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~tar THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT
DECEMBER 1978 Digitized by ChicagoCop.com
CHICAGO
Superintendents message P OLICE
I extend to all members of the Department and your loved ones my
most cordial and sincere wish for all the blessings that come from the
celebration of Christmas and the Holydays. I wish you a happy, healthy
New Year.
We found 1978 to be a year of change, progress and achievement in
the Police Department. We were able to decrease the incidence of crime
for the fourth consecutive year . We were called upon for unique and
extraordinary events, demonstrations, and occurrences. We were suc
cessful in living up to our reputation as the finest. These achievements
would not have been attained without your single and collective efforts
and the dedication of all our sworn and civilian personnel alike .
Let us all continue our efforts to faithfully serve the city; to make
1979 a more outstanding year and; to demonstrate to all of the people of
Chicago that they have, indeed, the finest Police Department in the
country.
STAR
VOLUME 17, NUMBER 12 December 1978
MICHAEL A. BILANDIC
Mayor
JAMES E. O'GRADY Superintendent ~z.t)'L
RALEIGH MATHIS
Deputy Superintendent
Bureau of Community Services
TINA VICINI
Director
Public and Internal Information Division
IN D EX
3 Spotlight on the 4th District 7 Department Health Program 9 The Blue Light Law 'n' Laughter
13 Department Commendations
14 Three commanders named
Recent Retirements
15 Preventive Programs Division
17 Microanalysis Unit
18 In Memoriam
19 Personalities ... Youth Officer Bart
Rose
EDITORIAL STAFF
LeROY JIRIK, Editor; DENNIS BINGHAM, Associate
Editor; Photos by Graphic Arts Section Photog
raphers. Unit reporters are listed in the Blue Light
Section.
The Chicago Police Star is published
monthly by the Chicago Police Department
and is the official Department publication .
The Star is di stributed without charge to
active and reti'red Department members
and to persons and agencies in the field of
law enforcement. No one is authorized to
solicit or accept payment for advertising or
subscriptions to the Star. Perm ission to
reprint articles must be received in writing
from the Director of Public and Internal
Information Divi sio n, Ch icago Police De
partment, 1121 South State Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60605.
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Chicago Police Star December 1978
Superintendent of
pO~ice
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Dies in performance of duty Officer Janles Days, 52, of the 21st
District, w"orking the 1st watch
November 10, suffered a serious heart
attack while pursuing a stolen auto
suspect.
While on patrol, Officer Days and his
partner observed the suspect auto with
several occupants inside acting irrati
cally. The occupants, when they saw the
officers approach, drove off at a high
rate of speed. The car then began weav
ing and the vehicle's occupants decided
to abandon the car while it was moving .
It subsequently hit a tree.
Officer Days and his partner gave
chase on foot after the suspects. During
the chase Officer ~ys had alerted the
Communications G~erations Section of the pursuit. As other units converged on
the area it was discovered that Officer
Days had fallen.
Responding officers requested an am
bulance and Officer Days was trans
ported to Billings Hospital where
Officer James Days emergency treatment proved futile. Officer Days was appointed to the De
partment on January 23, 1961. Officer Days is survi ved by his widow,
Dorietha, a son, two sisters and two
brothers.
COVER
A holiday motif wraparound cover for this month 's Chicago Police
Star magazine was produced throug h t he combined efforts of Assis
tant Editor Dennis Bingham, and Graphic Arts Section Artists Caro
lyn Bennett, Leo Feltman and Marge McMillin.
Photos for this edition were taken by Steve Herbert and Roman
Zabicki, Graphic Arts Section photographer s.
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TRICT
outh Chicago was
once a 'paradise'
In the early 1800s, the community of
South Deering-situated within the
boundaries of our 4th or South Chicago
District, was made up of marshy lands
once covered by the waters of Lake
Calumet. A virtual paradise for
sportsmen, it was used by Chicago's
wealthy who journeyed here to hunt and
fish. It wasn't until after the great Chi
cago Fire of 1871 , however, that the
area became the nucleus for the many
steel mills which sprang up in the re
gion.
The Irish, Welsh and English, the
first immigrants in the area, settled
along what is now Torrence Avenue and
108th Street. At the turn of the 19th
century, they were joined by Yugoslav,
Polish, German and Italian immigrants
and after World War II, the Mexicans.
In 1830, an enterprising clergyman,
the Rev. William See, moonlighting as a
ferry-owner, paid the city a $2 tax to run
a ferry across the "Calli mink" (Calumet
Commander Edward Sheehy
River) near 93rd Street. His rates, in
teresting enough included:
12% cents per man
25 cents per man and horse
37 cents per man with a horse-drawn
wagon or carriage
75 cents per man with a wagon or cart
by two horses or oxen
$1.00 for a man, wagon and four
horses
Senior Clerk Camille Velasco (from left) Officers Sylvester Kasprzyk and Rufus
Lacey man desk while Sergeant Jack Harris, and Officers Randall Konop and
Patrick Fogarty fill out reports in 4th District.
Tactical Team officers enter old 15th
Precinct building, built in 1893, which
is home of 4th District. New facility is
under construction.
Ayoung army lieutenant by the name
of Jefferson Davis, later famous as the
President of the Southern Confederacy
during the Civil War, was sent out to
make a survey of several sites to decide
where the federal government could
build a harbor which would terminate
the Illinois-Michigan Canal. Davis
strongly recommended the Calumet
River site, but his recommendations
were disregarded. The terminal of the
Canal became the Chicago River and
the town of Calumet really didn't de
velop until much later in the century.
The Belle Chase was the first tug boat
to navigate the Calumet.
The first school in South Shore, held
in a rented room at Torrence and 107th
Street, was opened with Cyrus Stone as
the teacher in 1876.
In 1883 the Salvation Army moved
into the area to preach the gospel and to
help the downtrodden. They set up bar
racks at 95th and Baltimore Avenue.
However, life was not always pleasant.
Army members were harrassed by
hoodlums as they held religious services
on street corners in South Chicago.
However, they stubbornly held their
ground until finally they won the battle.
St. Patrick's Day in 1885 was certain
to have been remembered for many
years by those attending a celebration
at the Calumet Dance Hall. Fire broke
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Officer Curtis Senior
Watch Commander Captain Eugene Roche and Sergeant Thomas Bingham in
spect officers at 2nd watch roll call.
out in the hall and spread to neighbor
ing structures destroying the entire
block of 92nd Street between Brandon
and Burley Avenues .
A few years later, in 1896, William
Jennings Brya n made a speech in the
Calumet Theater-he was the first
presidential candidate to visit the South
Chicago area.
History also records that a man by the
name of Uebele had a saloon on the
southwest corner of 92nd and Commer
cial Avenue which, according to the
Daily Calumet newspaper, was often re-
ferred to as "fireproof"-not because of
its safe structure-but because it fre
quently was set afire by its patrons and
had survived many blazes.
