- when some of the troops were informed that they would have to DRAW for the furloughs, there was total chaos. Some individuals were observed by Commander Robert Smith in the squad room practicing unsnapping their holsters and playing "quick draw" in front of the mirror at roll call ... Best of luck is extended to P.S. Vince Keating on his recent engagement to his Mary Kay. We hope Mary liked our most appropriate gift- Dr. Kelleher's weekly report on Vince). Seriously, Vince, may the good Lord grant both of you all of His blessings ...

P.O. John Bell

006: Proud papa John Lyons, who says he taught hisson Moose Lyons all of his good habits, finally was able to prove it. Young Moose, while in the company of friends, was lurking around the girl's dorm at St. Mary's College at 2 A.M. one night when smoke began to billow out of the upper floors. Moose and his friend s--Boats Dolan, the Sullivan and Skolonski boys, along with Owyer and Summerfield-were cred ited with saving many lives before being overcome with smoke. Nice going, guys! ... Still in the proud papa frame, Bob Meifert's daughter Michele, truly a young beauty, was named Homecoming Queen of Bogan High School ... Switching quickly from beauty to you _know what, Jack Meseck swears his wardrobe is not pot-luck laundromat, touched off by a pair of shoes that the plumber's union even rejected ... Public Service honors from Deputy Supt. Sam Nolan to: J. Herr, D. Carroll, L. Getautas, A. Henderson, and G. Patton . . . Hello to Lieutenant Pete Woods, goodbye to Lieutenant Pete Woods ... Actually engaged in trying to find a wife, big Mike Moran

has decided to take his partner's advice and quit eating those onion sandwiches an hour before the end of the tour of duty. This explains why Freddy rides in the back seat on the way home

. . Our guy in 005, Vince Keating, after years of thinking about it, got engaged to the beautiful Mary Kay Schmitt. When Vince burned his big black book it caused a 3-11 ...

P.O. Robert Angone

007: Hi my darlings ... Dept. Commendations to P.O.'s John Crenshaw and Ray C. Ward with a SUPER congrats and thanks ... Twenty-four Honorables Tenth Period with FIRST to notables: R. Harrison, R. Brady, J. Lopez, AND plus l's to C. Poe (1), P. Cruz (2) , C. Acevez (2), AND a " Tip of the Super Seven Cap" to Joseph Rokas with eight years, 36 H. M.'s and two Dept . Cmds., and also to louis Velez with two years and seven H.M.'s Thanks all Super Seven Men in Blue ... Get well wishes to Captain Bells .. Deepest sympathy J. Thomas and R. Rudd on your recent loss . . . Best wishes newlyweds Rct. Donna (Fitzgerald) and William Seifert ... I have confirmed the SCOOP of the year PLUS the wedding of the year for '78! Super Seven's most eligible bachelor "I DO's" in September-Hank Ribich to Marlene Hajduk! (That just leaves other eligible Brian Lyons!) ... Happy anniversary to George Hudson and Ralph Mispagel-nine years working as a TEAM' ... Super Seven Stork dropped off Therese Marie Gibbons. Welcome my li'l darling ... Furlough found Edward Rynne Illinois statewide and also wandered into Wisconsin .. . Mary and Terrence McMahon delayed honeymooned in Orlando and Tampa Bay ... The Department bids a sad farewell to Superintendent James M. Rochford. Thanks, sir, for a fantastic 30 years. You gave of yourself to Chicago for which we thank you and wish you many years of happy retirement. You will be missed ... Seventh District Parking Lot (or Patterson's Plaza) now officially open ... Toodles Lt. R. Reilly and welcome Lts. R. Jones and T. Doyle .. Duke (Freddie Nelson's German Shepherd) has a nose for marijuana NO-NO's!! Seems Duke, with Freddie holding the other end of the leash, apprehended two offenders smoking behind their garage at 0200 hours. Duke let out a "WOOF"and the two took off through the gangway and into the path of a 4th District squad car!! Good boy, Duke, keep up the good work! ... Winter season now upon us so remember drive carefully and cautiously for the sake of living .. . Toodles and ten four . ..

Rita Jeanne Pope

017: By the time this column reaches print we will be well into the new year-and by this time we hope all personnel that are on the Medical are well on the road to recovery ... Sincere sympathy to the family of Crossing Guard Esther Schafer who passed away recently ... Crossing Guard Thelma Breen, recuperating from eye surgery, fell and broke her wrist when she slipped on an icy curbing. Take care, Thelma ... Our timekeeper, Margie Santiago, now has her own car and skirts the vicinity of the District Station to avoid the heavy traffic-hmm . .. Commander Richard Rochford issued many Honorable Mentions during the month as well as Citizens Awards ... The officers who went on the Florida jaunt returned with a nice coat of tan even though it was for only a few days.

Bonnie Hayson

019: Wishing all members of the 19th District a happy and prosperous 1978 ... Congratulations to the new proud parents P.O. Jim Clemmons and his wife, Mary, on the birth of James Timothy who weighed inatseven Ibs. 140z. Also to P.O. Steve Cohen and his wife, Eileen, on the arrival of Joseph Eugene ... District Commander Thomas Kernan has recommended P.O. Edward Tansey and Leroy Baumann for an award on the fine arrest of an armed robber who held a gun on a hotel desk clerk ... Condolences to P.O. James McNamara on the loss of his father, James


Sr... . Other bits of info include: P.O. Terry Ziemann and Don Dmek have graduated from basket weaving and have now moved into ceramics . .. Hoping for a quick recovery from P.O. George Meyer who injured his leg . . . Congrats to Lt. John Garber on his new hat and upon learning about a "mohel" ... And last but not least, the superb job the office staff has done on "rodent patrol" in the 19th District .. . Keep us informed .. .

