Fraternal Order of Police CHICAGO LODGE 7 Official Magazine • June 2021 Reaching Out Lodge 7 extends efforts to connect officers with the community and make the city safer IN THIS ISSUE OF CHICAGO LODGE 7 MAGAZINE COVER STORY Lodge 7 Magazine Main Number: 312-515-7523 Advertising: 201-370-4082 33 Editorial: 201-370-4082 Distribution: 201-880-7288 Subscriptions: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.chicagofopmagazine.com Chicago FOP Lodge Main Number: 312-733-7776 MITCHELL KRUGEL Founder and Publisher [email protected] GINA CROTCHFELT Art Director [email protected] ROSEMARY AN Staff Writer [email protected] DAN CAMPANA Faith in the Community Contributing Editor [email protected] KIMBERLY FLYNN Chicago Lodge 7 has taken the matter of connecting officers with the community into its own LAUREN PURCELL hands. An initiative to work with local churches that has been in progress since last summer inten- Copy Editors sified recently when the FOP hooked up with a new organization dedicated to investing in com- KELLY CHARTOFILLIS munities. With Lodge 7’s help, this effort can go a long way toward helping to make communities Executive Administrator safer for the residents and the officers who serve them. [email protected] MAGAZINE COMMITTEE MESSAGES FROM LODGE 7 Joseph Battaglia, William Burns, Michael Carroll, Carolynn Crump, David DiSanti, President’s Report ..............................Page 5 FOP Labor Report ............................Page 18 Tim Fitzpatrick, Jeremy Hipps, Jose Martinez, Daniel McDonough, Rob Noceda, Marikay The 4-1-1 ................................................Page 8 FOP Legal Report .............................Page 20 O’Brien, Brian Richards, Russell Schultz First Vice President’s Report .........Page 10 Legislative Report ............................Page 22 DAN RAPPOPORT Second Vice President’s Report ..Page 11 Portraits by Peter Bucks ................Page 23 Founder Financial Secretary’s Report ........Page 12 From your Directing Chaplain ....Page 26 JUNE 2021 ■ VOLUME 7, NO. 6 Recording Secretary’s Report ......Page 13 Compliments of Rabbi Moshe ....Page 27 Chicago Lodge No. 7 FOP Magazine is a monthly publi- cation dedicated to law enforcement and criminal jus- Communications Report ..............Page 14 Officer Awards ..................................Page 28 tice professionals operating in the City of Chicago, and throughout the State of Illinois. ©2020 KRURAPP COMMU- Retired Members .............................Page 16 Mental Health Message.................Page 46 NICATIONS, INC. Reproduction of any part of this Maga- zine without express written permission is prohibited. Ad- dress subscription inquires and address changes to subs@ Deceased Members ........................Page 17 Members Section ............................Page 49 ChicagoFOPmagazine.com. Reader comments and edito- rial submissions are welcome, but neither the Publisher (Krurapp Communications, Inc.) nor the Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge No. 7 assume any responsibility for INSIDE STORIES the return of unsolicited material. The Publisher manages and controls all advertisement relationships and ultimate- ly retains the right to accept or reject any advertisement. The acceptance of advertisements by Chicago Lodge No. 7 FOP Magazine does not constitute an endorsement of 38 42 43 the products or services advertised. The Publisher and the Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge No. 7, nor any of their officers and/or employees, make any warranty, -ex press or implied, including the warranties of merchantabil- ity and fitness for a particular purpose, or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or pro- cess included in any written or submitted content or in any advertisement. The views and opinions of any advertiser or third-party article contributor do not necessarily state or reflect those of either the Publisher (Krurapp Commu- nications, Inc.) or the Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge No. 7, and are not used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. Chicago Lodge No. 7 Magazine, its Publishers and/or the Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Along for the ride They’ve got your back Firearms Days Lodge No. 7 assume no financial responsibility for errors in advertisements. 