The Daily Calumet, which recorded
some of these historical tidbits in its
annual " progress edition" published
earlier this year, also reminisced about
its early days when reporters carried
stars which entitled them to cross police
and firelines, and with free admittance
to dances, theatrical performances,
prize fights and other entertainment
events . .. and ... carry "shooting irons"
Neighborhood Relations Sergeant Lorenzo Chew and Of
ficer Linda Augustus plan on call in community.
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Chicago Police Star Dece mber 1978
(for protection no doubt) as well.
The 4th or South Shore District,
situated on the corner of Exchange and
89th Street was actually built in the
"town" of South Shore in 1893 . It is the
second oldest police station left in the
city (the oldest being Maxwell Street,
which now houses the Vice Control and
Intelligence Divisions). A new 4th Dis
trict station is under construction at
103rd and Luella.
More than 200 ,000 residents live in
the 28-mile district, the second largest
in the Police Department. Its bound
aries travel from 138th Street on the
South, to 75th Street on the North ; the
Illinois Central Railroad and the
Calumet tracks on the West and Lak e
Michigan on the East.
Ethnically, the district is a melting
pot of Croatians, Poles , Germans, Ital
ians, Sloveni a ns , Hungarians, Ser
Officers Richard Poppish (left) and Daniel Nagle go over
some figures before Secretary Poppish prepares reports.
Officers Casimer Kozlowski and Joe
LoBianco answer emergency call.
bians, Yugoslavians, Negros, Latinos
and others. "The cultural differences
makes the 4th District a unique area;'
said Commander Edward Sheehy. Head
of the district since April 16, 1974 ,
Commander Sheehy comes from a police
family. His father, John, spent 36 years
as a patrolman on the force before retir
ing in 1947. Two older brothers, John
and George, also police officers, are now
retired.
Besides serving a residential com
munity in which homes range from
low-income projects to affluent homes
such as in the Pill Hill area . The 4th
Distri ct Officers also patrol a busy
manufacturing sector which includes
steel and wire mills, grain elevators,
warehouses and railroad switchyards.
The Calumet Seaport, Wolf Lake
State Park, Rainbow Beach, the
Officer Amos Harris discusses security with Bowen High School
guards Paul Dravillas (center) and Albert Ervin.
Calumet Skyway, and the Filtration
Plant also are found in the 4th District.
As other Districts, the biggest crime
problem in the South Shore District is
auto theft, followed by burglary and
theft from auto . Last year, the 4th Dis
trict experienced a total of 11,674
crimes.
An old police report from the year
1895-two years following the con
struction of the 4th District-gives an
insight of the Department in that era .
The 4th District was called the 15th
Precinct. (That designation is still visi
ble in stone over the front door. )
All districts were called precincts and
there were 44 listed in the report al
though a number were listed as "aban
doned" or "not open." Groups of four (or
five) precincts were assigned to a Dis
Tactical Team Officers Pat Roach (left), Charles Springer and Robert Kulak make
stop at United States Steel Corporation's South Works.
trict (much the same as our area cen
ters), with a total of 13 districts listed.
Each station was commanded by either
a captain or lieutenant. Citywide, the
districts were grouped in one offour di
visions, with each division having an
inspector in overall command-similar
to our BureaulDeputy Superintendent
concept.
The Department had a total of 2,850
police officers and a total budget of
$3,421,875 .63 that year. Chicago Police
officers arrested 83,464 offenders and
recovered $501 ,523.90 in stolen prop
erty. A breakdown of those arrested in
cluded the following occupations:
2,676 teamsters (horse and wagon
drivers) 2,374 prostitutes 2,530 saloonkeepers 1,216 carpenters 837 butchers 752 bartenders 525 barbers 303 bakers 258 sailors 155 janitors 133 lawyers 88 newspaper reporters
95 actors
33 policemen
23 teachers
12 clergymen
13 bankers
8 broom makers
5 soapmakers
7 editors
3 lamplighters
3 actresses
2 capitalists
1 U. S. Marshal
Eighty-six police officers were injured
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Officer Del Pearson takes report from
Officer Robert Lowe of Marine Unit.
Warrant Officers James Kuhn (left), Joseph Labarge and George Taylor.
in the line of duty in 1895, three were
killed . Police matrons cared for 17,180
women and children-victims, of
fenders and homeless. At one time
women also were sent to St. Vincent's
Orphanage on North LaSalle Street.
This institute cared for young homeless
children two years of age and under, at
the time of its closing several years ago .
While the Department was not in
volved in the type of police-community
programs in existence today, police sta
tions accommodated those who were
homeless, lost, or otherwise without a
temporary place to stay. Some of the
stations had sleeping accommodations
in their buildings and the 1895 report
indicates that the city's station houses
cared for 130,481 persons as compared
to 55,565 lodgers in 1891. In addition,
they furnished meals for a total of
117,375 lodgers and prisoners.
Police Officers in that year, also ex
tinguished 327 fires; assisted 991 intox
icated people home, and rescued 163
persons from drownings.
Police were summoned by citizens via
the Signal System which consisted of a
police/fire alarm telephone which were
located on 897 corners throughout the
city. Calls were answered by officers in
42 horse-drawn wagons, forerunner of
our squadrols. The wagons were used to
move the injured as well as to haul of
fenders off to jail. The Department had
236 horses at that time.
Officer Felix Contreras
Officer Sylvester Kasprzyk
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Officers Willard Douglas (left ) and Johnny Jones at Lake Calumet Harbor. Officer Noreen Hamilton
How Department
health program
reduces risks
THE FACTS:
• When compared to other occu
pational groups ... police officers
suffer a high incidence of heart dis
ease and related disorders ...
• The average age of Chicago po
lice officers who are stricken by
heart attacks is 47 years ...
• A frequent reason for early re
tirement from the Chicago Police
Department is NOT voluntary pen
sion enjoyment, but the result of
heart attacks, high blood pressure
or other circulatory diseases.
The Chicago Police Department, rec
ognizing the need for some type of a
"preventive health" program, formed a
Planning Committee, which with the
assistance of members of the Chicago
Heart Association as consultants,
worked for more than one year to de-
Sergeant Joseph DeLopez Jr. checks
Superintendent O'Grady on "step
test" to monitor pulse rate.
Superintendent James O'Grady has blood sample taken by
Nurse Marge Traub as Deputy Superintendent Raleigh
Mathis watches at Cardiovascular Health Program testing
for sworn members.
velop a Cardiovascular Health Program
for its sworn members.
Objectives of the educational pro
gram is to motivate police officers to
take the necessary steps to maintain or
to improve their cardiovascular health
and to reduce those factors which are a
contributing cause of heart disease.
The program started November 27 in
the Timothy J. O'Connor Training
Center with members of the top com
mand, headed by Superintendent
James E. O'Grady among the first 50
officers to undergo the all-day confer
ence. The Superintendent said:
"Your participation in our health
Officer Kathleen James takes Superintendent O'Grady's blood pressure at open
ing session of seminar to help officers improve their health.
