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THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT NO. 1, 1988

Superintendent LeRoy Martin

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CHICAGO

POLICE

STAR VOL. 27 NO. 1 1988

Eugene Sawyer Acting Mayor

LeRoy Martin Superintendent

CHA RL ES F. FORD Deputy Superintendent Bureau of Community Services

NELSONS. BARRETO Commander Public and Internal Information Division

EDITORIAL STAFF LeROY JIRIK, Editor; DENNIS BINGHAM, Associate Editor; Photos by Graphic Arts Section Photographers. Unit reporters are listed in the Blue Light Section.

The Chicago Police Star is published by the Chicago Police Department and is the •official department publication. The Star is distributed without charge to active and retired Department members. 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 Commander of Public and Internal Information Division, Chicago Police Department, 1121 South State Street, • Chicago. 111 inois 60605.

It is the policy of the Chicago Police Department to provide services without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, disability or age. Fur­thermore, the Department is committed to overcome impediments which impact the ability of disabled/impaired per­sons to obtain equal access to police services, programs, act ivities and fa­cilities.

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Photos for this issue were taken by Officers Harry Schmuel and Bill Puchalski, and Bob Fun­amura and Tom Tatum ; cover sketch and keyline and paste-up by Leo Feltman, Graphic Arts Section.

Star of P.S. Lee Seward, killed in li ne of duty, is placed in Honored Star Case by widow Michaelene during special ceremony presided over by Superintendent LeRoy Martin.

Seward star enshrined Honored Star Case

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Superintendent LeRoy Martin of­ficiated at an Honored Star Case cere­mony in the James J. Riordan Police Headquarters lobby on January 27 , to enshrine the star worn by Patrol Spec­ialist Lee R. Seward.

Officer Seward was killed in the line of duty on December 30, 1987, while attempting to arrest a man during a disturbance . The offender was killed at the scene by responding officers in an exchange of gunfire.

Following an invocation by Fat­her Thomas Nangle , Department chap­lain, the superintendent said that "these stars are prominently displayed to ensure that the courage and dedica­tion of these officers will be remember­ed always."

Then his widow, Mrs. Mich­aelene Seward, placed the star, No. 15906, in the case, the 397th star to be permanently retired by the Depart­ment.

Officer Seward ,a 16-year veteran of the Department, was assigned to the 23rd District, and was the only officer to be killed in the line of duty in 1987.

A full honors funeral service was held for Officer Seward, 43, on January 4.

Father Nangle delivered the eulo­gy during the services in the Smith­Corcoran Funeral Hbme.

''When a police officer dies in the line of duty it touches a special

P.S. LEE R. SEWARD

chord in people," Father Nangle said. "Three times a day in the city of Chicago, men and women stand at roll calls and prepare to go out into the street to do what it says on the side of every marked patrol car, to serve us and protect us. We pray for those who may be called to pay the price that Officer Seward paid. A police officer has been taken from us and we are all the poorer for it."

Besides his widow, Officer Seward is suvived by his son, Lee Jr., 22; two brothars, Dennis and Bruce, and a sister, Gilberta Keating.

Interment services were private.

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Superintendent tells long range plans Shortly after his appointment as

head of the Chicago Police Department, Superintendent LeRoy Martin met with the editors of the Chicago Police Star. During the extensive interview, Martin discuss.ed his perspective on a variety of subjects, including Department prior­ities, long-range objectives and the challenge of being superintendent.

"It's an exhausting, but very satisfying position," he said. "I was surprised at the amount of work and long hours it demands of you. Budget hearings, meeting with citizens, rt­presenting the Department at various functions - I'm amazed with the amount of time it involves.

"I'm here in my office at eight in the morning and may not get out of here until IO at night-and this includes weekends. It can be both mentally and physically exhausting. But I'm slowly learning how to delegate duties to other members.

"During my first two weeks as superintendent, I met with former Superintendent Fred Rice several times and discussed the plans he would have continued or implemented. The Chicago Police Department is one of the best law enforcement organizations in the world. Much of what we do is copied by police agencies across the nation­a fact we can all be proud of. But we are also faced with significant chal­lenges , and gang crime and illegal nar­cotics activities are the most serious of these.

" I am also concerned about the

Martin held LeRoy Martin was named super­

intendent of the Chicago Police Depart­ment by the late Mayor Harold Wash­ington- on November 18, 1987 .

Martin has worked as a beat officer , traffic accident investigator , supervising sergeant , field lieutenant, watch commander and inspector. He has been commander of the Narcotics Section , director of Public and In­ternal Information Division , commander of Area 2 Detective Division, and deputy chief of Patrol Area 4, the position he held when he was named to

marauding gangs traveling from building to building in public housing develop­ments. I believe every citizen of this city should be able to walk anywhere he or she desires without fear. And I believe it is our responsibility to create and maintain such an environment."

Martin has already developed a program for stricter control of public housing properties and citizens are re­ceptive to the plan. He said:

"Vestibule security will control the interiors of these buildings. No one will be able to enter these properties without first passing through security. Identification cards, if I can get enough support for them, will enable security personnel to stop unauthorized persons from entering the buildings.

"Robert Taylor Homes will be the first site for the pilot program. After it has been fully established, the pro­gram will be turned over to the Chicago Housing Authority. Our concern right now is for funding to construct barriers to control access to these buildings."

Another of the superintendent's plans is to develop a program to ad­dress school truancy.

"I would like to establish Truancy Centers throughout the city," he said. "Truancy is a problem, but we should not have to devote too much time to it. The program I hope to implement would involve transporting truants to a Truancy Center where employees of the Board of Education would assume responsibility."

In discussing issues of officer

oariety of succeed retiring Superintendent Fred Rice.

The superintendent joined the Department in 1955 , was promoted to sergeant in 1965 , to lieutenant in 1975, and to captain in 1981.

Martin ha~ earned both a masters and bachelor of arts degree from Ro­osevelt University and has attended the University of Illinois and North­western University.

He is a member of the National Association of Juvenile Officers; Illin­ois Police Association ; National Organ-

SU PER INTENDENT LeROY MARTIN

safety, the superintendent expressed some strong feelings.

"I encourage all police officers to wear their safety vests and seat belts," he said. "Granted, they may be a little cum bersone, but the statistics are overwhelming that both are life-

positions ization of Black Law Enforcement Executives ; Roosevelt University Alum­ni Association ; Police Executive Re­search Forum ; and the Guardians , a police organization for which he served as vice president.

A native Chicagoan born on the West Side, Martin and his wife Con­stance, an elementary school teacher , have three children. Daughter Dawn recently graduated from Chicago State University; son LeRoy Jr. is an attor­ney; and son Ronald is a Chicago Police officer assigned to Gang Crimes West.

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savers. I'm a firm believer that all of our men and women must take these simple but necessary steps to protect themselves."

The superintendent is also a strong believer that an officer's appear­ance has a major impact on his or her effectiveness.

"It's important that an officer be well-groomed," he said. "The public, the people you meet every day, all judge you by your appearance. It is an important part of how you perform your job. Being physically fit is also important. Each officer should achieve and maintain good physical condition. We owe it to ourselves and our families.

"During the services for the late Mayor Harold Washington, I received numerous compliments on how fine my officers looked . The compliments came from citizens, elected officials, visiting dignitaries and police officials from other agencies. And although I was pleased to receive these compli­ments, I did so on behalf of all person­nel. It is our officers who deserve the credit. They were the ones who got up early that morning and took the time to have their shoes polished and uniform pressed. It does make a difference."

The week of Mayor Harold Washington's death was an emotional seven days for the city. It was a time when the superintendent was par­ticularly proud of the Department and its officers.

"One of the highlights of our performance was maintaining crowd control during the tumultuous day the City Council elected Acting Mayor Eugene Sawyer," said Martin. "For several hours, a massive crowd sur­rounded City Hall . And this was not a happy crowd- they were protesting. During the entire day, there were only five arrests, two of them inside the council chambers.

"This was the direct result of the tremendous effort and performance of our officers. And this was accomplished not by force, but by a fine display of professionalism. The officers, by their quiet command presence, had a tran­quilizing effect on the crowd.

"I am also proud of our ex em pt personnel. They served as the honor guard during the mayor's funeral services. When they learned that the huge crowd had blocked the street and that they might overrun the officers on traffic control, they went on-line to maintain order. All ranks in attend­ance came out and helped - deputies,

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captains, commanders, myself. They were toe-to-toe with the P.O.'s."

Martin believes that while police officers receive the highest quality training, he has reservation about how they use this training.

"Officers should always keep in mind the excellent training they have received ," he said. "After coming into a district, they must be careful to not become jaded and start taking bad advice. It's so easy to become lax on the street when you 're working day after day. Veteran officers must also continue to refresh themselves on train­ing techniques and procedures.

"I would like to see our officers make more frequent use of the excellent techniques they have learned at the Academy. Tum off the lights on the squad while patrolling residential areas or going down alleys. Roll the windows down and listen for any suspicious noises that may indicate a burglary­windows breaking or a dog barking.

"Chicago experiences many shoot­ings, more than any city should have to endure. We have good 'stop and frisk' laws, and we should make appropriate use of them. Criminal law permits the temporary questioning of a person without arrest. It also permits search <luring temporary questioning. These actions will vastly improve the sit­uation on our city streets.

"I feel that our beat officers should become more aggressive. They should not depend on the tactical, narcotic and drug units. Responsi­bility for crime prevention rests pri­marily with beat officers. Other units are backups, not replacements. They function as support units and provide specialized assistance to a district upon request; but primary responsibility for the suppression of illegal activities remain at the district beat car level."

The superintendent, in a recent

PAX 501 has directed all field person­nel to adopt a "pro-active" approach to the problems on the street.

''Personnel who come upon a sit­uation where temporary questioning is indicated must do so without deliber­ation. If backup units are necessary, call for assistance. But, by all means, take action!" he said.

"Each of us is concerned about the neighborhood we live in and wish our community to be trouble-free. The way to do this is to first address the problem right in the neighborhood we work in, the streets we patrol. We should consider the area we work in as though it's our own neighborhood. If everybody does his or her job and has the same concerns about the area they work in as they do the area they live in, we will have a safer city. It all translates into better police work," Martin added.

The superintendent expressed his thoughts on 'Department appointments, promotions and assignments.

"When I was appointed by the late Mayor Washington, I was told tl1ere would be no political interfer­ence," said Martin. "I met with Acting Mayor Eugene Sawyer and he also assured me that there would be no interference from City Hall relative to Department management.

"I owe everything I have to tl1e Department, and I will not let part­isan politics damage my 32-year record or the reputation of this Department. It is important for a superintendent to have the kind of committment I ha'4e received from the mayor.

"I intend to promote on merit, not for cosmetic reasons. The Depart­ment is always looking for bright people to promote, and they will be promoted when they are ready. In the future, the Department will be seeing more promotions of female police of­ficers. When females begin to reach the

IN MEMORIAM Friends and colleagues join with the Chicago Police Star in expressing the

deepest sympathy to the widows and familes of those officers who recently died.

Years of Date of Name Rank Unit Age Service Death Cichowski, Alexander P.O. 013 49 26 10 November Creighton, William Jr. P.O. 007 53 28 16 December Fisher, John P.O. 152 59 29 2 December Gall, Ronald Det. 603 50 21 6 November Hatton, James Sr. P.O. 012 49 22 25 October Hubert, Arthur L. P.O. 002 59 30 27 November Miley, Donald P.O. DPR 48 21 22 October Murphy, John J. Lt. 012 58 31 30 December Seward, Lee R. P.S. 023 43 16 30 December Suchocki, Bruno P.O. 001 43 20 19 December Waddell, James R. P.O. 710 45 20 17 December Wymbs, Walter Disp. 176 63 31 14 November

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supervisory position, some will be ap­pointed to the exempt ranks.