P.O. Phil Brady

020: First, I would like to congratulate our Acting District Commander Captain Collins, who is one of the nicest bosses to work for . .. 1977 Deductions : Miss Jullian Ann Smerglia!Tony & Charmaine; Master Matthew Kane Switski/Vic & Collette; and Master Alvin Scott Barnhill/Gordon & Pam. First grandchild eight lb. Thomas McKay McMillian was presented to Tom McKay by daughter Kathy and son-in-law Bill ... Good luck to newlyweds Gus & Alice Gavros ... Welcome back to our new Community Services Sergeant Lyle Grogan & Sgt. Ch'uck Green . . . Good luck to Ed Tansey, Bill Wagner, and Mary Ann Ryan on their new assignments . .. Sgt. Fred Bosse, P.O . Stan Gams and Sgt. Don Evangelista (017) just returned from the National Police Combat Shooting Championships in Jackson , Miss. where they won 17 trophies. Along with Inv. Lendzion (A- l G/A) they also won the State Four Man Team Title for the 3rd year in a row .. . Well , it seems that Elvis has been reincarnated. P.O. Dom Tonozzi proved to all at a recent watch Christmas party that Elvis isn't the only one who could gyrate and croon "All Shook Up." With microphone in hand and a five-piece back up, Dom then entertained with "Jailhouse Rock," and exited the stage to a standing ovation. What a ham!!!

Carol Utterback

021: Yours truly is back on the scene after a much needed furlo, which he spent in the Windy City. Better luck next year in wishing for the warm weather of sunny California ... Our deepest sympathy to the family of P.O . H. Shelton on the death of his sister .. . Honorable Mentions again ran so high the list of names are too many to I ist here but thanks for a fine job .. . Well, it's that time of year again when visions of sugar plums are dancing in the heads of the little ones . The good will toward all men is once again in the air. I would like to take this time to say thank you to the members of this district for your good will throughout the year--<lashing through the snow, rain, and sleet in your blue and white answer i ng that distress call or savi ng a ma rr iage, possibly a life . With the many tasks we perfom daily I hope I am in good company when I say we try to bring some cheer into someone's life everyday. Serving our fellow man has got to be the greatest gift we, as guardians of the law, could ever give. So to all of you at 021 a wish for you and your family to have a healthy, prosperous NEW YEAR.

P.O. Hollis Dorrough

022: Ralph Bradshaw and Brian Burke were just comp laining that they never get into the Star, but what the dynamic duo don't realize- they never do anything worthy of mention. Brian is typi ng up a report at the rate of two words per minute and Ralph is trying to figure out how to use a narcotics scale . .. Some people have nerve! Jim Quinn demands an apology just be·

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cause I misspelled his new daughter's name .. . Mike Leonard bought a new car with leather straps on the trunk lid. He also got a congratulatory letter from a source claiming to be very highup in the Dept . . .. Bob Desmond deserves three days off a week instead of two. If you don 't believe me, ask Bob ... Now for a little news from other parts: Vince" I'll get married before I'm 37" Keating, from 005, got engaged as did John Griffin, from 002. Both are planning summer weddings, but not to each other . .. Now that Jim Treacy is on Tact, Jim Knightly has to go it alone with Mimsy Shannon ... Rich Glenke just dropped by to see what's going on and didn't add anything enlightening ... Tom Shannon (Mimsy's brother) just moved into a new house after spending a I ifetime at Pig City ... Keith Dorng wants to play Jerry Sherwood in a game of horse to see if Jerimiah can go any length of time without talking . . . John Touhy is still doing a fine job of holding up the desk, even if he does have Pat Clancy as an assistant . . . Memo to Bill Nelligan: When are we getting our jackets from the softball league? .. Joe Phelan spent his furlough trying to figure out why God made him short . . . Christmas has come and gone and here is a sampling of 022's gift list: Butch Gordon got an eagle feather from all his little scouts; Sgt. Bill "Fish" Kearney got a new hat from Bob Desmond; Kenny Freyer gave his team the directions to his summer place; Frank Wall got an engraved ledger book to keep track of all the station records; Lt . Bob Hanley got a fifty man tact team (ha ha hal; Mike Leonard got one month when his name didn't appear in print; J. L. Swank got a lifetime pass to Mayslake; a certain person in 006 got a new head covering; Walt Fleming got a guarantee of no more kids; Bob Desmond got a new summer place since K.F. gave directions to his old one; Mike O'Donnell got someone to buy both his house and his boat; John Grotta got a contract to fence the Grand Canyon; Danny May got a summer furlough; Jim O'Hara got a lifetime supply of fanbelts; and everyone else got just what they deserved .. . John "The Mountie" Schaeffer, formerly of 022, got married ... Charlie Freed just walked in and blocked out all the light . .. Read Dickens' Christmas Carol and then write a report on the meaning of a Christmas goose . ..

P.O. Jim Molloy

023: Happy New Year! . .. Well, among those to beat the deadline for extra tax deductions, and years of joy ahead are M. O'Brian and his wife, Linda, who were blessed with Marty, Jr., and also K. Kato and his bride, Marge, who unwrapped an early Christmas present named Brian ... Good

"Now don't start sounding off about Women's Lib." luck and best wishes to Sgt. Chuck Bullerman who left our Neigh borhood Relations Unit after six dedicated years. I understand he's brushing up on his Shakespeare . .. Welcome to Maurice (The Pol ice) Dailey who is our new Neighborhood Relations Sergeant at 023 . . . Get well wishes to W. Dworak who is trying to keep his toes at least a foot in front of him ... Condolences to Sgt. Motzny on the death of his mother- in-law · .. Well, best wishes to all the dedicated and outstanding men and ladies at 023. May 1978 bring you all joy, comfort, respect, and , of course-promotions! ... Oh yes, a special congratulation to C. Klomes (formerly of the 023 staff) who I understand just made class commander . Just goes to show you the quality and style members of 023 take with them wherever they go . . . Till next time, don't eat any yellow snow ... And may the force be with you . ..

P.O. Rob Sarnowski

Communications: Congratu lations to Capt. Robert Fitzsimmons for he recently received his Master's Degree in Criminal Justice. It was a lot of years of study and hard work , but he and his family can relax a little now . .. By now we are all a little tired of Old Man Winter. The snow boots and snow shovels get a little heavier each day. What a nice thought-a warm sandy beach with a lot of sunshine. For some a dream, but for lois Leen, Sgt. McMillan, Teletype Opr.'s Virginia Singer, Phyllis Hogan and Annette Turner it will be reality, for they will all take part in the 1978 Spain adventure with the Chicago Sgts . Association ... Welcome to Disp .-Aides Dolores Edwards, Louise Gray, Lewis Blanton, and Bobby Peterson-all assigned to Communications . . . Good I uck to Robert Proctor, Robert Lizik. and Jim Lonergan-all recently transferred · . . Get well wishes and hurry back to Tom Reid · . . There are no retirements this month but there are sure a lot of rumors in the air . Denise Clifford, our timekeeper, (AKA "The Flower Girl" or "Sunshine") gave Sgt. Cusack a softshoe demonstration at a recent watch party. I understand Sgt. Cusack is not bad himself . . . Remember our comrades with a call or a card . . With a closing word-The price of gold is going up . .. Until next month , stay well ..