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seminar will make you aware of car
diovascular health and provide you
with information by which you will be
able to maintain or improve your pres
ent level of fitness."
The remaining members of the top
command attended the health seminar
during the first week of the program.
The all-day seminars will continue
daily, Monday through Thursday with
groups of 50 police officers, until all
sworn members of the Department have
completed the program.
Police officers from the Patrol and
Traffic Divisions will attend the
seminar first, followed by members of
the Criminal Investigation Division
and other units.
The morning session includes lec
tures and films which illustrate how the
circulatory system works, and the risk
factors which contribute to heart dis
ease.
This is followed by several medical
tests which are of a screening nature to
give officers worthwhile information
about their health and fitness . "It is de
sirable that each officer is aware of his
cardiovascular health, so that he will be
able to take proper measures to reduce
the risk of heart attack;' said Dr. Albert
Miller of the Chicago Heart Associa
tion.
The tests include measuring each of
ficer's height, weight, blood pressure
and the drawing of a blood sample. The
blood sample is examined for choles
terol levels by the Board of Health and
the results are mailed directly to each
officer within a few days.
If the screening tests indicate some
problem, such as high blood pressure (or
low blood pressure) or a high cholesterol
level, then the officer will be advised to
see his own physician for a diagnostic
examination.
During the afternoon portion of the
seminar, the 50 officers are divided into
smaller groups of 16 to 17, to attend
classes on exercise, stress and nutrition
which again include lectures and films .
The exercise class includes a three
minute "step-test" (Rasch pulse re
covery test) which officers are asked to
take to determine their present physical
fitness level. In this, the officer steps up
onto a bench at a slow pace and then
down with a clock keeping count. At the
end of three minutes, the officer sits on
the bench and his heart pulse rate is
counted for one minute.
The "step-test" is not compulsory. Of
ficers who have known heart disease,
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Officer John Quattrocki explains how heart functions during seminar for Depart
ment members at Timothy J. O'Connor Training Center.
heart attacks, heart murmurs, or an
abnormal EKG; or those who have had
pain, pressure or discomfort in their
chest of unknown causes; those past the
age of 50; or those with uncontrolled ,
high blood pressure, are not asked and
should not undergo this test without
prior medical clearance.
Discussions in this class involve the
principals of proper exercising and an
understanding of the relationship of
good physical health (cardiovascular
respiratory fitness) as a means to im
proving the heart, lungs and blood ves
sels, thus reducing some risk factors
leading to coronary heart disease .
In the next class , ways in which to
cope with stress are discussed along
with causes-everyday experiences in
one's life-both good and bad, some
positive and others negative (such as
loss of a job, a promotion, loss of family
member, birth of a child, etc.) can signal
the body functions and the emotional
reactions of a person. A film which illus
trates how the accumulates of these ex
periences can lead to a stress-related
physical illness also is shown.
In the nutrition aspect ofthe seminar,
a new lifestyle in eating is discussed.
This includes how to select foods low in
saturated fat and cholesterol to reduce
the risk of heart attack and to achieve
weight control.
The Cardiovascular Health Program
is believed to be the first program of
magnitude to be initiated by any law
enforcement agency, the Superintend
ent said.
The Department's Planning Commit
tee for the program included: the former
Director of the Training Div ision, Dep
uty Chief John J. Jemilo, Patrol Divi
sion; Captain William W. Hougeson,
Medical Division ; Director John
Thomas, Sergeant Robert Curry, Inves
tigator Margaret Reilly and Marcia
Wagner, Professional Counselor, all of
Personnel Division; Lt. Robert Wagner,
Sergeant Ettore DiVito, and Officer
James Marsh of the Training Division.
Dr. Albert J. Miller, Chairman, Pro
fessor of Medicine, Northwestern Uni
versity Medical School, was chairman of
the Chicago Heart Association Consult
ing Committee which consisted of 17
medical experts in the cardiovascular
field.
Sergeant Anthony Concialdi is the
program coordinator. He is assisted by
10 instructors (all police officers) who
were trained by Dr. Miller and his staff
to present the program to Department
members.
Patrick Clark is the Director of the
Training Division .
October
puzzle
fans ...
The October Puzzle: "All in a Po
liceman's Day", had an entire line
missing which resulted in several
words not being completed. The error
was due to the printer who omitted the
line when setting type. We regret the
error, which should have been found
by the Star staff. Our apologies to Irene
Veloz, 3rd District Neighborhood Re
lations, who submitted the puzzle.
! JllU
Lao Feltma.n
THE
BLUE
002: Condolences to P.O . Roscoe Sloan and his
family on the death of his father, Ethrle Sloan of
Cleveland, Ohio ... Sympathy also is extended
to P.O. Robert Flynn and hi s family on the death
of hi s father, Thomas l. Flynn .. Aggressive
preventive police work earned Honora ble Men
tions for many members of the 2nd Distri ct
Tactical Unit during the 11th Period. Members
included in this paper chase were: P.O.'s Rick
Langston, Don Mills, Connie Hall, Carl Reid, Robert
F. Thomas, W. Simmons, George Brown and Lebert
Boyd ... Congratulations to P.O.'s Dasie Walker
and Marie Watkins on their new assignment as
tacti cal officers. The officers said that their as
signments will bear new dimensions to crime
fighting ... The administrative arm of District
Commander Lemon Works is functioning under
the direction of new District Secretary P.O. J. J.
Johnson ... Best wishes to J.J. on his new as
signment ... P.O.'s Ronald Hart and Gerald
Payne expressed their desire to be mentioned in
this edition of the Star. Here it is fellows. We
take this opportunity to applaud the efforts and
dedication of the Neighborhood Relations Sec
tion of the 2nd Distri ct. According to many citi
zens and community leaders, the section has
done much to improve relations between police
and com munity ..
P.O. Vince Dobbins
003: This is my first co lumn for the Star. It will
be a little short of information and names but I'll
try to improve as times goes by ... Patrol Spe
cial ist Ralph Yellowlees said that as long as they
don't look like my ca se report narratives, they'll
be OK .... Capt. John Grentzner could be called
a world traveller! Since being assigned to the
3rd District in Sept. of 1976, he has driven the
circumference of the Earth at the Equator
(24,992.45 miles) just going back and forth to
work! He's either a glutton for punishment, or he
just loves the scenery along the Dan Ryan! ...
Congratulations to Sgt. Pat Shannon and to
P.0.48renda Collins and Roy Whitfield for re
ceiving the South Shore Chamber of Commerce
Award for October ... Our unofficial 3rd Dis
trict bowling team, led by P.O. Mary Goeing won
their first match a little while back. Of co urse, as
far as we know, no other districts have bowling
teams, so no other teams showed up to compete
with them! .. . P.O. Danny Roseman ran in and
completed the 26.2 mile Mayor Daley
Marathon. It's a personal triumph for any long
distance runner. Congratulations Danny! ...