"As my record will indicate, have never discriminated against female police officers. I believe they have the right to work alongside male officers on any assignment. They have received the same training as males and have performed admirably .

"As for demotions and reassign­ments, nobody should be overly con­cerned . There should be no problems. If you 're doing your job, you'll have my full support."

Martin plans to continue former Superintendent Rice's policy of meeting regularly with community groups and organizations.

" I also plan to continue meeting with officers to learn of any problems, com plain ts or suggestions they may have. I want to know what they are thinking," he said. " I in tend to make planned and unplanned meetings with officers in the field , in the units, to see how they look and to assess their per­formance. I'm putting all watch com­manders on notice. Don't be surprised to look up one day at roll call and see the superintendent in attendance.

"As superintendent, I'm go ing to review the entire situation covering all aspects of the Department. We may be over-specialized. I'm not saying we are, but there is a possibility, and I want to review and evaluate the situation."

Martin talked of how much the Department has meant to him over the years.

"The Chicago Police Department has been good to me," he said. "It has supported me, educated me, promoted me. My family is elated over my ap­pointment as superintendent. I must admit I was surprised. Nobody expected this to happen to a guy from the West Side-to be selected is not only a com­pliment to me personally , but to the system as well. And it sends a message to all personnel : If you have the talent, do your job well and work hard , some­body will come along and recognize it."

The superintendent also spoke of a personal wish he has concerning his fellow officers.

"When I first came on the job there seemed to be a greater sense of loyalty among police officers," he said. "I'm not saying all of us were the great­est of friends . But if you didn 't like someone, you still worked with him and respected him as a fellow officer. It seemed that in those days people were

always going to the wakes and funerals of their fellow officers' family members .

"This doesn't seem to be the case anymore. We have lost some of this sense of loyalty. I have the sincere hope that officers will regain this

camaraderie they once had while at the Training Academy. We should not be complaining about who we're work­ing with. We should respect and work with all our fellow officers. We 're professionals."

Top changes included three bureaus receiving new leaders in Deputy Superintendents Charles Ford, Edward Brooks and Rudolph Nimocks.

Martin promotes 23; 51 command changes

Superintendent LeRoy Martin an­nounced 51 changes in command personnel, the first since he was ap­pointed to head the Department on November 18.

At the press conference January 26, in the Crime Laboratory Audit­orium, Martin promoted 23, made 19 lateral changes and 9 reassignments. Lieutenant Arthur Wirkus, commanding officer of the Personnel Investigation Section, conducted the swearing-in ceremony.

Martin, who described himself as a "hands-on manager", said he expects the same commitment from the pro­moted officers.

"I have either worked with or observed the new promotees in the performance of their jobs over the years," Martin said. "Their manage­ment style is much like mine and I know their appointment wiil streng­then and enhance my goals to make the Department m·:>re responsive to the needs of our citizens . They fit their positions."

Martin added that "if these people don't prove out, we'll have another press conference."

Those promoted were : Deputy Chief Edward Brooks,

Area 2 Patrol Division to Deputy Superintendent, Bureau of Adminis­trative Se1 vices.

Commander Charles Ford, Pre­ventive Programs Division , to Deputy Superintendent, Bureau of Community Services, replacing Ira Harris, who retired.

Commander Seborn Blackburn, 22nd District, Commander Mardren Johnson , 2nd District, and Captain Ivan Rittenberg, 12th District, all to Assistant Deputy Superintendent, Bur­eau of Operational Services.

Lt. Gerald Cooper , 10th District, to Assistant Deputy Superintendent and will serve as Executive Assistant to the Superintendent.

Commander Sherwood Williams, 7th District, to Deputy Chief Special Functions Group, Patrol Division.

Commander Gerald Creed, com­mander Public Housing Division , to Deputy Chief, Area 2 Patrol Division.

Commander John Corless , 8th District, to Deputy Chief, Area 3 Patrol Division.

Commander Joseph DeLopez, 14th District, to Deputy Chief, Area 4 Patrol Division.

Captain James Fruin, 11th Dis­trict, to Commander, Area 5 Detec-

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tive Division. Lt. Hosea Crossley, Detail Unit,

Special Functions Group, to Comman­der, Public Housin g Division .

Lt. Robert Duewerth , Auditing and Internal Control, to Commander, Auditing and Internal Control.

Lt. Michae l Hoke , 10th Distri ct, to Commander , Vice Control Section , Organized Crime Division.

Captain Eli Blumcn th al , 17th District, to Commander 17th District.

Lt. James Hollandsworth, Area 3 Youth Div ision, to Commander 8th District.

Lt. Dona ld Torres, 15th District, to Commander 14th Distric t.

Captain John Michaelsen , 24th District , to Commander 19th District.

Captain Edward Sheehy, Patrol Division Headquarters , to Commander 22nd District.

Lt. William Shaw Jr. , Area 1 Youth Divisio n, to Commander 5th District.

Lt. Freddie Frazier Jr. , 11th District, to Commander Preventive Programs Division.

Sergeant Jacque line Murray , Wo­

men's Central Detention, to Comman­der Beat Representative Programs Di­vision.

Olivia Russell , Senior Management

Commander Jacqueline Murray , fore­ground, and Director Ol ivia Russell were among recent promotees.

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Command personnel review promotions, la teral changes and reassignments made by Superintendent Martin.

Systems Specialist, Records Division, to Director Records Division .

Lateral changes made were : Deputy Superintendent Rudolph

Nimocks, Bureau of Administrative Services, to Deputy Superintendent Bureau of Investigative Services .

Executive Assistant t o the Super­intendent Edwin Bish op to Assistant Deputy Superintendent, Internal Af­fairs Division.

Deputy Chief Edward Wodnicki, Field Group North, Detective Division , to Assistant Deputy Superintendent, Bureau of Operational Services.

Deputy Chief John Stibich, Area I Patrol Division, to Deputy Chief, Field Group South, Detective Division.

Deputy Chief Carl Drammis, Area 3 Patrol Division, to Deputy Chief, Field Group North, Detec tive Division .

Assistant Deputy Superintendent Joseph Shaughnessy, Internal Affairs Division , to Deputy Chief, Organized Crime Division.

Deputy Chief John Townsend, Special Functions Groups, Patrol Di­vision, to Deputy Chief, Area 1. Pa­trol Division.

Assistant Deputy Superintendent John Walsh , Bureau of Operational Services , to Deputy Chief, Area 6 Patrol Division.

Commander Jon Burge, Bomb and Arson Section: to Commander, Area 3 Detective Division.

Commander August Sylvain, In­telligence Division , to Commander, Area I Detective Division.

Commander Lorenzo Chew, Neighborhood Relations Division , to Commander, Intelligence Division .

Commander James Whigham , 11th District, to Commander, 2nd

District. Commander James Ivory, 5th

District, to Commander, 7th District. Commander Charles Ramsey,

Commander Area 1 Detective Division, to Commander, 11th District.

Commander Fred O'Reilly , Vice Control Section, Organized Crime Di­vision, to Commander, 18th District.

Commander Carlo Maggio, 17th District , to Commander, Public Trans­portation Section.

Commander Hubert Holton Jr., 6th District, to Commander, Personnel Division.

Commander Nelson Barreto, Beat Representative Programs Division, to Commander, Public and In ternal In­formation Division, replacing Andrew R odriguez, wh o retired.

Commander Joseph Beazley, Per­sonnel Division, to Commander, eigh­borhood Relations Diviion.

Reassigned were: Assistant Deputy Superintendent

Joe P. Mayo, Bureau of Operational Services , to Commander , 6th District.

Deputy Chief Michael O'Donnell , Area 6 Patrol Division , to Commander, 20th District .

Deputy Chief William Mahoney , Field Group South , Detective Division , to Commander, Bomb and Ar :;on Section, Detective Division.

Deputy Chief Robert Sheehan , Organized Crime Division ; Commander Clarence Zen de rs , 19th District ; Com­mander James Delaney, Area 3 De­tective Division ; Commander George Bicek, Area 5 Detective Division; and Commander Charles Swaner, 18th Dis­trict, all named Patrol Division Watch Commanders.

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RECENT RETIREMENTS Following Officers retired recen tly from Department after yea rs of honorable se rvice. They have the good wishes of

Department colleagues and friends.

Name Alcock, Thomas Jr . Alexander, Melvin Alford, James Anderson, John Anner1no, August J. Arnold, Leroy Balczynsk1, Conrad Banakis, Gus J. Banks, Samuel Jr. Barkauskas, Stanley Barksdale, Robert Barrett, John P. Bedran, Richard Bervid , Charles F. Bidstrup, Richard o. Blackburn, Clifton Boffo, Ronald Bogan, John L. Jr. Bonds, Alonzo Bouey, Alf red Brann, Dexter Breckenridge, Robert Brennan, John Broniarczyk, Leonard Buehler, Dale F. Burns, Robert J. Butler, Clifford Casano, William Castleberry. Frank Cerami, Joseph Clemons, Lawrence Connery, Stephen Corcoran, James Costellu, Francis Craig, Andrew Dalzell, George A. Davalle, Raymond DelPilar, Eugene DiB0lla, Guy Doldn, Edward R. Darken, Bernard Doty, Robert H. Downes, Raymond Duffy, John F . Dujmovich, William Dunn, John H. Jr. Edmondsen, Clarence Ellison, Louis T. Eraci, Salvatore Fecarotta, Thomas Foster, Donald Foster, Love)oy Jr. Francis, Antonio Franklin, Dale Freeman, Lemont Frer, Martin P. Gabel, Edward Gannon, George Gautney, James Gorney, James Goulden, George Greco, James J. Griffin, John J. Guedel, Robert J. Hanley, Thomas M. Harris, Ira Hayes, William J. Heinrich, Richard Hester, James M. Hightower, Jenkins Howe, William Hubbard, John C. Hurley, Bernard Hynes, John Iovino, Frank Janicki, Harold Johnson, David M. Johnson, Donald R. Johnson, Kenneth Jones, Julius A. Joyce, John J. Kaczmarek, John Kearns,,Rona~d

Kelly, Bernard Kenney, Donald P. Kent, Harry Kerata, Richard King, Robert E. Klimas, John A. Knizner, Fred Koppers, Robert Kosminskas, John Krohn, Warren, F. Kustok, Adam Lance, Harry J. Lange, Alfred Leath, Thomas D.

Rank Det. P . O. Sgt. P.O. Lt. P.O. P.O . P.O. P.O. Sgt. Sgt. Disp . Det. P.O. Det. P.O. Det. P.O. Disp. P.O. P.O. Lt. P.O. P.O. Det. P.O. P.O. P.O. Sgt. P.O. Det. P.O. Lt. A.P.S. P.O. P.O. P.O. Sgt. P.O. Sgt. Disp. Det. Det. Lt. P.O. P.O. P.O. Lt. P.O . P.O. P.O. Sgt. P.O. Y.O. l'. (. Det.

P.O. Capt . P.O. P.O . P.O. P.O. Disp. P.O. Capt. D.Supt P.O. Det. P.O. P.O. Capt . P.O. P.O. P.O. P.O. P.O. P.O. P.O. P.O. Y.0. Sgt. P.O. P.O. Det. E.T.I P.O. Sgt. P.O. Sgt. P.O. Disp. Disp . P.O. P.O. P.O. Sgt. P.O.