Disp. Mitch Bruski

Bureau of Community Services: Well, the day has arrived for our proud mother, Joanie Richardson, to introduce us to a beautiful bouncing baby girl- Tracy lee! . .. Boy, oh boy! Have you noticed the change in P.O. Harry Gleason since he came back from his Caribbean cruise? "He's wicked!" . . . I see Sgt. Hoff was up in Wisconsin


at his favorite sport- hunting! .. . Happy to see Demetria Riahtout well and back to work ... I hear Lt. Taylor, Human' Relations, had a lovely trip touring the South. (New Orleans, La ., and Atlanta, Georgia) ... Congrats to a new employee-Deidra Coleman, PIID. Happy to have you aboard! ... Congrats also to Sgt . Earl Zuelke who is taking the place of "Ex-Sgt. Blackburn" in the Prog. & Evaluation Unit. Very happy to have you with us in the Bureau! ... The sunny skies of Florida are call ing Director Cody and his wife, Rosemary, over the holidays. Will be thinking of you two sweltering in the sun while we are freezing in this cold blistering snowy winter. Have fun! .. . Welcome back to P.O. John Holmes who has been on medical. He is recommending bunionectomies to all who listen .. .

Violet Dykas

Criminalistics: Get well wishes to Dorothy Daly and to other members on the medical rolls .. . Welcome back to the unit Sgt. Jim Nemec .. . Congrats to Tech Bob Maxwell who has been elected chariman of the Illinois Patrolman's Association-South Division ... Congrats also to Sgt. Virgil Lowell who has been awarded a Department Commendation for his action during an attempted armed robbery ... Tech John Sadunas has returned from his vacation down south. The t ime off doesn't seem to have improved his temperament . .. Grateful members of the Firearm's Identification Section have presented Sgt. Vince Lomoro with the First Annual Singing Sergeant Award ... Chief Document Examiner Maureen Casey recieved a letter of Commendation from the F.B. I. for her valuable assistance in a federal case ... Best wishes to Tech Rodney and the new Mrs. Penny Coppernoll-Blach. The newlyweds enjoyed a honeymoon in Jamacia . Penny is employed by the University of Illinois .. . Tech Bernie Kwak has returned from a pleasure cruise in the Caribbean

Tech John Stout

Traffic Area 1: Bill Rowe's ultimely death left us all saddened ; we lost a good friend ... Eddie LaCourse and W. Drabik are comparing notes with D. Olson on pipe smokers who wear bow ties and drive VW's . .. Welcome to Lt. Woods and Sgt. What's His Name . .. Sgt. Shine's son, who works for the University of Chicago Police, made an outstanding arrest of a robbery offender ... Frank Shannon and George Matthews were attacked by an intoxicated driver who, despite his small size and lack of balance, put the two defenders of justice on the 10D list ... Bob Shackleton just won the Arthur Godfrey look-a like contest ... Why does H. Krope hate An ita Bryant??? S. Paczkowski's hair line has receded to the middle of his back . . . Sgt. Gaffney's son is one of the new crime fighters in the 5th District ... D. Manzella and l. Gade are having their bikes equipped with heaters and seat warmers . .. R. Green is j\Jst the right weight for a man 34 years old that is seven foot four inches tall ...

P.O. Edward Ryan

Youth Division: Wedding bells have been ringing at Youth Headquarters. Marilyn ' Bucey of our Special Investigations Unit took the vows and Carmella Arnold was heard Singing the "Wedding Song" for her brother, Danny Abate of 001 .. . Welcome back to Richard Caimens and Michael Sheahan who recently returned to the Youth Division after leaving the Department ... Speedy recoveries to Y.O. George Bilecki and P.O. Michael Smandra of 074 ... Our old friend ,

Walter Graeber, recently visited the HQ crowd. Same old Walter-"bankroll" and all ... Congratulations to Bob Tiller (184) who has taken the record for the "youngest grandfather." Is the world ready for Robert Tiller III? ... Ask Y.O.'s Cassaro, Wiktorek, and Zablo (075) about a fish ing expedition 10 Minnesota. It rained, sleeted and snowed (all four days)! ...Several investigators were recently assigned to the "case of the Missing Time-Due Slips" from Big "I's" desk-average of one pad a week ... Welcome back to Fran Isabelle (073) who returned to duty after another stay in the hospital. Glad to see you well again ... Rumor has it that Ron Kelly and Luis Alvizu took time off to go to Florida. Together?!? Hope they're having fun ...

Barbara Erickson

lAD: Condolences to Inv. Richard O'Sullivan on the loss of h is daughter ... A speedy recovery to Sgt. AI Boehmer (Review) ... Sgt. Bill Gorman is still recuperating from a serious heart attack. Get well soon! . .. Jeanette Bouda, of the Advocate Section , attended her family's first reunion in 40 years in Norfolk, Va ., during Thanksgiving. They enjoyed just sitting around the fireplace eating turkey .. . Congratulations to Lt . Joe Murphy on the plaque he received "for professional integrity and inspiration" from his staff : Sgt. 's Fred Anderson, Ron Billings, Bob Salewski, Henry Kramer, Walter Klak, Stan Barkauskas, Mort Lowy, P.O.'s Tom Donlon, Bill McCabe, Bob Lintz, Basil Del Guidice, Vince Sabella, Dave O'Cull, Mike Studenroth, John Butterfield and Senior Clerk Audrey Davis ... Captain Michaels had a great time sunnin' and funnin' on the West Coast during his furlough . .. Welcome aboard to Sgt. Charlie Epperson (formerly of 017) .. . Good luck to all the contenders for lieutenant and captain . . . And please note that any Star news should reach this reporter by the last day of the month ... Adios for now! ...