Welcome back to P.O. Mike (Ramrod) Stannish,
who had been out of circ ulation for awhile with a
back injury . .. Don't ask me why, but I was told
that Patrol Specialist Pete Dambrauskas' new
nickname is "Sp iderman" ... Congratulations
r- UI=< t o P.O. Jerry Murray and his wife, Doris, on the
birth of their baby girl, Michelle Kathleen. Proud
father-in -law P.O. George Dalzell from 3rd Dis
trict Review was spreading the word' ... Oh, by
the way, Bob Ford, there's a note for you at the
desk! ...
P.O. Rick Miller
005: Wel com e to Beat Rep. personnel Joseph
Grinnard, coordi nator; Phyllis Freeman, Paulette
Finnegan, assistant coordinators, and Judy
Minor, center analyst. All are doing a fine job in
servicing the residents within the 5th District
. Many thanks go out to P.O. Jack Hurley who
had thrown a fantastic watch party on his estate
in Glen Ellyn (oops). Believe it or not, all of the
loca l and city ordinances were observed. The
only minor complaint was that Jack should have
had the cow slaughtered before he stuffed it into
his outdoor grills ... It was bad news for Patrol
Specialist Kevin Barry while he was on his annual
furlough. Kevin participated in the CTA's spe
cia l employment program and he is now miss
ing. It seems that Kevin got an expired bus
transfer from an inexperienced driver, resulting
in Kevin being rerouted . Kevin was last observed
driving the famous Clydesdale horses, heading
toward Galeston, Texas, singing "H ome On The
Range." Congratulations are in order for P.O.
Dominic Alston on his recent nomination as the
unofficial officer in charge of the property man
agement section .
Lt. Ed Bishop received a
letter expressing appreciation recently upon
granting a " known resister" and "I" bond while
he was the watch commander on 3 1 October.
The letter was signed with a red substance and
signed by a Mr. Frank N. Stei n ... We also
extend our thanks to P.O. Bob Brown in assisting
the desk crew by utilizing his vast knowledge of
the Spanish language. He is a self-proclaimed
expert interpreting the language . Bob said he
contributed his success to having the ability to
locate the phone number of a local restaurant in
his calendar book ... The Galloping Gourmet
sent P.O. Don Crivokapich free tickets to hi s TV
program for Don's recipe of hi s world reknown
mostaccolli. Don said he owes the secret to a
very near and dear elderly lady ... P.O. Bernie
Sweeney is doing a fine job in the warrant office,
with only one minor problem. Bernie became so
engrossed with learning the various aspects of
processing warrants that he obtained one for his
partner ... 005 is the proud recipient of the
Department' s new vehi cle bumper jack . When
one of our vehicles sustains a flat, the driver
simply requests the services of P.O. Gary Walker
who arrives on the scene and lifts the vehicle up
and in a matter of minutes the tire is changed.
Gary said he has been doing the clean and jerk
for qu ite some time. . I would Ii ke to thank the
Anti-Cruelty Society personally for their 1978
award.
P.O. John Bell
006: Our annual entry in the "shortest police
officer" contest is Steven Jackson of the Tactical
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Unit. He qualified for this by giving himself a
black eye when he bumped into a fire hydrant.
Last year's entry was taken off the squad by
having lifts sewn on the heels of his feet, , ,
New son born to Rich Lionhood and the Mrs, The
little guy (thank God) looks like his mommy, , ,
So long to Bill Callaghan, off to become a lege~d
in Gang Crimes, , , The "Find a Partner for Bill
Kluth" contest is in its final stages, The Blue
Ribbon Committee was last seen prowling
around the Manteno State Farm, ' , The Gour
met Club of the district met to pick out the
number one eating spot on the West End,
Finalists are the Porcelain Room and the animal
cages in the district garage , , , Them
bloodhounds Joyce and Heimann arrested a felon
who was an escapee from a southern chain gang
20 years ago, Heimann said he just had a hunch
but Joyce tipped us the fellow stili had his
striped uniform on , , , John Herr, a teacher of
recruits, has a new hairdo and is often mistaken
for a rock star (Tiny Tim) , , , Henry Boucher, our
review guy , put in a new cement patio in the
early evening hours and in the morning when he
looked out Phil Miritello was a permanent guest
along with a few friends, Phil just couldn't resist
some fresh cement , , . Pete Bukiri won the
court's "sergeant's look-a-like" contest this
year. Pete looks like Lamont Cranston, , . Tom
Collins was last seen hawking old second-hand
cars on the Late Late Show. Sold one of his
beautys to Rowan who said he loves the idea of a
permanent T top in January ... Remember: To
err is human , to forgive is not police policy.
P.O . Bob Angone
007: Hi my darlings .. , 38 Honorables, 10th
Period , to Geraci, Flores, Hutton, Paluch, Jos.
Smith Posiadlik, Lynch, Gilmore Jr., Herr Jr., Har
rison: Berg, Ally, Bernatek, Cella, Jenicek,
Ramirez, Sehr, Lanigan, Redmond, Pearson,
Wronski, Howard, Merriweather, Heins, Velez,
Hofer (Area 2 Burg.), Rcts. Garner, Shoup, Duffy,
Scannell and Marshall. Keep up the SUPERior
work ... P.O. of Month nominee-JalaIAily ...
Deepest sympathy to Sgt. Dangerfield, Cotton
and Warren. Also to Commander Timothy Daly
and family in their loss of Timothy Jr. and Kevin,
and to the family of our own Wonnie Cook. , .
Newlyweds Scott and Jacklyn (mom Mariann,
dad John Lange) Weller. , . Happys to Barbara
and Edward Neumann (25 yrs.), Alice and Wilbur
Schat (31), Mercedes and Sgt. Cavanaugh (25),
Dolly and Anthony Leodoro (28), Susan and
Joseph Rokas (3), and Juanita and Lt . Jones (1).
Many more years of bliss l ... Super Seven
Stork dropped off two li ' l ones. Welcome
Richelle Patrice and Nichelle Marie (mom
Brenda, dad RobertWiliiams) ... Supercongrats
to following P,O. 's Hargrave, Beale, and Jas.
White and Officer Manager Freddie Nelson and
Asst. Ernest Harris ... Scott Hubbs received
Honorable from City Council ,
Dennis
Stahulak to 021 ... Chgo, Fire Dept. Robert J.
Bennett (bro Charles, 001, my nephew) received
spec ia I award for bravery . . . Count Joseph
Smiley Eppolito, Area 2 Patrol ... Chgo's Finest
21 years, Sgt.'s Cavanaugh, MacLean, P.O.'s
Rainey, J. Dixon, F. Williams, Moragne, L. New
man, Mannarelli, Leodoro (22), T. Brown (24) and
Q. Green (25) , , , Birthdays: Joseph Scott Ep
polito (3), Barbara (12), and Lisa (9) Flaherty .. ,
Be not simply good, be good for something ...
Toodles and ten-four ...