Unit 661 LOA 012 715 142 DPR 009 159 DPR 121 007 176 632 012 661 006 622 010 176 011 016 003 173 DPR 631 008 DPR 014 005 169 621 001 002 168 019 003 018 019 125 023 176 641 651 004 004 DPR 002 011 016 025 006 192 007 072 001 DPR

121 025 071 008 011 049 176 022 543 130 DPR 650 013 021 002 169 018 0 57 003 124 542 015 002 092 165 167 128 650 603 DPR 016 050 057 008 176 176 059 004 050 602 020

Age 63 55 61 57 63 62 50 62 60 57 61 52 55 63 61 54 50 63 50 63 61 62 62 59 54 61 62 60 67 57 ,3 62 60 62 59 S7 60 55 60 63 62 58 ~5 54 57 57 57 62 55 57 60 55 56 56 5~ 54

61 56 60 57 60 60 55 53 63 63 61 54 54 53 60 59 53 61 61 57 56 56 56 56 56 64 54 52 55 62 57 53 59 49 58 51 55 65 61 57 51

Years of Service

30 31 33 29 27 30 23 27 31 31 32 30 33 33 35 31 23 42 23 33 30 33 33 34 25 31 13 32 37 31 25 34 J4 37 29 3l 29 31 32 33 42 31 31 30 30

R 31 34 29 29 33 32 28 32 28 32

31 32 32 30 31 30 30 31 34 33 32 31 31 29 32 30 31 28 30 25 31 27 31 31 24 31 32 29 32 29 31 30 31 21 30 30 31 30 32 32 21

Date of Retirement

6 July 1 October 14 August

1 June 1 November

16 June 16 November

16 September 4 May

14 October 17 September

5 November 15 July

14 September 1 June 1 June

16 June December 7 August

17 July 3 October

1 July 1 July

16 August 16 August

16 October 16 September 10 September

30 June 5 October 1 October

17 November 23 July 31 July

1 August 1 June

15 October 1 October

S June 25 June

16 September 9 June

16 June 15 September

16 October 16 November 28 November 11 December

6 July 20 September

11 July 1 July

14 October 13 July 16 July October

21 September 6 July

September 16 October

12 June 1 August

September 23 June

September 31 December

1 October 16 November

31 July 15 October

1 September 1 November

11 June 8 July

6 August 3 August

5 October 16 September 16 September

16 November 5 August

1 July 17 September

16 June 6 J·•.,e

8 Octc0er 16 June 23 June

2 June 5 August

16 October 4 August

1 July 16 August

1 June 16 September.

13 November

Name Leckey, Richard Leonard, John E. Loftus, James P. Lumpp, Robert E. Lynch , James Lyons, Thomas Mahoney, Lawrence Majka, William J. Mangner, Patrick J. Mannes, Richard Marek, Frank Marosi, Louis Martin, James J . Mccaffery, Albert Mclnerney, Thomas Jr. McVady, Robert J. Mellema, Richard Melody, John H. Jr. Messina, Christ Jr. Meyer, George Mitchell, William Moran, James F. Moran , Richard Moranz, Kenneth Morgan, James J. Morrissey, John J . Mueller, Sherwin Nalepa, Joe S. Neuman, Ronald Niewinski, Richard Nolan, Arthur G. Nolan, Joseph J. Nolan, Martin O'Donnell, Jerome O'Hagan , Hugh O'Sullivan, Cornelius Pagano, Philip Palys, Chester A. Parr, Ralph Pesoli, James Pfeifer, Allen Piotrowski, Henry Pizza, Michael Quinn, William Jr. Rampick, La· ·rence Reckweg, John Rice, Fred Jr. Rickert, Robert w. Robinson, Ernest Jr. Rodriguez, Andrew Rosenstein, Milton Rosenthal, Morton Rylko, Joseph Scanlan, Harold Schultz, Richard Sedlacek, Charles Sheehan, William Sherwood , Jeremiah Shilney, Edward Shuksta, Robert Slawinski , Henry Smith , Albert D. Smith, Donald E. Smith, Garnell Springer , Jerome Spry, Richard Spurlin, Robert. Stengel, Thomas Stronczek, Walter Sullivan, George Sullivan , Richard J . Sullivan, Roger Surma, John J. Sutryk, Stanley Tansey, George

Tasch, Paul L. Thomas, Frank Toney, Leon J. Trezek, Harold Troch, Richard Turnquist, Russell Van Oost, Morris VanBogaert, Joseph Vinson, Robert A. Volpe, Lawrence Waltzoni, Raymond Welborn, Cornelius Wells, Charles Wercheik , Peter P. Wielontek, Elmer Williams , Maurice Williams, Robert Wojtan, Stanley Woods, James R. Zubrzycki, Chester

Rank P.O. P . O. P.O. P.O. P.O. ADS Disp. P.O. P.O . Sgt. P.O. P . O. Sgt. Sgt. Det. P.O. P.O. P.O. P . O. P.O. Det. Sgt. Lt. P.O. P . O. Dir. P.O. Sgt. P.O. P.O. E.T. I Sgt. P.O. P.O. Sgt. P . O . Det. P.O. P .O. P.O. P.O. P.O. P.O. P . O. P.O. Sgt. Supt. Det. Sgt. Dir. Lt. P.O . Sgt . P.O. Sgt . P . O. Sgt. P.O. P . O. P.O. P . O . P.O. F.T. II L.T . I Det. Disp. P.O. P.O. P.O. P.O. Sgt. Sgt. P.O. Sgt. P.O.

Cmdr . Lt. Sgt. Disp. Sgt. P.O. Sgt. P.O. P.O. Y . O. Sgt. E.T. P.O. P.O. Sgt. P.O . D. Supt P.O. P.O. P.O.

Unit 017 012 660 017 620 140 176 049 167 010 167 025 701 016 642 002 171

050 DPR 023 543 192 740 142 DPR 162 001 019 050 017 603 022 076 016 701 022 661 012 003 DPR 024 018 050 048 008 014 111 651 002 131 014 012 013 004 651 DPR 193 008 003 142 162 171 177 177 610 176 014 008 008 148 016 016 008 016 016

126 019 602 176 142 022 142 DPR 132 18-4 142 603 011 016 193 006 180 019 f20 ~09

Age

57 55 53 54 65 53 59 57 55 56 63 55 55 64 51 51 50

51 58 54 50 56 59 54 52 62 60 53 53 55 59 60 57 61 55 59 62 62 53 58 50 51 52 55 55 56 60 50 58 63 64 54 59 60 58 55 62 53 53 58 63 57 55 55 55 54 59 55 60 62 57 57 55 62 59

63 61 62 52 60 55 60 62 64 61 62 58 50 58 65 50 59 50 63 61

Ye ars of ServiC"e

31 32 30 30 30 31 30 24 32 26 34 30 31 37 29 26 25

27 31 24 23 31 33 32 28 40 31 31 31 30 31 34 31 30 28 30 31 31 30 30 26 31 30 31 11 30 32 28 29 27 39 29 35 31 31 30 39 29 24 31 33 33 30 31 32 25 26 25 26 36 32 29 31 34 25

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THE BLUE

003 : Congrats to Dept. Commendation re­cipients Sgt Rotkvich and P.0.'s Anderson, Banks, Davis, Harvey, Mitchell, Valachovic, Matthews, Bransford and House. Thanks for a job well done . . _ Goodbye, Hello, Good­bye, Hello. Does this sound familiar, P.O. Shine? You hold the sh or test record of time transferred in and out of a district Welcome back home .. _ The welcome mat is also out for Lt. Johnson and P.0.'s Lucky and Craw­ley , and P.O. Guice, who has returned "home" .. . We miss P.0.'s Williams and Beck om, now on other Dept. assignments ... Enjoying retirement and looking well are Wh itfield, Wyatt and Young. We're happy to know you st ill think of us and take time out to say hello ... Honored at our Annual Xmas/Retirement Party were Lt.Brecken­ridge, Sgt. Muszynski, P.O.'s Dalzell , Iovino, Parr and Radk in, and Crossing Guard Nash. You have earned our deep respect and ad ­miration over the years. May you be blessed w ith many happy and healthful golden years. Compliments were heard constantly dur ing the party about how lovely the ladies looked and how the elegant the men were. It's true. The blue uniform sometimes doesn't serve justice to certain people ... Commander George Sams thanks all who donated blood during the last Lifesource Blood Drive ... How time flies. Commander Sams recently celebrated his second anniversary with 003 .. . And P.0.'s Crawley and J. Smith cele­brated their 20th CPD anniversary by treat­ing the district to a soul food luncheon! .. Over the summer, Commonwealth Edison treated Explorer Post 9903 to White Sox and Cub games. The post, supervised by P.0.'s J. Sm ith and D. Martin, were proud to see their president, Katrina West. receive an award at the 6th Annual Awards Dinner Dance. Many thanks to those officers who help make it possible for youths to attend . . . Welcome aboard to recent Academy grads: P.O .'s Beach , Dawon , Gas, Gr iff in, Hackett, J am ison, Napol itano, O ' Neal , Pa­luch , Scott, Strong and Wallace ... Try your luck at guess ing the identity of the follow ing 003 n ickn;rnes: Speedy, Swoop , Nutt-Nutt, Snake Dog & Snake Puppy, Blue Thunder, Yeowza-Yeowza, Mack -A :tack, Spot, Captain Print; Lamb Chops, Batman,

S ilver Fox, Mr. C.C., Tattoo, J .D ., Brady Bunch, Sweetness, KnucklEs, Mr. T., B ig John Mackey ~nd Fury Face Fellow . Re-

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deem your prize in the Neighborhood Re­lations office ... Lt. Heard, is that you with the gorgeous tan acquired in Aruba? We understand you now speak with a slight accent also . .. Congrats to P.O. Drummond on the birth of his first grandchild, a boy. Cigars? Chocolates? PLEASE! . We've heard a certain female P.O. atten~ed the Tom Jones conceq and threw an object on the stage ... Condolences to P.O. Claiborne on the death of her aunt ... A belated thanks

to all who contributed to the success of the district picnic where 100 pounds of ribs were consumed. We learned Sgt. Coats CAN ride a bicycle. Maybe not in a straight line but. . . Get well to P.O. McCarl and civilian Rose Anderson. We miss you ... A tip from one of our 003 Beat Reps led to a m ai or narcotic arrest instituted by the tactical unit under the supervision of Lt. Heard. This Beat Rep has aided the police on several occassions ... How do you spell "tact" and "style"? FULLER! .. P.O. Homer Walton's wedding reception was fit for a queen and king with guests treated royally . May your life together be lon·g and majestic! .. Farewell to Capt. Antonick and good luck in your new assignment. . . It's a boy for Sgt Quinn and P.O. A. Robinson . Congrats and let's see those pictures! .. If you never visited Las Vegas, ask P.O. Joe Adams to show you his photos. What turned out to be a hobby has resulted in a protessional dis ­

play . What a talent!.A question for "L" and "P": do you believe in magic? In voodoo? Would anyone care to comment? .. "Those things that hurt, instruct". It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread, but actually to cordially receive and act on

the ir problems ... In closing, remember: The most welcome person is the one who knows when to go ...