P.O. George Gottlieb

Property Management Division: Gina Marie Ferro (mother Sr. Clerk Nancy Ferro) weighed in at seven pounds even! Both doing well . .. The Engineers (Local 556-556A) Dinner Dance at the Martinique was, as always, a real success. Our Pat Delgado (mother of the kid with the measles) drew the winning numbers for the door prizes. Wife of President Curtis Weeks and wife or our A.C.O.E. A-4 Bill Gaffney were some of the recipients ... We would like to wish the best to our former A.C.O.E. Art Morgan who is leaving us to accept a promotion as Chief Engineer with the Chicago Public Library. We will 'miss him ... Ray Pracht, Electrician Area 6, had fun in Germany (Octoberfest) .. . Get well wishes to Mike Mollo, custodial worker in 10th District ... Welcome back to Lonnie Coltrinari, Electrician . He agrees it is much better to be on the job than in the hospital ...

Dolores Donahue

Public Vehicle Section: Well , our Christmas party was a huge success-thanks to all that attended ... Congratulations to Lt. Thomas Faragoi who received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from Northeastern Univ. and is now working on his Masters Degree in Social Justice at Lewis Univ. (back to more tests) . .. Thomas Carroll has just returned home from the hospital for a speedy recovery. " Hurry back, Tom, the cab drivers miss you ." . . . Congratulations to Joe Cambell who recently took a beautiful bride . Good luck, Joe & Kim ... Shy and Quiet Eddie Devine has just won this year' s "Most Likable

Policeman Award " . .. "Wanna buy a ticket?" Mike O'Malley has just taken his " FAT" leather jacket out of mothballs and is on another diet. The last 47 d iets have all been successful (temporarily) . .. Our condolences to Charlie Cole on the lossof his aunt ... Cab man Kenny Kadulis is going to Pharmaceutical School. Graduation will be when he figures out how to get those little bottles in the typewriter! .. . Let's not forget George O'Donnell and Bob Passeri 'who keep on insisting on taking those gypsy drivers over the scale on their way to the station . .. With the holiday season over, plans are being made for next year to implement an unmarked threewheel motorcycle for the Loop ...

P.O. Frank B. Bielfeldt

Radar: Would you like to know what date it is? Would you like to have some wires pulled? Just see Eddy Dee, he is into both of these areas . .. Dan McGovern and his apprentice Mickey Lorenzen just finished a job cleaning Ed McMahon's rug. Good job, guys ... Steve Koncz is going on the lecture circuit. H is topic will be sleeping and radar and will be directed toward senior citizens ... Glad to see Chester's cousin Aldan Smada back with us after an extended absence . . . Speaking of AI's cousin, he and Bud Friddle are going into smoke detector business. I understand it can be very prof itable ... Leon Kersey wants all his friends, including Watson Wesbrooks, to know that he is not retiring-just going south for the winter ... The John O'Malleys and Paul Meyers are planning a cruise in March, or is that going cruising? ... Just talked to Dell McCue about Bud &Chet smoke detecting business. Dell says it is very profitable, and he shou Id know ... Get well wishes to Tom Egan and Con Buttimer, our neighbors from across the hall ... Speaking of neighbors, Howie Anderson wants to know why his neighbors don't invite him to their parties . .. John Tracy Althouse has returned to our fair city from K.C. and is serving as an advisor to Phil, Tony, and the gang, al though he is st ill retired . .. One of our best friends, Wayne Wagner is not feeling up to par, hope he bounces back soon . The team needs you, Wayne . .. Jim Rapata and yours truly are looking for bagpipes for their sons. Hoowabooout some help, ladd ies? ... The column is ending on a sad note again, we lost Bill Rowe, a good friend and one of the classiest guys your reporter ever had the privilege to know. That old Radar Unit in the sky is getting too big, let's hope there are no more transfers there for some time ...

P.O. Charley Jenkins

SOG North: Many new faces have shown up at SOG North and some of the old ones have departed . Welcome aboard to Lt. Ken Alexander, Sgts. John Rouzan, Hank Gralak, Bob Ritenour and Chuck Ramsey and the new rangers in the Big Six- "Little John" Mahon, Bob Skwarski and Ken Flegelman from 015, Jerry Mahnke from 023, and Bill Nelson from 020. Also welcmme to Greg Vastine, George Gallagher, Larry Rutili and Danny "Angry Man" Calandrino back from MTU. Larry says that he can now sing a great version of "Danny Boy" but Dan claims he never saw anybody Sing Irish songs with his hands before ... Promoted and departed are Lt. Frank Golbeck and Sgts . Joe Deopez and Eddie Stack. Jerry Mahon went to Area 6 Robbery and Ron Stasica and Ray Gawne to burglary units .. . It was a great year for vacations. Some of the lads, like myself , ended up in Ireland. Joe Mohan searched up and down Ireland for his people but only found one in a Belfast lock-up . I gave Jim


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Sweeney directions to Dublin. He is still missing. Back in the states, Tony "Disco Squiggy" Pavis took his vacation in Morton Grove; Jim Gildea and Ned Hladczuk took their shotguns and headed for Lake Michigan; Jack Sheahan was seen chasing after the dog that bit his jogging partner, Sgt. Jack Berry, somewhere in Wisconsin; and J. M. Thomas went to Hawaii to hula with the girls. Earl "The Pearl" Severin added that his partner Pat "The Rat" O'Connor journeyed to the basement and surrounded himself with Old Style ... Did you know that Phil Nuccio is on a crash diet? Since his accident he can't eat .. . Denny Doyle and AI Augustine deny any knowledge of the chicken bones in 5220 . .. Dan Kukanic and Bill Spaulding were recently presented with a bronzed 23rd District beat map . . . Lt . Marcin tried to get on the pa per on Ca pt. Walsh's murder pinch ... Sgt. Spedale and Lt. Clem were seen eating a 19" pizza. Both were stabbed in the hand with forks trying to get the last piece ... Back on a serious note, a Department Commendation was presented to Larry Knysch and Jimmy Henk .. . Honorable Mentions to Harrington, Schillen, Wojtowicz, Kaminski, Fligelman, Cooper, Borders, Graf, Whalen, O'Grady, O'Connell, Ransom, Stewart, Sherwin, Collins and Zingarelli. Three each were presented to Ciangi, Byrne, Lane, Schnoor, Gildea, and Hladczuk. Keep up the good work guys and go .. . Condolences to John Rouzan on the death of his father ... Good luck to Capt. Charles Hopp and Sgt. Mike Sheridan after long and honorable careers ... Lenny Ciangi and his lovely wife, Jeannie, welcomed "little Gina" into the world. Ed and Elaine Dickenson were blessed with little Edwin; Eddie and Donna Healy with Lynn Marie; and Barney and Susie Graf with Matthew. All of the babies are cute. They all favor their mothers

P.O. Mike Byrne

No parking! With the Dearborn Park con

struction across from Police Headquarters now underway, parking in the area has started to tighten up and will become much worse in the near future.