Rita Jeanne Pope
new Neighborhood Relations Sergeant William
Whitfield. Both seem tireless in bringing about
welcome changes in the station and the com
munity . The appointment of these two men was
a popular one in that both have the respect of the
men and the community. , . CLEW Week
brought hundreds of people through our station
and the holidays were festive for the neighbor
hood youngsters. The personnel of our station
were at their best in seeing that all vISitors for
the two occasions were treated in the best tradi
tion ... Captain Brown came back from fur
lough to find that both his lieutenants had
jumped ship, Lt, Wisnewski went to Traffic and
Lt. Davis to I nspectional Services, Sgt. Ford
went to lAD, Lots of luck, fellows ... Welcome
aboard to Lt. 's Media and Glazik, Sgt. Sowieger,
and the new centurions, A. Abrasevic, L. Barnes,
P. Czahor, W. Czahor, W. Guzik, G. Hardison, P.
Herron, G. Piervccini and I. Posluszny. , ' P.O.
Harper has to use a straw now that both arms are
mending from his auto mishap ... The ladles of
011 worked feverishly in bringing off a happy
Christmas party for the gang ... My first col
umn, bear with me ,
P.O. Valerie Elliott
best of luck on his retirement and also as Chief
of the Oak Lawn Police Dept. ... Our condo
lences to p,O, T. Coughlin and his family on the
death of his mother, and also to P.O, M. Riley on
the recent death of his brother, also the death of
P.O. Ida Heights' father ... Congratulations to
P.O, D. Moss who gave up his bachelorhood for a
beautiful girl named Cecilia ... Everyone
wishes the best of everything to Capt. John Mac
donald who is now assigned to the 001 District
· .. We also wish the same for Sgt. D. Lessner
who is now assigned to Traffic Area 1 , ' , Wel
come to the 009 TO Capt. John Nolan recently
named district commander, . We wish a
speedy recovery to p, 0. A. Provenzano, who re
cently was in an auto accident ... Glad to see
you back, P,O, B. Bovenizner ... The 009 DIs
trict Golf League was at its best this year, be
cause everyone shot under 100 ... Nice job by
P.O. Tom Cline, who is handling 40 youths on the
Explorer Post ... They say the top basketball
player is P.O. Mike Ceja and he doesn' t shoot
· . P.O. Gerald Sheehan and P.O. George Heisler
010: Welcome aboard to our permanently as
signed P.O.'s: Marilyn Cuthbert, Michael Emmett,
Anthony Liace, Kenneth Maduzia, Lucio Martin~z
and Edward Perez ... Good luck to John Suddle
and Walt Kardynalski in their new assignments
· .. Congrats to Sgt. Donald Januszyk and his
wife , Rosemary, on the birth of their son, Scott
· . . Speedy recovery to Lt. Thomas Fahey after
his recent surgery, , , We wish the best to Sgt.
Donald Crowley and P,O, Anthony Salerno who
have gone on disability pension ... The second
annual 10th District retirement party IS sched
uled for March 21,1979. For further informa
tion contact the undersigned ...
,
Darlene Gniadek
all: Two dynamos are loose in the 11th
009: We wish Commander John J. Haberkorn the
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District-Commander Aurelio Garcia and our
013: Commander Hector Hernandez is all smiles
th is month with the fantastic arrests that have
been made. P,O.'s Miller and Hamill ap
prehended a home invader by talking him into
giving up while the offender held a gun to the
victim's head . Sgt. Lara and P.O.'s Alvarado,
Lopez, and Kukielka apprehended several armed
robbers after a long shootout and chase. P,O,
LeTourneau and his partner testified in court for
two full days against three defense attorneys
and won a conviction for robbery on three
habitual criminals, That will reduce the crime
rate for the next few years! All of these guys
deserve the 13th District P,O, of the Month
award ... P,O. James Garnter, who has been
coaching the North Austin Boys Club football
team for 11 years , has been invited and ac·
cepted the challenge to play the Bermuda Naval
Air Station youth football team. This IS the fl rst
time that a Boys Club has ever left the United
States to playa football game ... Welcome to
Sgt. J. Sofere, Lt. Johnson, and P.O, Rivera . , ,
The desk crew wishes to thank the Neighbor
hood Relations staff for their fine job of keeping
the children away from the desk on Halloween.
The staff stood at the door and handed out more
than 60 Ibs . of candy to the trick or treaters ,
saving the desk crew from a nervous breakdown
, , , You lockup keepers are doing a great job, I
don't have room to list all of your names but wish
I could. You guys deserve an Honorable for the
way you processed the prisoners and still kept
the coffee going. , . Congrats to the recruits
who just graduated: P,O.'s Orlando, Olsen-Koza,
Ramirez, Barone, Chejn, Coleman, Crocker, Eich
ner, Elliot, Genovese, Goldman, Grundy, Hethcoat,
Jozwick, Kalis, Kotlarz, Meehan, Moreno, Newton
and Barone . , . Hello to Dave Hernandez ..
Capt. Moss announced that P,O . Ri.chard
Dorobialia, commander of the 2 nd District
V. F. W. Post recently presided over the 20th An·
nual Dinner Dance, We were never aware that
Dick was such an orator. Have you ever thought
of entering politics? ... Lt. Johnson wishes to
thank the tactical officers for their good work
this month in robbery arrests. Keep up the good
work .. ,
P.O. Roger Terry
016: A big welcome to Capt. Harold Fleming and
Officers C. Hardy and George Wilgus to the No, 1
district in the city . .. Good luck to Capt. Francis
Rooney on his new assignment l . .. Congratula
tions to Officers Mary Ann Green, Anthony Moore,
Bill Roumas and Willie Smith who all graduated
from the Academy with top honors and are now
assigned to this unit ... Many Honorable Men
tions were awarded to our top officers, and
leading the list with more than one were Marty
Conroy, Bob DeSimone, Jerry Eggers, Allan Fujara,
Joe DeFranco and Clark Schroeder ... Tom
Angelo did it again and splurged on a trip to
Hawaii with his charming wife, Arlene. While
there he took her to see Don Ho, a personal friend
of Tom's. Where to next year, Tom? .. Sgt.
James Castellano took his lovely wife Louise to
Florida for some sun and had a great time. Ask
Jim how his golf game went ... Good luck to
one of the best-Angelo DelMarto in his new
assignment. Now Ralph Archulita has to find
another partner to maintain his rating as one of
the top teams on Capt. Joe Mueller's aggressive
watch ... Bob (find me) Zalesny is looking for
parts for the car he bought from Ed (Fast Buck)
Brensberger. The only thing in working order in
the car was an old cigar butt still burning since
John Lupo left it in the ashtray 21 months ago. Ed
even took the acid out of the battery .. . Jim
Jamrock is trying to get an old-timers party to
gether and invited Dick Natter, Joe Kruszynski
and Joe Canik but they all declined , saying they
weren't old enough. Don't give up , Jim-Len
Celmer and Howard (Red) Young said they would
attend . .. Our Crossing Guard inspection was
held and, as usual, all the girls looked great. Our
girls not on ly look good but -are the most dedi
cated bunch in the city ... Oh, yes, Herman
Lorenz and his lovely wife, Bobbie, and son, Paul,
spent their vacation touring the south and
hunting in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Next
time, Herman, bring something back ...