P.O. Yolanda H. Robinson

004: Fabulous Four congrats to John Looney. promoted to captain . .. Belated congrats to Bernie Blake who took first place at a Bass Lake Indiana Halloween party. Many phone calls were received from farmers wanting dates . . . Lyza and Mar­cela!< have invented a "police repellant'' to be used at the desk ... What handsome PPO keeps losing his hat? Maybe we can sew a clip on it and secure it to his collar. Just kidding, M ike. And what captain was seen wearing a straw hat in a local res tau rant? (Ask Gina) ... D id anyone see a 004 P.O. sport ing his star around his neck with string? It seems he can't f ix it until the b icycle jlarts come in. Really, Bob ... Jack "Wh itey" Johnson's 17 -year-old son, a St. R ita senior, is rated one of the top two baseball pros­pects in the Ch icagoland area for 1988. As a junior he was a star catcher, h itting .409 and throwing out 75 percent would -be base stealers! Good work , great kid, proud pop . . . Whatever happened to the 004 softball team, one of the greatest in CPD history? ... Our Xerox repainnen, Donald and Carl, now have lockers and mail boxes in our dis­trict and are considering joining the force

. .. What P.O. popped the t imekeeper right out of her chair? . . Our first annual family picnic was a huge success w ith a salute to Greg and Kev in and their soft drink van. And the 6th Annual Golf Outing was a success w ith big winners Glomb icki, Bran­denburger, Brozynsk i and our own Mary Pearson. "Score Adjustment Trophy" to Tommy Quinn ... Congrats to the "one­man" bowling team in the front office . . . What desk officer won a free "haircut'' at the FOP meeting and was heard asking if the barber had a drive-thru for drop-off service? . . Haven't picked on any white shirts in a long time, so here we go: What capt. loves chocolate cake and ginger ale? What capt. is known as "Poof the Magic Dragon" and what lieutenants are known as the 'Floatation King' and the 'Trivia King' ? What Lt doesn't smile? And which Lt. loves salads but thinks plastic forks are a "no-no"? Which one is missed very very much? What sgt thr ives on "midget jokes" and which one is on a "foot~all schedule"? Which sgt. is knCMtn as the "Hula-Hoop King"? . . " Coco" (Rita Hayworth of Hegewisch) says "hi" to Sgt. Bingh;rn and Larry Race ... The new president of the Larry Race fan club

is Mrs. Reynolds (donut shop, Hegewisch) . .. What P.O. has his own "porta-potty" and was seen running after his wheel after it disengaged from the wagon? .. Herb Kor­deck , our FOP man in Springf ield, does a fabulous job representing the men and wo­men of CPD ... Farewell to ret irees Lt. John Duffy, Bill Dujmov ich , Joseph Dudley, Adam Kustok , John Moran and James Wad ­lington. Good luck .. . The 004 Open House was a success thanks to all who contributed . A big thanks to Sgt Robt. Bakowski who is always there when needed .. . Capt Looney ' s promotional party had Bob Angone as MC who did a great job. The capt. said your new hairdo looked great, Bob. The "camera­man" did a wonderful job. Too bad he got in every picture. Sorry, Rich ... A sad good­bye to Evelyn HCMtlett, a great person with a great personality . You are dearly missed! But welcome to Auxiliary Aides Mary and Rudy who are doing a wonderful job ... Port Sgt. Johnson was land speculating in Arkansas again as well as try ing to buy the King Ranch in Texas. But it was reported he spent most of his time looking for stuffed green peppers . . . Congrats to Sgt Jo Hamel who won the jitterbug contest at the Majka benefit. (Good footwork , G inger) ... "Billy Z" , please hurry back. Ralph is lost w ithout you . .. P.O. Pooler's (39th?) b ir thday party was well attended . .. What P .O . (S.P .) respondeJ to a "burglary in progress" at a church, fell into a baptismal pool , and is nCM/ a born aga in Chr isti an? . . What P.O. (M.C.) attended a black tie $200 plate d inner (a freebie) at Hawthorne Race Track and was found asleep with a rose in each hand? Really, Mike! .. "WHERE ARE THEY ARE?" (a new ad­d ition to this column) : Dancin' Joe Balaszek, Al Ditore, Ray Sob, Joe "Warrants" La Barpe, Jimmy Covington, Stan Sobie, John Moran, Tom Molyneaux, John Moriarity,

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David JarTnusz, Warren Linder, Joe Fuss, Fuzzy Norton, John Ryan and Steve Quin­cey? .. That's all, "Ace" ...

Toni Smith

005 : Belated congratulations to newlyweds Tim Casey, Rich Hutchings, and Donald Mitchell; to Steve and Carrie Martinez on the birth of Stephanie Ann; to my cousins Rich and Toni on their new addition; and to John (Cite-um) Jor' Dan who won a bronze medal for bowling in the Police Olympics ... Our deepest condolences to LeMar Thomas, Art Harris, Stan Spanich, Sgt. Mitchell, Lt. "Moe" Brown, and to the family of Lavenia S. Cox ... Welcome back to "Mr. Nice Guy" Capt. Taylor. 015's loss is 005's gain ... Speaking of losses, Sgt. George Tschida lost 60 pounds which recuperating from an auto accident. Wake up, Sarge, and take a bow! .. Good luck to retirees Lt. Flores and Sgt. Maznaritz. (Sgt. Mel tried to look as un­police as possible by growing a full beard) . .. To the 4th District "Warriors": Come on, g.iys, ' fess up. You know that 005 PULVER­IZED you in the War Games and have the flags to prove it! A'!J< any of our team : Stan Spanich, Tom Costello, Tom Sheehan, Tim Poland, Mike Nolan, Jack Hurley, Steve Shoup, Jack Connolly, Tony Susnis and Clyde Bran den burger ... And now from our g.iest columnist Jim McDonough: Hope Tim Poland is O.K . after his cliff-hanger at Mc­Donald's following Lt . Flores' party. Here's w ishing "Jimmie Cakes" a real Sonne day . It's rumored that during his fishing expedi­tion, Don Jones used dollar bills as bait. (He reportedly was trying to catch a few dancing "fish"). Mel Maznartiz was by to check the front desk for cleanliness and alignment. Mik ie Samuel was seen "browsing" at a local Mazda dealer. And Lisa Thoren reported to a personalized roll call, complete with singing telegram, flowers and balloons presented by (of all things) a "Canadian Mountie" .. . Thanks, Jim . .. Happy be­lated first wedding anniversary to Lisa and spouse ... Trivia: What does Marshall Dillon's Dodge City and Capt. Reilly's desk crew have in common? A'!J< Don Crivokapich or Mary Stanek for answer) ... Finally, who gets the 005 Award for being "Sugar Cookie"? . . Remember, he who hesitates is last ... Luv U

Gina E. Cates 006 : Hi! . . Everyone enjoyed our district Chr is1mas Party ... Haven't written a col­umn in a while so there's a lot of catching up to do . . . F irst, congratulations to the members of our softball team for f inishing in second place in the finals. Also thanks goes to the supporters of the team, especially our boss who could be seen on the side lines, in un iforTn, ready to help out at any position ... Is it true a certain captain holds roll call wearing a fat igue cap? (Semper f i) ... Are you .Miare that of this writing the 6th Dis­trict has a ratio of 40 percent female officers? No problem in the choice of partners. Huh! .. Is it true the stars in the 6th District Play­house are D. Smith as "Odie" and Mason B.

as "Garfield"? .. To the bad guys: We now have a "War Room" where we can track your patterns, than!<s to Lt. Klein of the illustrious tactical team ... We also have a floor to stare at, thanks, to the lieutenant ... Congrat­ulations to P.O. Robinson and others on tha big "CTA Caper''. . . Unit 646 is doing great work out there! .. The tactical team (the Commander's arTny) is doing its best to make 006 look good by making pinches from murder to computer theft and as many dope arrests as can be made. Congrats to all on a job well done! .. Well, that's about all th is time ... Good luck to R. Holland on his new position in the Dept. and good luck to all the new people coming into our district ... See you later ...

P.O. N. Maas

007: Greetings from Seven and a heart · felt thank you from our former Commander

Sherwood Williams, who really appreciated the warTn reception and the good work re­sponse he had received from the officers and supervisors during his tenture. Com­mander Williams hopes that the combined work efforts of all officers will continue for the improvement of the community ... On awards: Depar1ment Commendations for P.0.'s L. Elzy, J. McDaniels, J . Coghlan, and K. Duffin ... Congratulations to T . Doyle and S. Vincent on their promotions to cap­tain . We're going to miss you ... To our graduates, A. Brown, L. Daniels, D. Hudson, A. Smith, D. Case, M. Grohovena, E. Kostka, L. Cross, S . R otkvich, S . Kimbrough , T. Bonner, H. Everett, J. Lange, H. Hebein, L. Jones, F. Kebr, D. Thanos, and K. War­ner, welcome to 007 ... Goodbye and good luck to Sgt Barksdale and P.O. T. Francis ... Hello and welcome Sgt. I. Williams, T.

Southerland and S. Tu mer-Hardaway to Neighborhood Relations ... The Best Dressed Award to A. Smith. Keep looking good ... We have two new stars in 007: Patrick Law­rence Reardon, born to Eleanor and Charles Reardon; and Andrew Hargrave, a star born overnight to make his debut in a Tour Il­linois commercial in April, 1988. Congrats to all ... Keep smiling T. L. and F. Fuda, and so will I ... My scout, Diana, and I are searching for more hidden talent for next year's Illinois State Police Olympics ... To Eddie N., I owe you one ... Charles D. keep them coming and to C.S.S.W., I like your style, and your black suit. .. In parting, we must share our sympathy with Mrs. Moragne, on the loss of her husband , retired P.O. Edward Moragne. Our thoughts are with you ... We must embrace life and be willing to share today because tomorrow is not promised ... Until next time ...

P.O. Sharon I. Taylor

008: And then there were two. There are no I onger three Burns' in 008 . Lt. Bob Burns is now Capt. Burns and working in 006. congrats and good luck. His goodbye party

was enjoyed by many. Oceans of suds were absorbed and Alk a-Seltzer was a savior the next morn . And P.O . Dan Haydock cleaned

up at the poker table . .. A super bash was recently «njoyed by our most recent ret irees. Watches were presented, with our best wishes, by M.C. Capt. Larry Forberg. Retirees pre­sent were: John Surma, "Murph" Grzesk iew ­icz, Bob Burns, Bill Miller, J im Gorney, Walt Stronczek and B ill Fox. Retirees unab­le to attend were: Paul Caley, Walt Richard­son, Larry Rampick, B ill Qu inn, Tom Sten­!J!I , Cornelius Morgan, Fred Kn iz ner and Jeremiah Sherwood. The new "goldbricks" had beaming smiles, shining cheeks, and even some shining pates, as they relished their night. Guest speak er, Deputy Chief Carl Dramm is, put forth well deserved praise for all these men who totaled more than 405 years of honorable police service. A crowd of 300 well-wishers applauded their appre­ciation and extended good wishes toward these fine men. A few past retirees also were present: John Reape, Tom Kelly, Al Bilecki, Joe Faculak, Richard McCurrie, John Ridges, Joe Wasilewski, Tom Keough, John Sonley, Rich Zielinski, jim Jennings and Tom Fahy ... P.O . Vern Williams and lovely wife Joan are the proud parents of baby Sandra Lynn ... Place your bets on a four-mile run between P.0.'s Tom Walsh and Ted Walczak. That's four times around Midway Airport. Both are top runners and fierce competitors and each cla imed victory before the race. On the lighter side, your reporter is promoting a "Who Is the Slo­west?" race between P.0.'s Stan Dry ie r and Jim Durkin. The modern version of the tor­roise and the hare. Both are known for their bl inding speed, a t itle held for years by speedster retiree we all knew as the legendary "Ollie" Olsen. All proceeds of these classics go to your reporter . .. We're happy to have our district clerk, Angie Tribuani, back from the medical after surgery. Angie has been at 008 for many years and her fine work has surely been unrecognized and overlooked. Hats off to Angie! .. As police officers we can probably hand le tragedy or giref as well as anyone, but when it is one of our own, it can be quite rough and even devas­tating. This is the case when we lost our comrade P.O. Don Miley. It seems like yes­terday that Don was in our mid st, in his own tough, disciplined way, and chomping on that big cigar. He made us all feel good to be on his team, proud to be a cop, fear­less to go out and do our thing, fair and square. Don was a good husband, a good dad, a tough cop, a good marine, a tough marine and a good fellow officer. We ' ll miss him as we loved h im-a lot. Our condolences

to h is wife and family, and regrets to all who didn't know him and never could experience the pleasure of his company ... P.O . Roman "Bo" Bakowski has completed his rigid training to become a member of the "crack" airport detail. Requirements include be ing in top shape, endurance, intelligence, initiative, discipline and low-key temperament. Sgt. Bob Walsh will attest to the above ... P.O. John Kulik is proud of daughter Laura Marie, voted homecoming queen for the St. Rita Mustangs. Another proud cop, who

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can't beat h is 16-year-old son on the links

anymore, is Sgt. Bob Walsh. Young Jim Walsh is a top golfer! __ We have our c:mn

"Children of a Lesser God" here at 008 in P.O. Tom Gudgalis, a sign language expert

doing super work with special children. We're

proud of Tom ... A9<, P.O. Mike Tunney how

he broke his toe . .. Can't wait for basellall season as our district team will be challenged by the follc:ming all-gal team: Francine Waibel (1B); Dorothy Griffin (2B); Mary Ann Rice (SC); Alyce Daito (SS); Leslie Boyle (3B); Paula Darcy (LF) ; Leona Kelly (CF); Rae Lap in!J<i (RF) ; Dolly Wicht (C) ; and

Diane Tamberlin and Jane Raddatz (P) ... Closing thoughts: There is never time to do it right, but there is always time to do it over .. . Don't allow anyone to put you on a

pedestal. It's too easy to fall off ... 'til next time , God w ill ing. . .