Department members are urged to double up in car pools or to use public transportation whenever possible to ease their parking problems.

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A CHICAGOAN'S PRAYER

Father in heaven, Help me never to lose touch with Chicago, Or with the multitude ofgood people Who make this city so great. Help me to look up to no one. Help me to look down to no one. Rather give me the mind of Christ So that 1 might see every man as He did . .. Eyeball to eyeball. Save me from any Madison Avenue mentality That views women who are at home in the world As slightly superior to those whose world is their home . .. Or that views men who carry a brief case As somehow better than those who carry a lunch pail. Help me to steer clear of sophisticated stereotypes Which are more fashionable than reasonable. Help me to love people . . . Not just the ones on Michigan Avenue, But the ones on State Street, too . .. Not just the gray-flannel people Who shuttle about town in taxis, But the great mass who ride the CTA, Work hard, Pay their taxes, Mow their lawns, And who make this the most liveable city in the world. Amen

Rev. Tony Ahlstrom

Crane named • 'Man of lear' Police Department's Chief Operating Engineer Edward J. Crane receives award as Chicago Police Captains Association Man of the Year for 1977 from Chief James E. O'Grady (right), Criminal Investigation Division, president of the group. Crane was honored for his 25 years of service.


-=-~-'-LIGHT ON T HE 12TH DISTRICT

Monroe Street area has 'rebirth' The near southwest side, patrolled by

the 12th District, is one of the oldest communities in the city.

According to records the community, East of Halsted Street and South of Roosevelt Road goes back to 1835 when the town of Chicago was incorporated. Two years later Chicago was incorporated as a city and its boundaries extended South to Cermak Road and West Street on the west, this area fell within the city limits.

During the next several decades, the area was vibrant with tremendous growth in trade and manufacturing. A land boom, result of the projected Illinois-Michigan Canal, had many scrambling to acquire land along its route . Manufacturing plants, foundries, lumber and flour mills and other types of factories were erected along the west bank of the Chicago River.

Many railroads, including the Chicago and Northwestern; Rock Island; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul , and were erected in the area up to Halsted In: 1859, a horse-drawn streetcar sysPittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Street on the West and Roosevelt Road tem was started to provide transportaLine, established tracks into Chicago on the South. tion to the near southwest side, which with the Union Depot completed at With the extension ofthe western ci ty rapidly was becoming densely popuCanal and Madison Streets in 1860. limits, (by an act of the State of Illinois lated. The population more than dou

Immigrants from many European Legislature in 1851) to Western Av bled between 1861 and 1871. The area countries poured into Chicago to work enue, the first sewers and gas lights East of Halsted Street and South of on railroad and factory jobs. Thousands were installed and a bridge over the Harrison, was already deemed a slum of small wooden houses, occupied by South Branch ofthe river at Polk Street, district, particularly in the vicinity of Germans, Irish and Scandinavians constructed. Maxwell and Halsted Streets.

J~-;'jjj The great Chicago Fire of1871, which started in the 12th District on DeKoven Street, did comparatively little damage, although some residents were burned out of their homes.

Many of those burned out however, moved into the near southwest area community with the population increasing from 160,000 to 214 ,000 residents in one year. This phenomenon, however temporary, did result in the area south of Madison Street and east of Western to build up with Madison Street becoming the most importantOfficer Ray Bryck directs business area in the city until the centruck traffic in the busy Ful

ton Street Market area. tral business area in the loop was rebuilt.

Photos by Roman Zabicki, By 1900 the older German, Irish and Graphic Arts Scandinavian settlers were beginning

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Commander Ronald Nash of 12th District with some of his mementos in office.


Officers Richard Mrozek (left) and AI Muscolino walk Maxwell Street beat.

to move further west and north into newer communities and were displaced by a large influx ofItalians, Poles, Russian Jews, Greeks and other European immigrants.

Heterogeneous through its history, the composition of the near southwest side has been altered from time to time by immigrants from foreign countries. In the 1930's, large numbers of Mexicans and Negroes started moving into the area and by 1960, the community contained 18 per cent of all Mexicans and 19 per cent of all Puerto Ricans in Chicago. Today the district has more

Lieutenant James Dunworth, 3rd Watch Commander, conducts firearms inspection at roll call in 12th District squad room.

Officer Roger Murphy admires some strawberries in Fulton Market.

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than 85,000 residents; approximately 64 per cent of whom are Latino and Negro with the remaining 36 per cent white residents of many ethnic origins.

Twenty-five per cent of the 12th District is devoted to industrial use . The district also boasts the largest hospital complex in the world (Cook County, St. Lukes Presbyterian, Illinois Research, Eye Ear and Throat and Veterans Administration Hospital, nursing schools, research and many other medical buildings.

It also has the University of Illinois Chicago Campus; the Fulton (meats) and South Water (produce) markets, the famous and picturesque Maxwell Street

with its many street peddlers and stores and Circle Court, one of the first enclosed shopping centers in Chicago, at 500 South Racine .

Other points of interest are the Timothy J . O'Connor Training center; the Whitney Young (magnet) School , the Skinner School (for the handicapped) and the Lighthouse for the Blind.

The 12th District, bounded by the Dan Ryan Expressway on the east, Western Avenue on the West, Madison Street on the North and Cennak on the South, is headed by Commander Ronald Nash. There also is a small section which runs from Ashland Avenue on the South to and along the River east to

Director Weldon Burris of Harbor Light Mission Detoxification Center talks to Officers Gary Calabrese, Neighborhood Relations, Robert Tuttle and Edward Augle Sr.


Sergeant Charles M. White

16th Street and the railroad tracks. Nash, a 20-year veteran of the Department, was named commander ofthe district on June 16, 1976.