P.O. Paul Petrowsky
017 : News Beat: Congratulations to P.O. Dennis
Kalinowski and his wife, Ellen, on the birth of a
baby boy, Michael James who weighed in at 7
Ibs. 8 oz.
. Best wishes to Commander
Michael Cooney on his retirement . .. Welcome
aboard to our new Commander Robert B. Casey
... P.O. Jack Olsen has left the job and now is in
Oregon ... "Duke" Walsh has gone into the
towing business ... Bob Quillinan is on a LOA to
the Mount Prospect P.D.. . Congratu lations to
P.O. Rich Brueck, who now is Area 5 Burglary
. Bob (Fatty) Papeck now is sporting a new '79
Cutlass . .. The best example of any detention
aide in th e city is our own Wally Kosala, who's
always lending a hand .. '. Questions: What
sergeant in our command was a utility infielder
and an average .200 hitter? . .. What deskman
is responsible for the air conditioner that has
been sitting around here for the last two years?
(of which, I donated a fin for) .. . What P.O. is
sporting a new hairstyle with the initials R.C. ?
.. . Good luck to Sgt. (10-4) Marty Buettgen on
his retirement . . . Best wishes to P.O. Rich
Sullinan and his bride, Annie, also to P.O. Wally
Glocke and his wife, Judy ... Bill Duffy does not
want his name in this column, so I won't put
anything in about William Duffy, 15037 of the
017, at all ... The stork brought a baby boy
named P.J. to P.O. Joe Panico and his wife,
Christine, 7 Ibs. 1 oz .. .. P.O. Dick Mariner, has
forthe second year ina row , finished the 26 mile
Mayor Daley Marathon ... Best bumper sticker
award goes to P.O. Rich Leckey: " If this trailer's
a-rockin don't come a knockin" (WOW I)
Sgt. Don Evagelista will soon give me the results
Department: Roger Taylor and Mike Catalano
have new brides now and Bruce Cummings and
Ann Sims are now Mr. and Ms .. . . That's about
it for now. All right, you crazy maniacs, get outta
here! .
P.O. Rob Sarnowski
"Your coffee is so delicious I decided to come home for my coffee break." on the recen t pistol shooting match, hopefully
by 1980 . . . What happened to P.O. Jarrett
Yedlinski's golf game th is year? ... P.O. Norm
Taylor still is boring . .. P.O. Mike Cafferata
actually was seen in court ... P.O. Rich Kim
brough rides a tricycle and is always calling me
"No Class" . .. Sgt. John Sarnowski is elated
over the election of the new Pope. Eat your heart
ou t, Frank Scardina ... Until next month ..
P.O. Richard M. Klasen
020 District: The "Gang-Bang" is at it again!
Sgt. Fred Bosse and P.O. Stan Gams along with
Inv. Brian Lendzion of Area l/GA and Inv. Bill
Struke of Bomb & Arson won the State of Illinois
I. P.A. Combat Shoot for the fourth year in a row.
Bosse, Gams & Lendzion were also named to the
Governor's Twenty, an award presented by Gov
ernor Jim Thompson to the State's 20 highest
scoring competitors ... Welcome to 020, Ed
Beyer, Dean Ford, Tom Garrity and Tom O'Boyle
.. New graduates: Susan Brown, Patrick Hic
key, Gregory Jacobs, Angelo Mosqueda and Pat
rick Scanlan ... Lt. Tom McGady and wife, Mae,
became grandparents for the first time when son
Tim (23rd District) and Beth presented them
with 81b. 7 oz . Thomas Michael. Lt. McGrady has
been grinning ever since! ... Mike and Nancy
Mason presented their first son Brian ... Bob
Ryan forgot to tell me about his and Donna's first,
son Kevin Thomas . . . George and Janet Geyer
announce the birth of their second son , 81b. 13
oz. Kevin Scott. Congrats to all parents ..
Carol Utterback
023: Hi all you wild and crazy guys (and foxes)
... The 23rd District is getting a facelift! (Now
.that is ambition) I wonder what they are doing in
the basement. I haven't seen that much cement
since Uncle Vito's farewell party ... Well, into
the monthly update ... Welcome to Sgt.'s W.
Hunter and M. Chasen ... Co ngrats to Tim and
Beth McGady on the birth of Thomas Michael and
also to George and Marti Romano who know how
to bring an Italian into the world with Angela
Nicole ... Best wishes to Annette Jungheim, our
Beat Rep Coordinator who was recently married
... Makinga comeback these days is Sgt. Willie
Wojda who lost his you know what in Las Vegas
but made an extraordinary recovery when he won
a turkey in the Emerald Society's raffle
Time out for an announcement I There will be no
more hamburger eating in Ed Nelson's car ...
Dept. Commendations went to J. Guzolek, M.
McCotter, and R. Hargesheimer . .. Bitedadust
Area 4 CID: Central Autos extends congratula
tions and good wishes to their former boss,
Commander James O'Neill on being promoted to
Deputy Chief of the Traffic Division and a hardy
welcome to their new boss, Commander James
Reilly . .. Congrats to Sgt. James Orr, who scored
high on the lieutenant's exam . . . Inv. Joseph
Cernivec vacationed in Hawaii and found it most
beautiful, especially Maui. He suggests that you
tryan oatmeal cocktail at Munchieswhen you go
there . .. Burglary welcomes Inv. Gilbert Ellison
and their newly appointed Inv. Terence Harte
. .. Homicide/Sex welcomes their newly ap
pointed Inv.'s who are Gary Hill, Jeremiah Lynch
and Joseph Tenzer ... Special congrats to Lt.
Rudolph Nimocks who scored very high (No.2) on
the captain's exam ... Robbery welcomes their
newly appointed investigators, who are Michael
Lamb, Edward Rave, Joseph Wilbert and Richard
Thompson ... General Assignments welcomes
newly appointed Inv. James Cavanaugh . . . Con
grats to Sgt. Harry Bingham who scored high on
lieutenant's exam .. . Thank God, old Spike is
back and doing fine .. .
Larvell L. Goodall
Youth Division: Welcome aboard Starship Youth
Division: M. McKeever (071), D. Tribble (072),
W. Bosky (184), J. Schillace (184) and Civ. L.
Wojcik (184) .. . Our deepest sympath ies to the
family of our late comrade, Sgt. A. Beecher
(076) .. . Good luck to Lt. T. Simons (071) on
his retirement . .. T. Panzica (071) is grandma
again , congratulations also to: G. Masonick
(075) is the proud parent of Christopher John, A.