P.O. N ick Zuklic

009: Commander T im othy Daly thanks all who helped make our an nual retirement

party a success. Retirees Hank Tawech, Al Burge rt, Bill Martin , Chester Zubrzycki and Herb Manney all had a great time. Speaking of the party, how come Abe Baldyga d idn 't

dance a polka but was seen do ing the Mex i­

can hat dance? .. Belated thanks to P.O .

Dav id Dorrance for another fantast ic picn ic. Maybe next year the weather will cooperate

. . . Rumor has it Tact P.O. Rich Epstein d id his human cannonball trick while search­ing for a murder suspect. What's next, Rich?

.. Notice to Ted Zalewsk i: Check the soft­ball schedule next year. Our games were at 1030 hours ... Sgt. Andy Anczer has posted a reward leading to the arrest and conv ic ­

tion of the person( s) who stole his hair spray ... To P.O. Felm on and P.P.O. Gran­

nes: Welcome back from your IOD. Next time be legal with your eagle ... Sgt. John

" Rambo" Pappas is recru iting officers for h is paint pellet shootout. Don't forget your

goggles for that one . .. Tact Sgt. John Kolb is look ing for a buy on a car phone. Hint: Don't leave your car runn ing. And, PLEASE don't step on Kalb's shoes. Are they Gucci or Pooch ie? . . P.O. Jack Ireland wasn't

kidding about the dangers of working Beat 950. Beware of low flying birds! .. Lt. Keating has ordered us not to mention his recent IOD in this column , so we won't. Beware of Gennan shepherds! (We always obey an order, Lt.) ... Anybody requesting

tickets for Drury Lane South, see P.O . Bob Quinn. Seems he has some extra . . . P.O.

Veronica Samanas has a new way to contain a pr isoner unt il help arrives. But would he fit into one of those new plastic garbage cans? .. Mik e "T he Tiny Terminator" Toma

finally figured out a way to win at horse­

shoes. Br in g in a ringer from West V irginia,

namely h is father John Toma, who was seen

walking away sm iling with a fistful of bucks. Next time: City res idents only! .. P.O . Denise Donohoe has coined a new phrase: " Where's the Sock?" This could lead to a Hollywood career ... Why is Capt. Bells calling P.O. Wally Brendal "Scarface"? Watch out for

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those frying pans! .. Debbie Smith tried on a wet suit and a sweatshirt. Ne ither fit. So much for being "Petite Deb" ... Congrats to Bob G ricus on winning the 2nd Annual

Hackers Open. At least he can hit a golf

ball; next time try h itting a softball. Other winners included Mike Belice and Tom Glynn (for closest to the pin) and Pat "Spuds"

McCafferty (for highest score, 175, and most beer consumed). .. Mike Toma and Lt.

Sullivan were overheard explaining hc:m you can't catch fish when a lake turns over. We believe it. Sure we do. Honest. Another believable fish story : Ed Holliger and Joe Kwiatl<c:mski had a 36-inch walleye but it

got away right at the net. O.K., sure . . . Fonner 009 P.O . Bob "Boy, my back hurts"

Barberio called in to say "hi". Seems he' s

wasting aw;ry at 001 desk . Why don't you bid back? .. Memo to Karen Ivers: Next time you forget your hat, come up with a better excuse than : " I t's locked in the car with car key s". N ice try. Always remember

M ike Kelnosky 's five excuses for any occa­si on : "I don't know", "I forgot" , "I d idn' t do it'', "I don't care", and " Tencsa did it''. One will always work ... And to end th is

column on a happy note: We nc:m have living

proof that Sgt. Ken Se llers is not a vampire.

He has worked the day shift in the sunlight two times in his career! .. By the way, Wayne

Dedina, Wayne Dedina, Wayne Ded ina.

How's that? .. P.0.'s Andy Borkowski and

Dave Allen

013 : Congratulations to our former Com­mander, nc:m Area 6 Deputy Chief John Wal­sh. The men and women of the 13th District wish you all the luck in the world on your

new assignment. We'll miss you ... Welcome to

our newly appo inted D istrict Commander 1

Ronald Garc ia. We all hope your stay is a long one . .. Sgt. Hanson , once again, led a pack to Mexico and there were no casual ties

reported ... Get well wishes to Sgt. Anthony

Allegretti , who successfully underwent heart by-pass surgery . Send all get well cards to "Jack's" where rumor has it you can find him wearing a bullet proof vest! .. Con­gratulations to the "Polish F iring Squad"

for a job well done ... Wedding bells finally

rang for P.O. Max Guajardo. He couldn ' t

wait for Mary Lou Henner any longer ... D iaper time for P.O . Anthony Ceja and

P.O. Matthew P ilolli. You boys do good work! .. R ich Jenn ings' daughter recently moved to Honalulu to continue her nursing career. Guess where R ich is going next fur ­lough ... Bern ie was asking for you at the re t irement party. A good time was had by

al l. He said to just ma il his card to the " mall" . . . Get well wishes to P.O . Charles Wilhelm .

Hope you return soon ... Congratulations to Sgt. McGovern and P.0 .'s Perez , Chambers, Keller, Moreno, Abrasev ic, Murkowsk i, Rem ­nes and Santoro, all recipients of Dept. Commendations. We're proud of you ... A spec ial congratulations to "Grampa" Stoops ... Our sympathy to the fam ily and friends of co-worker P.O. Alex Cichowski. . .

P.O. Michael Janus

019: Hello to all. .. Our sincere condo­lences, on the death of loved ones, to retired P.O. Robert Morahan (wife), and P.0.'s Irene Ruiz (brother), Jimmy Clarke (wife

Sandy), and R ichard Stach (father). Also our

sympathy to the fam ily of Detention Aide

Cora Chester who d ied suddenly after a short

illness ... Our retirement party was a huge success, as usual. Sgt.'s Jose Nalepa, Henry Kramer and Eugene Del Pilar, and P.0.'s Robert Morahan, Ralph Consago, Stanley Wojtan, Jack Ohanian and Andy Craig were honored. N ieghborhood Relations P.0 .' s Mike

Barone and Gary Lapidus, along with Sgt. Rojek, did their ·nonnal great job w ith the festivities. P.O. Wayne Parise's eyes didn't

close for two days ... Sgt.'s Leo Rojek, Don Evangel ista, Gary O'Hara and Randy Barton

recently joined 019, in add ition to Capt. Will iam Brannigan and our new Commander, John Michaelsen. Welcome aboard and the best of luck ... Other new additions included son Joseph for P.O . Jam ie Benvenuti and husband Jose; daughter Valerie for P.O. Sue Frost; son Alex for P.O. George Bonk ; and son Jason to P.O . Gary Lapidus. Hope all t he little ones are doing f ine and congrats to the parents ... P.O . Gary Orlowsk i recently tied the knot with Nancy Buaman; P.O. Geralyn Cawley married P.O . Reno Ba iocchi;

and P.O. Bob " Rambo" Maloney married P.O. Amy Bagans (20th Distr ict) . Good luck to all. .. Also congrats to P.O . Ralph Castro­villari, who won the pool . We're still waiting for that candy ... Capt. McG ann is back to

work after surgery and is looking fit. P.O . Jimmy Boccio finally got back to work and is crabbing as much as ever, so you know he's

feeling fine ... Hats off to P.P .0. Zavala for

saving a drc:mning infant with h is CPR train­

ing and to P.0.'s Koop and Mullins for alert­ing the residents of a burning building ... Capt. Sm ith's watch had a rib p icn ic a wh ile

back in Le Bough Woods. How can 50 people eat 90 pounds of ribs and still play volleyball? With Capt. Smith coaching, it's easy .. . The

next time the tactical team serves a warrant, they intend to take along some raw meat for the dogs rather than P.O . Grandsart' s leg. Also, P.O . Wright is convinced that sledge

hammers should be personal issue equipment from nON on. By the way, the tact team

threw a good-bye bash for Sgt. Nalepa which I

hear was a great success ... Thanks goes to P.O. Hank Thomas' w ife for the great home­made peanut butter cookies ... The team of Barone and Lapidus did another fantastic job on the 019 D istrict Open House. N ice work, guys . .. Ask Chuck Cesario what the

kill ratio is on those gummi bears. And some­one should take P.O . Paul Vitaioli out for

dinner so he can ,quit earring it in his brief­

case .. . P.O . John " J iggs" Donahue wants everyone to have a n ice day ... See you next time. Any news, please drop a note in the office ... Bye t ill next issue . ..

P.O . Mary Ann Green

024 : Hello aga in. . Farewell to retirees Lt F . Thomas and P.0.'s N . Mineo, E. Or-

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leans, A. Pfiefer and F. Windmiller . .. Wel­come to newly assigned P.0.'s K. Brice, J. Haas, B. Kischner, M. Lampard, K. Lemon,

A. Liutkus, W. Long, S. Lopez, D. Mushol, J. Ng, J . O'Carroll, J. Riordan, W. Ruck, R . Ryan, T. Schaedel, D. Thaxton and F. Watson .. . If you have any perplexingpolice­related questions, just ask Sgt. J. Trifone, J. Carolan, E. Collins or W. Lahey. Each has celebrated their 30th anniversary with the Chicago Police Department . .. Or take the real tough questions to Sgt. P. Cucci, with 31 years of service, or Sgt. R. Northfell, with 33 years of service. They represent a combined 184 years of pol ice service! (There must be a book or two somewhere) . .. We're glad to see P.0.'s John Fitzgerald and Robert J . Olson back to work after their speedy recoveries from heart surgery ... Has anyone noticed the new trophy on display in the trophy case? The 24th District softball team won their division. Unfortunately, they only advanced twice in the playoffs before val­iant, but futile, efforts failed them. Vay, team! Beer was had by all in celebration (except P.O. R. Heathcott, who drank pop) ... P.O. D. Oppedisano now has what he considers the perfect job-taking care of the ladies (crossing guards, that is). He likes it! and so far, no complaints from the ladies ... Bye for now ...

P.O. LindaS . Dean

025 : A short column this time with not much news . .. Many were bitten by the love bug: Ed Richards and Elizabeth Bryant; Lisa S ofere and John Ford; Nick Ciaglia and Carol Johnston; and Barb Robertson and Dave L ittle . Best of luck to all the newly married couples! .. Brian and Bonnie Hoff­man welcome their first child , Megan Cather­ine ; and Marcie Dojutrek and Nick Goggin also welcomed their first , Stephanie Jeane ... John and Ada Sheckells became grand­parents for the first time when son Michael and his wife T ina welcomed Ashlie Marie ... And congrats to Lou and Kay Cesario on their third grandchild, Theresa (parents Lou and Antoinette). . . Best Dressed Award to Mike Mulkerin . .. We welcomed to the unit Terese Barth, Gene Carone, Jose Gonzalez, Jim McKenna, John Gofron, Steve Miller, Ron Pugsley and Nick Schmitz ... Good luck to Crossing Guard Bridget Kenny who retired after 20 years; and to Crossing Guard Kath ­erine Robinson, who resigned to work at the new .downtown Nikko Hotel. .. We said good ­bye to Bob Ustaszewski, Ray Stampnick, John O'Shea, Mike Boeykens, Bob Berter­mann, Luci Roszak and Judy Carr ...