In recent years, the near southwest side has been undergoing a process of rehabilitation with many new building developments such as Westgate Terrace, Garden Apartments and Campus Green, either having been erected or now under construction. Another area on the 1500 block ofWest Jackson Blvd., which consists of old, larger homes, have been purchased by many professional people-lawyers, doctors, college professors, judges, businessmen, etc., and are currently being renovated. (A movement is underway to have this area declared a Chicago landmark.) A number of large new homes also have been constructed in the district. Vacant lots between the university and hospitals also are turning into small housing projects with townhouses and other structures being erected.

Police Officer Ray Bryck, appointed to the Department in October 1953, has worked at the 12th District the longest of any officer. Now assigned to foot patrol in the Fulton Market, Bryck recently recalled his first days on the job:

"I'll never forget the first two nights. I reported at midnight and as I walked into the station I was welcomed aboard by two detectives: John Killackey (now Deputy Superintendent, Bureau of Investigative Services) and George Howlett (now deceased). The next night I was taken on a tour of the district by Sgt. William Miller (now Assistant Deputy Superintendent, Communications Division)."

Several other officers who have worked at the 12th District for most of their police careers include: Officers

Officer Burt Klinsky keeps traffic moving in Maxwell Street area.

Warrant Officer Neil Francis

Officer James Smith, District coordinator for crossing guards.

David Lunebach (appointed 1958), Joseph Zib (1956), Robert Tuttle (1956) and Al Fornell (1957).

Lunebach and Zib, reminiscing about their early days on the job, recalled that the district had two beat cars, three squadrols (one a bums' wagon) and seven motorcycles , and a total manpower of 165 officers. The officers who were assigned motorcycles, had to walk foot partols for four of their eight hours on a tour of duty.

The "bums" wagon was designated as such because of the more than 400 alcoholics and derelicts who were picked up daily by the wagon men-most of them for "safekeeping"-along the Skid Row area of Madison Street and surrounding areas. On cold winter days the men used to go into the station themselves, seeking shelter.

While many officers have helped the drunks and derelicts through the years Sgt. Arthur Pieper went further. Taking a personal interest, he has found clothing for those who were poorly

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Officer Stanley Kiwala directs truck at South Water Market.


Lieutenant Donald Kelly and Officer Willie Ware have some handcuff hijinks.

Officer Donna Pacanowski checks on car license through Mobile Terminal. She was one of the original 14 women who went into Patrol Division in 1974.

dressed and provided food for those who were hungry.

Madison Street in the 40's and 50's, and for some years before that, roughly from Western Avenue to Canal Street, was populated by wall-to-wall striptease joints, taverns, cheap flop houses or hotels. Many professional men who became alcoholics following the Depression, along with others from all walks of life who were down on their luck, lost themselves on the Skid Row strip.

Madison Street started dying out in 1959, when one after another of the night clubs and taverns closed and moved, or went out of business. Also, in 1960 many buildings were torn down, others burned out.

The derelict problem was so great that the 12th District assigned one officer, Frank Cleary, full-time to find families and relatives of those who died on Skid Row.

Officers Lunebach and Zib recalled that the Salvation Army used to park a

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wagon in front of the station every morning to serve hot coffee and doughnuts to the drunks and derelicts as they left court, which was situated on the second floor of the building.

Today, under a new Illinois program, alcoholics no longer are taken into the station or court. They are now transported to detoxification centers: the Haymarket House at 10 S. Peoria, or Harbor Light, at 1515 W. Madison Street.

Jack Ruby , who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, while the latter was in custody of the Da llas Police for the murder of President John Kennedy in 1963, had a tavern in the 12th District.

Also, Richard Speck, convicted murderer ofeight nurses, was picked up by a 12th District wagon crew in a West Madison Street flop house after slashing his wrists in a suicide attempt, and transported him to County Hospital where a doctor washing Speck's arm to treat the wounds , found the tatoo which identified him.

Sgt. Patrick King, and Police Officer Gary Calabrese, 12th District Neighborhood Relations Unit, recalled one derelict, known only as Walter, who had made the station his home. "Walter always slept on one of the benches on the second floor and used the district bathroom to clean up," King said.

"One day , one of the officers went upstairs and found him dead. Since he had no family , the officers banded together and raised enough money to bury him."

The present station, situated at 100 S. Racine Ave., was built in 1949. Prior to that time the station house (then the 26th District) was situated at DesPlaines. Avenue and Randolph Street.

Most crimes in the 12th District are committed during daytime hours, according to Commander Nash . The majority are either thefts of or from autos. The 12th District has one of the smallest crime rates in the city. Last year, the district had the fourth lowest crime rate in the city-with 7,075 crimes reported, Nash said, adding:

"The Monroe Street District has continually experienced crime decreases

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VETERANS

ADMINISTRATION

HOSPITAL

IN MEMORIAM Years of Date of

Name Unit Age Service Death

P.O. Carl Allen . ......... . .... ... . . .. ... 001 ... ... 42 ... . ... 15 .. . . . .. 17 December P.O. Constant ine Belles ........ . ... . . ... 187 . ..... 50 ....... 24 ... . . . . 18 December P.O. Thomas Gesiorski ........ . . ..... . .. 007 .. .... 52 ....... 21 . ... ... 26 December P.O. Frank Size ............ . ... . .. . . ... 016 ...... 54 ....... 21 ... . . . . 30 November P.O. John Summers ....... . ... .. . . . .. .. 073 . ..... 48 ....... 20 . . . .. . . 15 December

Officers Joseph Mariatto (left) and James Stokes make stop at Veterans Administration Hospital.

throughout 1977 as well . We were the lowest of all districts citywide in the 6th and 9th Police Periods; the next to the lowest during the 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 11th Periods and the third lowest during the 3rd and 12th Periods.

"Cumulatively, for the first 12 periods of 1977 ending 7th, our district showed a 3.3 per cen t decrease in crime.

"Furthermore, .we experienced one day, December 12th, when we only had one Part I crime for the entire day-the theft of a CB radio ."