4 CHICAGO LODGE 7 ■ JUNE 2021 CHICAGO LODGE 7 Official Magazine President’s Report It’s not safe to let legislators FRATERNAL ORDER keep doing this to us OF POLICE CHICAGO LODGE #7 A quick opener about HB3653, the SAFE T Act that will do nothing to make the city safe. If you saw my YouTube update from Homan Square on barbecue day during Memorial Day weekend, you know I am calling this the “Anything But Safety” Act. EXECUTIVE BOARD During the spring General Assembly session that ended on June 1, we tried to do JOHN CATANZARA all the work for legislators with a trailer bill to clean up the mess that was passed in January. But this has been a nightmare from the start, and all it has done is give the President criminals the keys to the kingdom. Michael Mette There was conversation about letting the legislators live with what they did, but JOHN from a union perspective, we do not have the freedom, nor should we, to just sit First Vice President CATANZARA back and do nothing. We can’t have our members be sacrificial lambs who are going to be subjected to ridiculous discipline, firing and maybe even jail, the way that law Daniel D. Gorman is structured. It’s incumbent upon us to try, until our last breath, to do everything we Second Vice President can to convince them they need to address the specific working condition issues. Fernando Flores But they refuse to address the biggest problems, especially the dynamic between anonymous Third Vice President complaints and confidential complaints within the bill. It is filled with contradictory language and definitions, and by that simple standard alone, they have to do something with that, because Rob Noceda it doesn’t make any sense. We may have to challenge it in court as unconstitutional because it’s a Recording Secretary two-topic law when it’s supposed to be topic-specific. We’ll see if we can at least get some traction Jim Jakstavich there. Financial Secretary Is it a long shot? Absolutely. But it’s incumbent upon us to throw every punch we possibly can. As State Lodge President Chris Southwood noted, “We are nowhere near where we need to be to Dennis McGuire support the ‘Anything but Safe-T Act.’ It is still a heaping pile of manure.” Treasurer Right now, the law is what it is and goes into effect on July 1. But the FOP will support nothing short of a complete do-over with our involvement in crafting new language. Dean Angelo Sr. Consequently, we have a lot of work to do going forward before this gets any better. Our path is Immediate Past President set. We must make changes to the General Assembly, and that is where we will point our political Sergeants-at-Arms action starting today, with sights set on the 2022 general election to take out the anti-police leg- Nenad Markovich islators. Frank Quinn III The Cover Story Daniel Sheehan Trustees The cover of this issue reflects our increasing path to create community outreach through work- ing with local churches. This is an initiative we started shortly after we took office with the help of Harold Brown Dr. Willie Wilson. Last summer, we had a couple of meetings in the hall, where we invited rever- John Capparelli ends and ministers to express our mission to help make communities safer. Pablo Claudio Recently, the ministers ­‑ with Doc’s help - have put together a new corporation called Ramo Frank J. DiMaria Global Commerce. Check out some of the background and details in our cover story beginning David DiSanti on page 33. Mark P. Donahue Ramo wants to sell products through this corporation and keep the money in the black commu- Patrick Duckhorn nity. The corporation will reinvest the money into the churches to help their communities. Tim Fitzpatrick We’ve had a handful of officers express concerns about racial separations or interests that don’t Dan Goetz necessarily align with them. The reality is that this organization is democratic. It’s run by majority Ken Hauser rule. There are going to be people who may believe something needs to be done, but the member- Tom Lonergan ship or the board votes a different way. That’s why being involved in the union, having your voice Brock Merck heard and coming to meetings makes a difference. Steve Olsen Specific to the African-American officers, I want them to know that their community matters to Monica Ortiz us. That being said, I was invited to the Ramo board meeting at the House of Hope church on May Dan Quaid 24 for a luncheon, which was pretty eye-popping. We had some conversations about community Ron Shogren outreach and what that looks like from the FOP level. It was pretty humbling that I was that readily Daniel G. Trevino accepted, whether it was because Willie gave me his blessing and they take it as gospel, or they just liked what they heard coming from our mouth. Field Representative They gave Chris Southwood and me some microphone time. We got to talk about the FOP and Andrew Cantore pledge our support. We’ve already had a couple of ministers reach out to us for hard dates for par- CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 CHICAGO LODGE 7 ■ JUNE 2021 5 Last Words About the no-confidence vote About the mayor’s response to the no-confidence vote There were calls for it last year. I just didn’t think it was the right tim- I know she likes to spin it that this was me, me, me, but it’s all PR bullshit. ing. The response to the St. Jude March and disrespect for the Gold Star Her reference to this being about the contract is so out of left field.