Carol Bacarella

Area 1 Detective Division : Here in never· never land, I come w ith the news triv ia. With the new year, we f ind ourselves enter­ing the "I will, I will" land of tomorrow and f ind ourselves saying crazy things like, "I will get a good furlough this year" and "I will get more overtime? .. Congratula­tions to our former Commander Charles Ram-

sey on his new post at the 11th District. And welcome aboard to our new Commander Ay­gust Sylvain ... The boys on Admin. desk are changing watches frequently now ... Sgt. J. Morgan is pacing off the time he has left, and he's doing so with his fresh­ly repaired foot. .. Sgt. J . Healy has been seen walking around the office with a red face, an old summer sunburn or something . .. P.O. W. Kreischer makes note that the evening hot sauce he gets on his food seems to be hotter than the stuff they get on days and midnights ... Det. C. Lind quit looking for the job at the phone company and is attempting to fill the shoes of retired J . Springer. As you know by now, Charlie, that's a big jbb ... The sexy guy awards to

to T. Andricopoulos and L. Ashe, followed by a close second "He's so fine" , J. Fine . . . Up-and-comers are R. Edwards and M. Hodge, with F. Limon in the running ... The mission team has added Det. M. "Tinkerbell" Mor­rissey and Det. H. Sigler (Peter?) ... E. Kevin and P. McDonald should be back from Sum­mer Mobile by now. They were busy spend­ing their small fortunes they made picking up aluminum cans ... They have restored Sgt. T. Collins' voice, at least on the radio ... Frank Waters tells you how spry he is, and then he hobbles off, .. Det.'s W. Tock and E. Winstead are beginning to wonder who Top Gun is? .. E. Schmidt takes care of the youngster J. Cassidy. But, Eddie, before the young blood gets you too involved, please point your gun two inches upward . .. In the call-back office, we find that the decorum is professional but the colors unusual. A powder blue phone? We do, however , find the smil ing face of P.O. J . Spraggins ... J . Segers tell s of how it took him his first few months learning how to spell A. "Sudz" Szudarsk i's name. He also adds that now he will con · centrate on saying it. Even Su dz has a hard time once in a while .. . Property Crimes had two major problem s. F irst, they had a hard time finding the Area Xmas tree, and then, even tougher, they had to find the person harassing our old boss .. . J. Olson has been hiding and, believe me, that's not easy for him to do ... Det. T . Jones is keeping· in close contact with the VC side. Is he thinking? .. Joe Wilbert is undecided as to which way is home . .. Sgt J. Ward returned from Min­nesota and complained he got so cold he even likes Chicago winters . . . When we talk about Property Crimes, we have to throw in Det. J . Leahy just for color (red). .. J. Cooley keeps looking around wondering where all the stairwells to the 16th floor are ... F. Montilla is considering the idea of a dude ranch, but may have to wait until he retires ... Sympathy to the family of W. Monahan, a retired brother, and to our friends K. Reardon, J. Markham , G . Rotkovih, M. Pochordo and Sgt. W. McHug. on the death of I oved ones . .. Det. A. G refsheim solved his conflict and returned to the "Midnight Raid­ers", bringing along Det. R. Armata . .. Det J . Riley says when he grows up he wants to be just like his "Buddy" (Det. T. Davies). Same story, different title goes to Det. P.

Harrison . .. Det. E. Moran walks taller for her experiences with "T inkerbell" and Peter? . . Det. F. Limon reminds me of a modem day Det. J . Markham, or at least their taste in cars are similar ... Det.' s J. F ine and V. Ro­den make a good team. Keep it up , guys ... Det. G . Anderson finally got to clear the big one. Knowing the circumstances, I' ll bet you needed a lot of aspirin . .. Det. S. Byczek keeps moving his drawer higher and h igher in the summary office. Who knows? Some day maybe even top shelf stuff ... I spoke with Det. T . Grady and he didn't want to be men­tioned, but he' s still one of the best all ­tim e robbery dicks. .. I' II leave you again with the thought, "Keep morale high, and the handcuffs oiled" .. . Bye .. .

Det. Bill Murphy

Area 1 Youth : The Main One's column this issue opens on a sad and different note. Less than three weeks after the school year

opened, DuSable High School had a fatal !tlooting inside the school. Only the finest words of praise can be bestowed on the Area 1 School Patrol and supervisors. Teamwork and diligence led to the case being solved in less than four hours after the homicide h3d occurred. Once again the School Patrol has risen above and beyond the call of duty and I am proud to be just one of this unit's finest. Thanks guys for a job well done ... Belated congratulations to our new Com ­mander Ettore DiVito ; and best w ishes to former Commander Joe P. Mayo in his new ass ignment ... Rumor! P.O. Joe Cappetto's resume for the position of Chicago Cubs manager was lost in the shuffle. He' s still assured his offic ial position as the m,.or "Cubs will go all the way" fan . . . Area 1

Youth's computer age children of Y.O . Don

Woods and · P.0 .' s H. Martin and· G. Man­grum-Willis, spent e ight weeks of Read ing Intens ified for preschoolers and pr imary graders in Beverly H ills. S ince all three now can read , we better watch those spelled "cuss" words .. . Grace Janick is a proud but broke grandma. She' s proud of her beautiful baby grandson (who she spends all her money on). .. And a belated congrats to Capt W. Bransfield and a big welcome to P.O. Don­ad McDonald from the 003 to Area 1 School Patrol. .. Is Y.0. Sharon Urban, Missing Persons, gifted or just plain lucky? She matched five of seven numbers in the lot­tery and came out a winner ... Happy re­tirement to P.O. J. Gautney after 32 years of service and more than 20 years in the School Patrol. . . Herself a role model, Y.0. Linnie Price successfully pulled off a Role Model Luncheon with all the stars in atten­dance. Linnie was also elected president of Aplha Beta Chapter of IOTAPHI Lambda Sorority which is celebrating 50 academic and charitable years. . . There' s rum ors, rum ors that Y.0. Lillie Crump-Hales will soon be missed in Area 1 Youth . Stay tuned for more info .. . Auo-00-00-00 Bobb ie Catherine, our ears are burning to hear the conclusion to the case of the missing pup . .. I understand

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P.0.'s Rose Gordon and John Chudzik were looking good guarding Buckingham Fountain. Rose seems to be a part-time spaceship navigator. Her red UFO (alias BMW) was located by radar traveling highway 90 to Cleveland. But Rose landed home safely with money in her pocket and a smile on her face that said she, no doubt , had a good time ... Rudy Strickland, 072, someone in Un it 184 wants to know when you are retiring. Again? . . Our rarest and most exquisite of stones, P.O . Jewel Hamilton, spent two glorious days camp ing and horseback riding in Michigan. And P.O. John Chudzik and f;rn ily traveled the state of Missouri. No more "ShCMI me, I'm from Missour i", they've seen it all ... Y.0 . D iane Thompson, tall and leggy, charmed the natives as she and friends from Hyde Park High cru ised the Carribean ... Guess what? After seeing those in-service dr iver safety films, we ' re all buckling up. Take heed ... Midnight Sgt. and resident artist V ince Leon­ardi must be a d istant relative of DeVinci l:ecause h is flowers in a bottle are beautiful . .. Lt. W. Shaw and Y.0 .'s Don Woods and Yvonne Robinson did a great job judging tie Mr. and Miss Black Teenage World for the Touch-A -Teen Foundation where Linnie Price is a board member .. . The Youth D iv.

welcomed a sergeant from Japan ... This R/0,

Robert Jellon (Area 6) and P.0 .'s Carol Fox and Sid Kelly (Neighborhood Relations Div.) attended the State Police Training Academy in Springfield for Drug Abuse Resistence Education. Intense training but we' re all the better for it ... The Youth D iv. Retirement Party , as always, was a sUccess but Jazzy Carmella Abate 's singing always makes it better. She keeps the party minging ... To all on the medical, God bless and speedy recovery ... Condolences to P.O. Connie Prusich, Missing Persons, on the death of her mother, a retired Crossin g Guard ... P.O. Anthony Stewart is back after travel ing to London with h is f<rnily. I understand this trip is made on a fairly regu lar basis. N icey­N icey-N icey! . .

P.O. Gail Mangrum -Will is

Area 5 Detective Division : Farewell and good luck to Richard He inrich, who retired only to join the others at Cook County Sheriffs Office, and to Sgt. Robert Rat­ledge on his new ass ignment (thanks for wiriting this column for me) . .. Welcome Lee Gehrke to Administration from Area 5 Property Crimes. And welcome back from the medical to Rocco Rinaldi, Paul Tasch and Chris Alberts. . . Get well wishes to Raymond Krull, who had a triple bypass, and to Raymond Rice . .. Congratulations to the Area 5 P/C Missi on Team of Sgt. Anthony Deleonardis and Det.'s Jim Anhalt, J im Baraniak, Art Sil ich, Greg Salvi, Harry Coll ins and Tom Fallon on their investi­gation resulting in the largest recovery of stolen property from O ' Hare Airport. Owen Bolger is recovering his aito one piece at a time. Good luck , maybe one day you can have a whole car ..• Condolences on the death of loved ones to Troy Sanford

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(mother), John Dolan (father), Jeffrey Zitzka (father), Gillian Mclaighlin (brother), and Joseph Kelly (wife) ... Who really black ­ened Lou is Rabbit's eye? • . Congratula­tions to Linda and Will iam Kaupert, V/C, on the birth of daighter Amanda . .. John Boyle is writing his first novel entitled "Re­turn of the Fl;rningo" ... Congratulations to Sgt. Nicholas Schuler's son Nicholas Jr. on his three-year scholarship to Catholic Un iversity outside of Washington, D.C ... Sgt. Epplen is offering a reward for the safe return of his homegrown cabbage ... Marc Sanders, where are you? .. Good luck to Robert Sm itl<a on his new enterprise­raisin g turkeys in his backyard. P .S .: Do you have a license for that? Richard Schak denies any involvement. Sure, R ichard ... Building Engineer Joe Pietro has learned a new method of clearing the water out of h is ears, compliments of Herigodt and Schak .. . Sgt. Schuler (AKA "Bam bi Killer", recently bagged two deer. When are we invited over for Bambi dinner? .. Congratulations to Sgt. Russ Weingart and Det.'s Wayne Lipsey, Jerome Bogucki and Raymond Schalk on their recent clearing of dozens of robberies on two separate arrests . .. Joan Halloran and Pat Hays went to Europe and had a great time ... The basketball clinic conducted by a former DePaul University athlete was a success ... Gus Caporusso is a proud father. His daughter Catherine was commended by the National Mer it Scholarsh ip Foundation . Pr ior to that, she received a $500 award from the May or's Office for her essay on the CPD's Cr ime Laboratory wh ich is where her mother works ... Tom O'Connor (AKA "Sparky") swears he will never again touch a wet refrigerator and is now a believer in flying carpets . .. Chris Alberts' Brittany spaniel Duke recently won first place in an open dog competition in Portage , Wisconsin ... We're anxiously waiting to hear from Det.'s Robert Polerecky and Richard Ober­maier who left on an extradition on the eyebrCMI caper . .. By the way, who was that sergeant coach who inte rrupted roll call with a whistle in hand? Barging into roll call cost him a 15-yard personal penalty. Physical de ­scription : Blue cap with skins on it; " John" over one sleeve in case he forgetsilis name" ; and sergeant's stripes on the other sleeve in case his kids forget he was a sergeant. Even in satirical splendor, his team lost 18-14. Another fine coaching job you did, Stanley . . . Congrats to Ken Carcerano; recently Ejected master of the lodge for 1987-1988. The ledge he belongs to is the Masonic Lodge Oriental No. 33 . . .