When O. W. Wilson , appointed Superintendent in 1960, reorganized the Department, the 12th District (or Monroe Street Station) was merged with Warren Avenue (27th District) and (22nd District). The Warren Avenue station was torn down almost immediately after the merger. Maxwell Street, designated as Area Center 4, housed the Criminal Investigation Division, Youth, Traffic, Special Operations Group and other units until the new Area Center 4 building was constructed and opened on August 20,1975 at 3151 W. Harrison St.

Today, Maxwell Street, one ofthe oldest police structures in the Police Department-having been built in 1889, houses the Intelligence and Vice Control Units.

The 12th District has a manpower of 350 police officers-33 per cent of whom are minorities .


DEPARTMENT COMME DATIONS A Department Commendation was

conferred upon 6th District Officers Robert Angone (at the time a temporary sergeant) , Allen Szudarski, Jack Meseck, and Michael Martire for their professionalism in the apprehension of a rapist.

Responding to a broadcast at a public school, the officers were informed by a faculty member that an 11 year old girl had been taken into a garage, beaten, and raped on the way home from school.

The girl , recovering in a nearby hospital, supplied the officers with a description of the offender and the general area of the incident. Arriving at the scene, they were met by an investigator from Area 2 General Assignment who informed them that he was investigating the battery of an eight year old girl which had occurred the previous day. The description of this assailant matched that of the rapist.

The officers continued their search of the area and discovered a trail of blood leading from a nearby garage. In checking the interior of the garage, several items were noted that were described by the victim. They went to the house, and were admitted by two men, one of whom fit the description of the offender. The officers placed the suspect under arrest and was subsequently identified by both girls as their assailant.

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Investigator William Nolan and Officer Ralph Consago, Intelligence Division, were awarded Department Commendations for their efforts in the apprehension of a counterfeiter of City of Chicago Tax Stamps recently. The bogus stamps were being affixed to cigarette packages and dispensed through vending machines throughout Chicago.

After an extensive six-week investigation, in collaboration with the City Department of Revenue, Nolan and Consago were able to learn the offender's identity. The officers had developed a technique which enabled them to identify the stamps as counterfeit.

Nolan and Consago obtained a search warrant, arrested the offender and seized cigarettes and vending machines exceding $100,000 in value. The cigarettes bore the counterfeit stamps and

Officer Robert Angone

Officer Allen Szudarski

business records seized in the raid indicted that the arrestee had defrauded the City of Chicago of more than $124,000 in revenue during the past two years.

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Sergeant Charles Loftus and Officers Bruce Johnson, Salvatore Inglima, James Duignan, and Dale Gatliff, 6th District, were presented Department Commendations for their quick and decisive actions which resulted in the apprehension of two murderers recently.

Responding to a broadcast of an armed robbery on the 8500 block of South Calumet Avenue, Gatliff observed two men running through nearby Cole Park. He noted the men's descriptions and continued to the scene where he discovered an abandoned newspaper truck. Inside the vehicle was the driver-fatally injured with three gunshot wounds in the head. After interviewing witnesses, the officer confirmed that the two men he observed in the park fit the description of the offenders. He then notified the Communications Operations Section which broadcast the offender's descriptions.

Johnson, on patrol near Cole Park, observed the two suspects and requested assistance. Loftus, Duignan, and Inglima responded, at which time the four officers apprehended the suspects. The officers recovered the murder weapon, as well as personal property of the victim.

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Sergeant Robert Baker, Investigator Dennis Muchowicz, and Officers Albert Oseguera, Thomas

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Officer Michael Martire

Bridges, and George Karl, VCD Narcotics, recently conducted an extensive narcotics investigation between Aurora, Illinois and ChicagO'.

After determining the identity of the dealers and e~tablishing their location, one of the officers was able to contact one of the dealers and arrange a drug transaction. Working undercover, the officers purchased one pound of marijuana from the dealer while the other officers observed the sale nearby. No arrest was made at this point in order to arrange for the purchase of a larger quantity of drugs.

A short time later, arrangements were made for a second purchase at which time the officers placed the dealer under arrest as soon as he made the transaction to the undercover officer.

The officers also arrested a heroin dealer after some further investigation, which led to the apprehension of still another dealer possessing part of a kilogram of heroin recently transported from Mexico.

In all, the officers were able to effect the arrest of three dealers and two others for possession and confiscate more than $465,000 worth of drugs.

* * * Sergeant Ollie Morgan, Area 4

Burglary, was honored for his decisive action during the crash of the elevated rapid transit crash at Lake Street and Wabash Avenue .

Sgt. Morgan, who arrived immediately on the scene, assisted in rescue operations with assistance of other officers. He climbed onto fallen cars through broken windows to evacuate passengers. Then he coordinated the removal of all vehicles from the area to

. facili tate the arrival of ambulances and other rescue equipment.


Officer Bill Bryant's whole career had gone to the dogs years ago and he couldn't be happier. He was one of the first six officers chosen for the new Canine Unit initiated in 1960 under the regime of Superintendent O.W. Wilson, arid has been a member ever since.

"It was a new and important program," said Bryant, a member of the Department since 1955, "and I'm proud to have been with them since its inception. The six of us took an extensive 14-week course dealing with canine training from the St. Louis Police Department-their personnel having taken a course over in England."

Bryant's skill as a dog handler has grown tremendously since those early days. He was one of the first trainers appointed to the Department's own program and has subsequently taught several classes.

"My first dog was Rex II, " he said, "and what a wondenul animal he was. I had him for 10 years before he died four and a half years ago. I miss that dog terribly."

The evidence of Rex's expertise as a police dog can best be measured by the numerous awards he had won. Through his achievements, he had been presented citations, plaques, and even lawsuits!

"He was the only dog ever to 'testify' in a court of law in the history of this city," said Bryant. "They still study the case in many university law classes throughout the country ."

The incident occurred in the early 1960's when Bryant and his four-legged partner were assigned to cover a riot situation developing on the city's south side. "One of the rioters came at me and Rex bit him," said Bryant. "The victim sued the city, the Department, and Rex. My dog was charged with 'vicious propensities:

"It was really a wild scene in the courtroom that day. The opposing lawyer was a man weighing more than 240 pounds. He tried to incite Rex into attacking him as the dog sat on the stand-but it didn't work. Just imagine this huge man screaming and rolling on the floor while the dog just sits there calmly and stares at him . The only time Rex so much as growled was when the judge raised his gavel as he talked to

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me, but when he lowered it the dog remained quiet.