Leybourne (076) is radiant since she and J. Erwin
exchanged vows recently .. Capt . Corboy
(184) spent two weeks of his furlough in sunny
Ca lifornia with his daughter Karen, who is pur
suing her acting career in Hollywood . .. Al
mighty Isis (H. DeWitte) and Shazam (J. Burns),
075, made another big arrest .. . F. Haidnyak
(074) received a certificate from IRS in fuel
pumps (You think our fuel prices will lower?)
... T. Heaphy and C. Zamb (071) speed y re
coveries are sent to you ... I heard through the
grapevine that Sgt. E. Maher is sporting three
piece suits since he's acting commander (071 ),
and Sgt. J. O'Connor made a kill ing in Vega$ . ..
G. Hudik (071) has a new RV ... R. Frazier (184)
really cut a rug (dancing) at Sgt. W. Byrne's
retirement party
Hello, Timmy babyl We
hear that you had a little tummyache and was on
medical for a few days. However, we 're glad you
are bac k ... Love ya .
Adline Bracey
Electrical and Motor Maintenance Division: The
welcome mat: For Machinist Karl Kriec .. . Wel
come ba ck from medical to Off icers Jim Quinn
and Ken Pisano and also Rita Kukla, who broke
her ankle playing soccer . . . A fast get-well to
Gerry Gorman .. A glad you 're back to Kathy
Pesha who vacationed in Florida, and to Ann
Pietrus who went to Disney World. (Happy
B-Day, Ann) . .. Retiree Wally Johns is well and
kicking in Phoenix ... 2 words 2 all from Marie
Gorman (Mrs. G), STOP SMOKING! .. Pen
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says, very matter-of-factly, that the difference is
like day and night.
P.O. Edward Ryan
Criminalistics: Tech Bob Maxwell has been ill.
We wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see
him back at work soon . .. The first child, a girl
has arrived for Tech Dennis Lesniak and his wife
· .. Very best wishes to former Tech Garry Bom
bard in his new career as the assistant director of
the State of Illinois Crime Lab in Maywood ..
Condolences are extended to E.T. Ollie Brumfield
and family on the death of his brother Robert
Brumfield . .. Our sympathy also to the Krause's
on the passing of Tech Larry Krause's mother
in-law Emily Linduska . Mrs. Linduska was the
mother of Shirley Krause, formerly of this unit
· .. Congrats on recent promotions to Chemist I
Alan Osaba and Chem ist II Linda O'Bannion ...
Condolences to the McGrath family on the death
of E. T. Richard McGrath's father.
Tech John Stout
1~;:;~
5 ... .. ."'~ "Why are famous people always born on holidays!"
Type: Who is the Mad Russian at 52nd Street?
.. Why is W. J.'s old office cushion padded?
. . A belated welcome back from medical to
Ralph Colucci. . Good news and good health
Jai Robinson, Toni Kurelic
and Genevieve West
Area 1 Traffic: Tom McKenna's party was a good
time for all. Lt. Woods won the door prize, an
all-expense paid vacation to beautiful downtown
Gary, I ndiana. Booker (the Looker) Curry won
second prize (which was quite a thrill, we under
stand), a ride home from the party with Bill (Blue
Bags) Burrell. Lt. Chester Jaskolka (Area 2 Youth)
won third prize, a nude photograph of Harry
Krope. Charley ("I betcha") Galey didn't win
anything at the party or the Miami Bowl. Eddie
(Ha Ha) Carroll was on his good behavior for a
change. Lt. Smith and Sgt. Noonan were
chaperones and, as usual, did a great job ...
Jeff Widlacki is tired of being just another pretty
face .. . Nick ("I can fix anything") Buick is
writing a book on all the things you can build
with popsicle sticks . .. Not one of the meter
maids sent Lou Gade a Christmas card .. . Wai
ter ("It's just a little tear") Muth still hasn't
cashed his 1959 clothing allowance check ...
From now on R. Lindeman and D. Olson will be
known as Stiff and Flexible. . Walter Drabik
was mistaken for Mickey Mouse in the parking
lot . Sgt. Sherlock found out the fourth
biggest lie in the world is "the food will be here
any minute" . . . Paczkowski, Przybylinski,
Polalski, Zuchowski and Kowalski all agree that
they made the right person the Pope ... Mus
colino, Cutrano, Mazzuca and Pagliaro all dis
agree ... Danny Manzella and Donald Dodge
tried to sell J. Murphy an air-conditioned locker
again ... Sgt. Judge wanted to go on the St.
Jude retreat but he had already used that excuse
to get out of the house once this year . .. Ray
Coleman from Florida dropped us a line that he
had visited Russ Genaze ... Boom-Boom Beck
said if someone put a stop sign at 43rd and the
Dan Ryan it would be easier to write tickets ...
James (" I 'II cry if I don't get my way") Carlo does
not hold the title to vehicle number 7310 ..
Joke going around Area 1 is as follows: "What is
green and red and going a hundred miles an
hour?" Answer: "A frog in a blender" ... John
("I was never poor") Moore says he has viewed
both the "Wizard of Oz" and "The Wiz" and
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Communications: Welcome aboard to P.O. Ver
non Brooks, August Burda, Robert Havelka, D.F.
Kawalerski and Ralph Turner. May your stay be a
happy one ... Get well wishes to Roland Meyers,
Robert Durkiewicz and Disp. Aide Rosetta
Richmond .. Congratulations to Messenger
Carmen Rodriquez on the birth of her baby girl
· . . Our deepest sympathy to John Katsantones
on the loss of his sister .. . Bud Dorken doesn't
believe in jogging so he's been pedaling a bicy
cle at the Patrolmen' s CI ub three miles a day. He
has it all figured out for his furlough-28 days at
three miles per day for a total of 84 miles, about
the same distance from here to Milwaukee.
Well, let' s see now, 84 miles one way so now he
has it figured in order to get back he wi II have to
use his 40 hours time due and wait till next
year's furlough to make it all the way back. Well,
Bud, see you next year' . . . Good luck to
Leonard Haack on your retirement ...
Disp. Mitch Bruski
Bureau of Community Services: I must start out by
saying welcome aboard to the new arrivals into
the Bureau and extend a fond good-bye to those
who have gone on to new endeavors.
P.O.
Donna Walsh, was that party you plan ned re
cently along with that beautiful birthday cake for
anyone special? ... Five years and three chi l
dren later, happy anniversary to P.O. Paul
Moreno and his lovely Mary ... Dee Adekoya is
still bragging about her figure according to her
husband Tai Mohammed. But I wonder if he
realizes that both Dee and her friend Clarice
Graham are considering the offer of a photo ses
sio n with a local magazine . Watch out, Farrah
Fawcett' ... Lt . Harry Blackburn still maintain
ing that svelte figure with jogging, regular exer
cise and plenty of push-aways ... Don 't invite
Norm Peterson to your card party, I understand
he is learning sleigh t-of-hand ... It is my pre
diction that Director Tina Vicini's son Ernie will
be one of our nation's top businessmen before
he reaches the ripe old age of 13 ... P.O. AI
Frazier and wife Marion receiving regular mail
from daughter and new son-in-law Melvin now
living in sunny California
Overheard one
morning at roll call was P.O. Deltca Ervin saying
how much he enjoyed driving the Community
Services bus with a group of people his own age
aboard. When I asked his partner P.O. Rudy
Brown what group he was speaking of , Rudy
quickly responded with " the senior citizens , of
course" ... SIGHT SCENE: P.O. Nate Burton
(usually an articulate dresser) at Arlington Park
minus his shirt ... P.O. Joe Rivera seeking ad
vice from Maria Sierra in planning son Reinaldo's
u pcom i ng birthday party.