Pam Baumgartner

Auto Pounds Section : Greetings! . . The APS wants you to knCMI that vehicles are on the move to auto pounds and out of auto pounds. All the numbers have been changed (except for Central Pound and Pound No. 5) but the locations stay the s<rne (for the most part) . Can you figure all th is oo t? Poond No. 2 is now No. 1; No. 8 is Na. 2 ; No. 7 is No. 3 ; No. 6 is No. 4 ; No. 4 is No. 6 ;

and No. 9 is No. 7. Puzzled? .. OK, let me clarify this matter: 650 W. 83rd Street is Pound No. 1 ... 103rd and Doty is Pound No. 2 ... 3201 S . Western is Pound No. 3 ... 3120 S . Wood is Pound No. 4 ... 701 N. Sacremento is Pound No. 6 ... And 6126 S. Racine is Pound No. 7 ... We welcome Det. Jack Terretta from Area 5 Property Crimes;

and P.O. Peter Fountas from Unit 140 to A~ ... Congratulations to P.0 .'s Francis Costello, Edward Shilney and Tom Stengel on your retirements . . . Rich Weinstein is involved with a group called R.E .A .C.T. which assists state and local police and communities wherever needed. . . We are reluctant to give P.O. Jim Thomas credit for Kiwanis D. Thomas Sr. passing the engineer's exam for the Fire Department, nor for Carretta Thom ­as' good performance evaluation by the Con­

sumer Banking Division ... The Disciples of Christ Full Gospel Church , with William Price, now has a radio broadcast every Tuesday morning at 5 :45 a.m. on station WWCA, Gary, Indiana, 1270 AM ... God bless you ... Until next time .. .

William Price

Bureau of Community Services: Deputy Supt. Ira Harris welcomed P.0 .'s Gerardo Garcia and Bill Guiney ... NEIGHBOR ­HOOD RELATIONS : P .O . John Bullard and Jimmie H icks received Outstanding Achieve­ment Awards from their 011 Police Explorer Post 9911 . Commander James Wigham and Explorers Hetti Washington, Crandall Hunt and Cynthia Green also received awards ... A grand time had by all at the 6th Annual Awards/Dinner Dance. 013 District was proud when Norm Vellez received "Ex­plorer of Year" and Larry Trice " Advisor of Year'' Awards. Music was provided by

P.O. "Wicked Willie" Simmons. Officer Friendly Bullard received a thank yoo letter from "his kids" at Our Lady of West S ide School that was so huge it had to be de­live red by the Hulk and the Junkyard Dog. .. P.O. Jim Holder has been City/State Tennis Police champion for four consecutive years and says, "being a police officer, I have a lot of experience with courts". His lovely Martha won a Hula-Hoop contest; the prize : a party for 25 friends at Juke Box Saturday N ight ... P.0 .'s Carol Fox and Sidney Kelly attended the Drug Abuse Resistance Education train ­ing seminar in Springfield with Sid being elected class president/graduation spokesman,

and Carol receiving "A ii-Around Instructor" Award. Upon their return, Carol was crying and Sid kept repeating, "Are we having fun yet?" Both are look ing forward to imple­menting the progr<rn in our school systems ... P.O. Reyes Moran returned from furlo sporting something new on his upper lip. He's also proud of daughter Leticia attending the Inter-American University in Puerto Rico .. . A thank you to P.O. Diane Murdock­Arnold who did a fine job fill ing in for P.O. Tom Wheeler. PREVENTIVE PRO­GRAMS: P.O. Tony Niemotka received the U.S. Air Force Achievement Award for his expertise in law enforcement and develop-

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ment of new training programs .. . While on furl o, P.O. Frank Haire attempted to re­place some light fixtures. His wife Donnie said he got carried away and was soon yelling, "Bud Light!" ... Sgt. Sam Mosley has de­veloped a theft-proof auto. Just put six hungry pit bulls inside ... CSA Vince Camp­bell did a suberb job filling in for Shirley Washington (Deputy's office) and P.O. Rose Olivieri did likewise in the PPD Admin. Office ... Congrats to recently married 003

CSA Linda Jordan ... SENIOR CITIZENS: Director Madelyn O' Neill finally revealed her fantastic weight loss formula. Breakfast : Y, grapefruit, 1 piece of wheat toast, 8 oz. skim milk. Lunch : 4 oz . broiled chicken breast, 1 Oreo cookie, 1 cup herb tea. Snack : Finish package of cookies, 1 quart of ice cream, 1 jar of hot fudge. Dinner : 2 loaves of garlic bread, 1 large pizza, 1 large pitcher of non-light beer, 3 candy bars, and a cheese­cake (eaten directly from freezer). .. BEAT REP (reporter Toni Tritsis) : We welcome Sgt. Cart Stoll, replacing Sgt. "Sweetness" Thomas Holbert ... A great job by all involved in War Against Crime Week ... Ruth, kindly check with the division before you burn out all the good things in life ... The best to Ann Franc, former 008 coordinator ... Kathy Schuster is engaged. We can spot her a mile away with the glow on her face and from the object on her left hand . The best to you and your Patrick .. . Ruth Melson is proud of the photos she took in Korea; and Annette Pavlik vacationed in Egypt ... Rita Maryland is proud of Son Russell, honor student and defensive tack le with the University of Miam i Hurricanes (jersey no. 67). .. This is Reporter Toni signing off ... CRIB COR ­NER : P.O. Eugene Jaglowsk i and wife Joyce, proud parents of Lauren; and P.O. Carol Zancha and her Dennis with daughter Tiff­ney . (Remember, dads, when changing diap­ers, it's the plastic on the OUTSIDE of the baby's bottom) ... Barbara Nueske is nuts

about grandchild number five, Gabrielle . . . P.O. Paul Moreno, after his great time at the FOP convention, opened a "Roach Motel" chain in which he's the sole owner, manager, chef, lifeguard, parking attendant, etc .. . PllD: Star Associate Editor Dennis Bingham served as an advisor for the movie "E ight Men Out", about the 1919 World Series to be released August '88. He also had a bit part as an umpire which will end up on the cutting room floor. But it's SAFE to say his performance was STRIKING, the movie will be a sure HIT which will STEAL your heart ... RUMOR CENTRAL : P.0.'s Rudy Brown and John Ciszewski earned a combined

total of 74 cents for their BR IE F perfor­mance as Sugar Shack dancers with most of the patrons requesting a refund ... P.O. John Kozak, one of the 10 best dressed officers, talks of his favorite thrift shops and multi­colored shoes ... P.O . Tony Niemotka and CSA's Betty Ashley and Linda Mackey con­

ducted the 019 PPD Coupon Contest in which Betty disguised a rental truck loaded with coupons to look I ike a police van and was the

undisputed winner ... P.O. John Brink says CSA Rosella Hahn graces her office with her captivating smile ... CSA's Vince Campbell and Ester Farr conduct aerobic exercise classes before and after lunch ... PPD's annu<1I winter uniform was a stretching success. All members passed, thanks to 46 yards of velcro ... Have a great day!

P.O. John M. Bell

Communication Operations Section: Our re­cent Annual Retirement Party was maybe our best yet (and I'm not just saying that because I was on the committee). All the prizes awarded were objects of art made and do­nated by members of our unit. Besides the band, we also had our own J .L. Smith en­tertain us as DJ. Congratulations to retirees Richard Spry, Donald Smith, Jim Lesko, Larry Mahoney, John Kosminskas, John Griffin, Harold Trezek, Alonzo Bonds, Rob­ert Johnson, Walter Foster, Bud Dorken, Bob Koppers, Dick Sheridan and Disp. Aide 0 llie Davis. Sgt. John Lamb, committee chairman, asked me to thank my fellow com­mittee members John Ciszek , Jim Caswell , Regina Milliner, Grace Turner, Pat Feeley , Hannalore G riesch and Alexis Funches. Everyone worked very hard to make it a special night for our retirees! . . Congrats to Sgt. Mike Flynn and his wife, parents of baby girl Kelly ... Condolences to our former commanding officer, Louis Schoenfeldt on the death of his father. Also condolences, on the death of loved ones, to : Darryl Gleaton, Phil Prerost, Bill Matyskela, Willia Wheaton, Lydia Pulido, Mary Gabriel, Law·rence Tyler, Wayne Finkel, Gloria Steele, Cynthia McCol­lough, Bob Barlow, Albert Prim ous, Jeff Kam­ien, Joann Gillie, Richard McCain, Sgt. William Mikolitis, and Pleas and Denise Ran­som . .. A belated welcome back to Diane Lanning of Call Back, after her long illness; and to Butch Youngbloom after his emer­gency surgery ... We hear former Disp. Ken Josephs was in a serious accident. It couldn ' t have been too serious, he made it to the re­tirement party (and, I might add, looking as thin as can be). . . The I rishFest, held in Milwaukee a while back, was enjoyed by quite a few members of this Dept. and, even

though a bail fund was set up, it wasn't needed. By the way, Capt. Mulcahy looks pretty good in shorts . . . Ask Don or Tony if there is such a thing as acid rain in Chicago ... And some members of this unit went on a Ghost Tour in and around Chicago. And no. Resurrection Mary is not a former dispatcher! .. Can you identify the following: Chunky, Bubba, Shamus, Hood, 1.W., A.T., Herbie, Schmidlapp, Noodles, Bobcat and Cement

Head? .. Is it true Lazo is really a cotJntry­western singer in disguise? . . Was that Nick Bath as I saw reading "Presumed Innocent" (or did he write it)? .. Who was ti-at "Hunk" seen recently with Mary Gabriel? . . Note to Mario Stinson : I'm still waiting for your gossip from the P.M. power watch .. . Pam Cureton passed up our Ghost Tour to go on

vacation with her husband and kids to Cana­da. We'll get you next time, Pam ... Is it

true Ken Koziol, Ron Tillrock and Tom Willis lost their shirts in Vegas? .. Is it true P.F. and G. L. are "fooling around"? .. Some­one mentioned to me that Art Harmon and Jim Glenke would be great for "undercover" in any local high school. Is it because of their youthful looks or their childish antics? .. Did you know that Butch Youngbloom will do anything for $10? .. Who is "Bo Bo J"? . . Carol Prerost is back in town and· sends a big hello to everyone . . . I'm told wedding bells will be ringing in Call Back . ls that true, Big Bill? .. By the way, if you haven't had lunch lately on the 13th floor, try it. Roger is working miracles up there! .. Terry Mang­ner sends the following message to all of us : "Eat your hearts out!" He loves being re­tired ... Last Sept. 15th was a big day for Bud Dorken. After 42 years on the job, (yes, 42!) he retired and handed his badge to his son. It was a touching moment, cele­brated with cake and coffee. You' 11 be missed, Bud .. . Every time I ask Sgt. McCarthy for news from Call Back for this column, he gives me things we can 't print. By the way, Sarge where is your folder? . . Note to Capt. Mul­cahy : T im Edeling WANTS TO STAY! .. We would all love to hear from more of you in print. Still waiting for some big "scoops" from the ranks. Drop me a line or drop in and see me in room 301 ... Until next time

Maureen Stephens

Electronics Maintenance Division : Welcome aboard to P.O. Richard Peterson, detailed from 024. We hope you have an enjoyable stay . .. A big thank you to all division mem­bers for their support of the St. Jude Police League .. . Some members of this division spend the iast few months of 1987 traveling. Lt. Levy visited California and Arizona. Paul Anderson also spent time in Arizona. Bill K oronk iewicz crossed the border to Canada. And Pat Schott relaxed in Las Vegas . .. Mary and Jim Caulfield received a unique Christmas gift : mortgage payments! Congratulations on your new home. . . Thanks to all who made our EMO/MMD Christmas party the success it was ... Til next time .. .