"What the lawyer didn't realize was that the only reason Rex bit the man was because he was threatening me. A great love and affection develops between a man and his dog. A police dog would gladly give his life for his master.

"Since the trial, Rex had been petted

thousands of times by active children who pulled his ears and poked him while he just stood there calmly."

The Canine Unit, as well as serving as a crime-fighting measure, is an exceptional public relations tool. "More than 60 million people have seen my dogs and I perform at demonstrations," said Bryant. "Eighty-three thousand alone saw us at the Illinois State Fair. We put on shows for everybody-senior citizens, retarded children, blind people, orphans, and handicapped people."

With the canine officer spending so much time around dogs and children, the person obviously can't be a W. C. Fields. "We carefully screen the candidates for the unit before we proceed with their training," said Bryant . " Not everybody has the special qualities for the job. What most people don't realize is that the officer spends hours grooming and caring for the animal himself, including many major things for which the average dog-owner would send their pet to a veterinarian. We are trained in emergency medical treatment for the dog in case of an accident."

Bryant had to make use of this training once when his second dog, Brutus, was injured in a serious accident as he was pursuing an offender in a warehouse. Several sheets on linoleum tiles fell from a 15 foot stack and severely cut the animal.

"Brutus was back to work in no time," said Bryant. "A dog heals 10 times fas


Cops and unions an unhealthy lDix BY BOB WIEDRICH Reprinted courtesy, Chicago Tribune

Just in the last three years, as crimi- . nals have continued raping and pillaging America like Attila the Hun, policemen calling themselves professionals have repeatedly gone on strike.

In Youngstown , Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Tucson, and San Francisco, men who demand the respect of their communities have taken a walk on their responsibilities over salary disputes.

In other cities across the nation, still other police officers have demeaned themselves even more by staging the childish charade called Blue Fluclaiming to be too sick to work when their wage demands have not been met.

Tragically, all this has gone on at a time when police have been pushing for recogn ition as the professionals an overwhelming majority of them really are . So in that sense, the truly dedicated cops have had to shoulder the added burden of union-oriented colleagues who don't much seem to care what happens to their towns if the chaos suits their purpose.

In Chicago, five police groups, includ-

Personalit ies ... ter than a human being. Once Rex had surgery equivalent to our appendectomy operation-he was back to work in less than a month. In fact, he worked almost up to the day he died:'

As in humans, every dog has their own distinct personality. "Brutus is a lot more hyper than Rex was," said Bryant. "Although he is more than six years old, he still has a lot of puppy left in him. Like my first dog, Brutus is great with children, tolerant with adults, and tough when he has to be:'

All work and no play isn't a very good idea for a police dog either. When the dog is home he serves as the family pet. Bryant's four children-Rochelle, 19, William, 15, Cappy, 13, and Kelly, 4"just love the dog."

"They used to dress the dog in doll clothes," he said. "A picture in the 1977 edition of the Childcraft book 'About Dogs' shows a picture of Kelly pulling Brutus around the yard in a wagon."

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ing one AFL-CIO chartered union, are bidding for recognition as the sole bargaining agent for this city's 13,000 member police force .

Most of the groups have indicated they would agree to binding arbitration in the event of a deadlock and would not be adverse to a no-strike clause in any union contract with City Hall. Leaders of several other group~ , however, have made strike threats, perhaps more out of braggadocio than sincerity.

Nonetheless, the echoes of such threats have lingered on, much to the distaste ofmany Chicago police officers. These are the men who would like better pay and working conditions, but not at the expense of their oaths ofoffice to serve and protect the public.

Also of concern to many policemen is the specter of irresponsibility raised by some of the police group leaders whose flapping tonsils have drowned out the more reasoned chant of their members. And finally, based on the events of recent years in other cities, what assurance can be given the citizens ofChicago that a no-strike pledge will be anything but an empty promise when the chips are down?

In the first place, labor leaders live on the precarious edge ofpersonal disaster. For union members can bejust as fickle as they claim management is. Unless a labor boss returns from the trough with a loaded pail time after time, his membership will soon boot him out.

So in order to survive, he must produce-<>r perish. And, ifhe does not deliver, there is always someone else waiting in the wings to trip him on the way to his next paycheck.

Thus, when a police labor leader finds himself backed against a wall by a strong mayor or city council , he has no alternative but to strike. Otherwise, what is the point of policemen paying dues to a labor organization? For the strike is the union's ultimate weapon.

And, as demonstrated by the experience of virtually every city in which such walk-outs have occurred, a police strike carries more potential for serious damage to the public safety than any other form of public work stoppage.

Electricians can strike, sewer workers can strike. Garbagemen can walk off

their jobs and the city will somehow manage to limp along. But a strike by policemen endangers the lives and property of citizens with far greater immediacy.

And, in case the union-oriented cops have forgotten it, they took an oaththey gave their solemn word-to enforce and to uphold the law. That fact alone sets them apart from most other public employees, that and their demands that law enforcement work be regarded as a profession with the highest of standards of competence , integrity, and devotion to duty.

Therefore, they can't have it both ways. They can't demand to be called professionals and then expect to be treated like production-line workers.

In Chicago, under the late Mayor Daley, police officers received salary increases 19 out of 21 years and there is every reason to believe that Daley's successor, Michael Bilandic, will continue that tradition within the limits of the public purse.

As a result, Chicago policemen are among the best paid in the nation. And most citizens, we believe, think they deserve it. But, what if the city treasury fell upon bad times? What ifthe country was beset by another economic recession or worse?

Then what would be the consequences ifan arbitrator granted salary increases to policemen in excess of the city's ability to pay? Would Chicago's 13,000 police officers call a strike if the City Council said no. As union members, would they have any alternative?

Chicago's cops have done pretty well in the pay department over the years. Many in their ranks feel they have prospered nicely. Others think they deserve more. Perhaps, with the inflationary spiral, they do.

But injecting the often arbitrary and heavy-handed tactics of labor leaders into the operations of a quasi-military organization like the Chicago Police Department makes as much sense to us as permitting members of the armed forces to join unions.

For once you thrust a business agent between a uniformed and armed force and its commanders, you sound the death knell of discipline. And without discipline, policemen can become as unruly as any mob they might be called on to quell.


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