P.O. Fred Konet

Motor Maintenance Division : Belated con­gratulations to Michael Schabold and his Irene on their wedding. They honeymooned in Canada ... Anniversary wishes to Director Richard Grishaber and Diane; John and Gloria Tolley; and Stanley and Jean Kloc­kowski ... Mike, with this new car, remember one thing, you do have to check the oil from time to time ... Debra, now that you have this new motorcycle, your fellow workers want to know when you are going to show up in the leather outfit ... Condolences to the f<fllilies of Frank Cortese, Edgar Single­ton and Denise Clifford ... A while back Danny Chapulis and wife Cathy enjoyed a cruise and a week of rest in Florida ...

Nancy Corbett

Property Management: Hello everyone! Once again this is your reporter coming to you with

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Carter Harrison Award presented to Kopala

Officer David Kopala, Narcotics General Enforcement, received another top award when he was presented the Carter Harrison Award by the late May­or Harold Washington, assisted by form­er Superintendent Fred Rice, at a sp­cial ceremony held in city council chambers.

Last year Kopala was presented the Department's highest award, the Police Medal, during the ceremonies of Recognition Night.

There were also five Special Honorable Mentions , 11 Honorable Mention Awards and two posthumous awards presented to Department offi­cers.

The Carter Harrison and Lambert Tree Awards, Chicago's highest com­mendations for bravery, are awarded alternately between Chicago police offi­cers and firefighters who performed

news of what's going on in Property Manage­ment ... The big news was our grand retire­ment party for Bill Gaffney. Many guests were present including recently retired Superintendent Fred Rice and other high­ranking Department personnel. Bill received a letter from President Ronald Reagan at the party wishing him well on his retirement. A good time was had by all. We wish to thank the committee members who worked very hard on this special event: Nancy Ferro, Jack Lynch, Thomas Sullivan, Jack Grisham, Jack O'Toole, Bill Gaffney Jr., Edward Crane, Bernie Jiricek, Robert Soprych and Winn Corbett. We also express our deepest gratitude to Arthur Curran who worked so hard in per­forming the extra duties. The party would not have been such a success if it were not for his dedication ... Since our last column in the Star, our unit has been blessed with some very joyous events. Area 5 Custodian Leon Bynum was married and Engineer Jeff Gul­bransen was blessed with a baby girl. Marvin Daniels, of Area 6, was also married, and Acting Chief Engineer Thomas Sullivan was blessed with the arrival of a granddaughter . .. We extend our well wishes to Creola Boyd ... On a brighter note, we extend con· gratulations to Tom Sullivan who was elected Pension Trustee .. . Our condolences to the family and friends of Engineer Joseph Gian· nelli. We mourn the death of this kind, gentle person who was never afraid or a· shamed to help and work with those he supervised at the Training Academy. We will greatly miss him ...

Ouida Dodd

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exceptional acts of heroism during the previous year.

Firefighter Patrick Joyce received the Lambert Tree Award.

Kopala was honored for his out­standing heroism displayed in two separate incidents involving two dif­ferent partners.

After observing an armed robbery in progress, Kopala and his partner released the offender to prevent inno­cent citizens from being injured. During the ensuing pursuit , the offender fired at the officers, who returned fire, striking the gunman. The offender, later identified as a county correctional officer, was also identified as a suspect in another robbery.

A few months later, Kopala and another partner forced their way into a dark room to apprehend a wanted drug dealer. As they observed the of­fender run into another room, a second offender , hiding behing a couch, fired three shots at the officers. Kopala was . struck in the chest, but sustained no serious injury because he was wearing a safety vest. The officers returned fire, fatally wounding the assailant.

The five Special Honorable Men­tions were presented to Lieutenant Ronald Sieczkowski and Officers Bran­don Hawkins, James Dolan and Ronald Korzeniewski, all of the 11th District; and Officer Alan Wittenberg, 20th District.

Sieczkowski and Hawkins were wounded by a burst of gunfire after forcing their way in to the apartment of an offender who had abducted a woman at gunpoint and committed several criminal sexual assaults. Dolan and Korzeniewski were wounded after cou­rageously entering a bus to confront an offender who had kidnapped a baby. Wittenberg was wounded by an offender who had shot a citizen and had taken a woman hostage.

The 11 Honorable Mentions were presented to Patrol Specialists Thomas Ward , 13th District, and Percy Roland, 21st District ; and Officers Hosea Cage Jr., 10th District ; Michael Stanley , 6th District ; Anthony Robles, 14th Dis­trict; Daniel Nendza and John Doyle, 21st District ; James Haase and Daniel

OFFICER DAVID KOPALA

Chorwicki, Canine Unit; and John Kotlarz and Erasmo Rodriguez, Nar­cotics General Enforcement.

Ward was struck by sniper fire .as he responded to a disturbance at a housing complex. Roland was wounded after attempting to subdue a gunman who had shot a citizen. Cage, while in pursuit of an offender, severely injured his leg requiring the amputation of his left foot. Stanley courageously appre­hended an armed robber who had fired several shots at the officer. Robles suf­fered gunshot wounds while attempting to subdue a shoplifter and his accomp­lice.

Nendza and Dolan displayed out­standing police actions in the appre­hension of an offender who had robbed a restaurant and shot a citizen. Haase and Chorowicki , following a lengthy car chase during which a gunman fired at the officers, apprehended the dangerous offender. Kotlarz was Kopala's partner in the apprehension of the armed rob­ber. And Rodriguez was Kopala 's partner when they courageously en­tered a dark room to apprehend a drug dealer.

The awards are named in honor of Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison and Judge Lambert Tree.

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.* DEPARTMENT COMMENDATIONS~- -AREA 3-Sgt. Thomas White and

·Det.'s Donald Kuchar, Martin Lee, John Nielson and Joseph Reiter com­bined efforts with 011 DISTRICT P.0.'s George Ferro and Richard Kunke on an investigation resulting in the arrest of four offenders and the clearing of several burglaries.

AREA 6- Det.'s John Fitzsim­mons and Lawrence Thezan conducted an investigation which led to the arrest of an offender wanted for two vicious rapes and an attempted robbery.

AUTO THEFT SECTION- Det.'s Paul Bernatek and Clarence Oleszkie­wicz alertly observed a vehicle being driven through a stop sign, which led to the apprehension of two vicious robbery "ff en de rs.

FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT - P.O. Clinton Baker was assigned to investigate an apparent fraudulent claim for injuries in a traffic accident. Through skillful interviewing, Baker developed information that led to the indictment of 3 7 persons for fraud against insurance companies.

GANG ENFORCEMENT- Lt. Frank Radke Jr. and G.C.S.'s William O'Brien, John Howe, Patrick McCarthy, James Learn and Edward Wiora teamed with 019 DISTRICT Sgt. Daniel Ami­dei , and Det.'s Alan Isaac and P.O. Mic­hael Lash, NARCOTICS DIVISION, on an investigation concerning the sale of illegal narcotics by street gangs, which resulted in 194 indictments and 94 arrest warrants.

Extensive surveillances by G.C.S.'s Thomas Finnelly and Jose Martinez led to the arrest of three offenders and the seizure of two million dollars worth of illegal narcotics. Sgt. Patrick Gordon and P.O. Thomas Mazurski arrested four juvenile offenders who had com­mitted several robberies as part of a smash-and-grab operation.

G.C.S.'s Joseph Cerone and Rob­ert O'Neill conducted an undercover in­vestigation resulting in indictments for solicitation to commit murder and the confiscation of heroin. Det. Garford Eveland and P.0.'s Christopher Prend­kowski, Anthony Zdziarski and Jack Granadorr made two arrests for the armed robbery of a police officer and recovered the officer's weapon.

MAJOR ACCIDENT INVESTI­GATION SECTION-Sgt. Thomas Rey­nolds, Traffic Specialists Thomas Mc­Kenna, William Bratek, Lawrence Clark, John Delanty, Arthur Godfrey and Kenneth Smith, and 011 DISTRICT P.0.'s Michael Lappe and Frank Von­drak were instrumental in the arrest of a hit-and-run offender five years after the crime was committed.

NARCOTICS DIVISION-Sgt. Thomas Martin and Lt. Philip Cline worked together on an on-going inves­tigation, covering several years, result­ing in the breakup of a large organized crime drug operation. Cline and Det.'s Michael Cummings, Robert Pietrowski and Michael Fleming, and P.O.'s Thom­as Keough, Philip Pariso, James Marino and John Wheaton risked dangerous situations to dismantle a major heroin ring and confiscated proceeds.

In an investigation of an inter­state heroin ring, Sgt. Martin, Det. William Szdzepaniak and P.O.'s Steven Chasen, Thomas Ptacek and Nathaniel Reed worked with the Indianapolis Police Department and arrested 17 of­fenders and confisicated a large amount of illegal drugs. Lt. William Callaghan, Sgt. Joseph D'Antonio, Det.'s George Graham, Patrick Darcy, Andrew Abbott and P.O.'s Glenn Rosiak, Patrick Feeny and Alfred Pappalito arrested four of­fenders operating a large scale heroin ring and conspiring to murder a Chi­cago Police officer.

ORGANIZED CRIME DIVISION -Y.O. Leonard Pittacora, while off­duty, observed an aggravated assault in progress and immediately disarmed and arrested the offender.

PUBLIC HOUSING-Sgt. Steven Steele and P.O.'s Bernard Ward and Leslie Smulevitz were fired upon by two offenders with shotguns, pursued the offenders and arrested them for aggravated battery.

TRAFFIC COURT SECTION­Sgt. Ben Weiner and P.O. William Augle developed a computer designed program that enables the section to make timely court notifications and maintain strict accountability of offi­cers whose appearance in court is mandatory.

002 DISTRICT-Sergeant Gordon

Lohrman and Officers Richard Paladino and Laurel Johnson conducted an in­vestigation resulting in the arrest of an offender for aggravated criminal sex­ual assault. Officer Frank Kovac and Bruce Wronski learned the identity of a murderer, placed the offender under arrest and recovered the wea­pons used in the crime.

003 DISTRICT- As a direct result of the quick response and willingness to follow with an investigation by Offi­cers Thomas Gruber and James Ryan, a dangerous felon was apprehended and a crime pattern cleared.

004 DISTRICT- The investigative abilities of Officer Raymond Uchman resulted in the solving of a heinous crime and the apprehension of an of­fender wanted for kidnapping, criminal sexual assault and auto theft. Sergeant Michael Drozdek and Officers Juan Garcia and Eugenia Hernandez con­ducted an exhaustive search resulting in the arrest ofa murderer who had beaten his victim to death with a baseball bat.

007 DISTRICT - After stopping a fleeing vehicle, Patrol Specialist Allen Grzyb and Officer William Bertha con­ducted an investigation which reveal~d that the offenders were wanted for a strong-arm robbery committed minutes earlier. Patrol Specialists Garrett Dubin and Timothy Koren and Officers Val­erie Allen and Robert Stubitsch appre­hended an offender who had committed three armed robberies.

An infom1a ti on report submitted by Sergeant John Baranowski and Offi­cers Ernest Brown and Walter Green resulted in the development of a new collection process regarding parking me­ters which will save the city hundreds of thousands of dollars. Officers Nancy Mulligan and Edward Johnson appre­hended an arsonist and assisted in ev­acuating six people from the smoke­filled building.

008 DISTRICT-Sergeant Gerald Dusek and Officers Raymond Zak and Robert Graeber apprehended a bank robber and recovered the weapon and proceeds. Officers Michael Tracy and James Bums teamed with AREA 3 PROPERTY CRIMES Detective Robert Falkenberg to apprehend three offend­ers wanted for three armed robberies.

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