Birthday con
gratulations are also in order for Sr. Typist Bar
bara Robinson ... P.O . Helen Cardwell is doing
her part in preserving energy by not using the
reverse in her automobile. FORWARD! ... Chi
cago is a City of neighborhoods and the Bureau
is touching them all under the leadership of
Deputy Superintendent Raleigh Mathis ...
Keep up the good work, folks! ... Overheard in
Graphic Arts: Art Balla asking Tom Tatum and Vic
Gironda "what did Snow White say when her
pictures didn't arrive at the photographers on
time ?" Art then said, "someday my PRINTS will
come!" ... It is no wonder why Sgt. Ray Heller
smiles so often as his wife Dee is the most fabu
lous cook this side of Italy ... Well, I have to
sign off now as my lovely wife Mila has reminded
me of our dinner plans that she made to ce le
brate our anniversary. I hope to hear from more
of you next month ..
P.O. Frank T. Jasch
Public Vehicle Section: Congratulations are in
order for Bob O'Malley and his new bride Ginger
and also to K.G. SMITH and his new bride Jessie.
It seems the marriage bug has hit the Veh icle
Section. Watch out R. Ruggero and l. Clark .. .
Special mention to Ken Kudulis who was the
recipient of the Lincoln Scholastic Achievement
Award presented by Governor Jim Thompson ...
My friend from Radar, Eddy Dziubarczyk, is
thinking about changing his name because of
the difficulty in it's pronunciation. He was going
to make it John Dziubarczyk ... C. Cole is going
into the body and fender business .. . Due to his
believable stories, M. O'Malley is the newest ad
dition to Ripley's Believe It or Not and most
people don't . .. The entire Overweight Truck
Unit would like to thank the lieutenant for his
contribution to the u nit's period enforcement
report. (Good thing there were two guys in the
truck) .
P.O. Frank B. Bielfeldt
Property Management Division: Family ac
complishments : Fire Department Lt . Robert
Brennan (brother of Eugene Brennan, Areu 6 en
gineer) received the Mayor's Medal of Honor and
Jean Barker, niece of yours truly , appeared in the
newspaper as head of securi ty at Old Chicago
. .. Our Engineer Joseph Giannelli (Training
Academy) walked his lovely daughter Frances
down the aisle recently. He said everything went
fine for his Frances the Beautiful . .. Our office
Christmas party was held at the Martinique. We
always appreciate this party ... Training
Academy Engineer Claude Rogers is back on the
job and looking chipper . .. Would you believe
that Gina, baby daughter of Senior Clerk Nancy
Ferro, has 10 teeth already? Will likely be a
chOW-hound, like mother . . . Welcome back to
Area 1 Engineer Marcus O'Donnell and Jack
O'Toole, ACOE Area 6 . Glad you boys are back in
shape . .
Dolores Donahoe
"And ... in the end, through the long ages of our
quest for light, it will be found that truth is still
mightier than the sword."-General Douglas
MacArthur.
DEPARTMENT COMMENDATIONS A Department Commendation has
been conferred upon Officers Timothy
Mc Queeny,
Joseph
Laskero,
Lam onte Newsom, and R alph Cas
trovillari, of the 23rd District, for their
decisive action recently.
The officers were assigned to investi
gate the complaint of a man who told
them an acquaintance had robbed him
while holding him captive for several
hours. The offender then released the
man but threatened him with electrocu
tion if he went to police.
The officers, accompanied by the
complainant, drove to the suspect's
apartment on the 900 block of West Irv
ing Park Road. The suspect refused en
trance to the officers and the door wa s
forced open. The officers observed the
offender aiming a revolver at them and
they drew their weapons and ordered
the man to surrender. Instead, the of
fender began firing. The officers took up
positions in the hall and repeated their
order to surrender. At this point, the
man threw a pipe bomb which failed to
explode.
The offender continued shooting. A
short time later, he appeared at the door
with his hands raised but still holding
the gun and said he would surrender. As
Laskero moved toward him, the of
fender fired at the officer, missing his
head by inches. The officer returned fire
and fatally wounded the offender.
A search of the apartment revealed
another pipe bomb and a supply of
explosive devices.
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Investigator Wilbert Allen, Vice
Control Division, was conducting an in
vestigation on the south side when he
was hailed by a citizen who told him
that a rape was being committed in an
alley in the 1800 block of South Jeffer
son Street.
Allen rushed to the scene and ob
served the man fleeing. The inves
tigator quickly apprehended him and
returned him to the scene , whereupon
Allen notified the Communications Op
erations Section and then rendered aid
to the victim-a six year old child. Re
sponding police personnel quickly ar
rived , took the arrestee into custody and
rushed the child to a hospital.
Allen then found the child's parents,
Commander J ulien Gallet presents Department Commendations to Officers
Timothy McQueeny (left) and Joseph laskero of 23rd District.
informed them of what had happened
and drove them to the hospital. Allen
then secured the cooperation of the wit
ness in this matter; as a result, the ar
restee was charged with rape.
Officer Joseph Guzolek, 23rd Dis
trict, recently responded to a broadcast
of a disturbance on the 4000 block of
North Broadway Avenue . When he ar
rived , he observed a fight on the street
and, with other officers, intervened and
the crowd quickly dispersed.
As Guzolek resumed his patrol , he
heard gunfire in the area of the distur
bance. He notified the Communications
Operations Section and returned to the
scene. There he observed a wounded
man in the street. He requested medical
assistance and interviewed witnesses
who told him that the assailant had fled
into a nearby building. Accompanied by
a citizen who could identify the of
fender , Guzolek and other officers en
tered the building.
The citizen pointed to a man on the
second floor as the a ssailant. Guzolek,
observing the man to be armed with a
handgun , pushed the witness out of the
line of fire and ordered the offender to
surrender. Instead the offender aimed
his weapon at the officer. Guzolek fired
and wounded the offender.
After the offender was taken to a hos
pital for treatment of his wound, it was
learned that the man he had shot had
died . The offender was charged with
murder and aggravated assault.
Respondi ng to a broadcast of a distur
bance on the 900 block of West Sun
nyside Avenue, Officers R obe rt
Hargesheimer and Michael McCot
ter, 23rd District, were met by a woman
who told them that several men were
holding her girlfriend captive in an up
stairs apartment and intended to r a pe
her.
The officers walked to the apartment,
identified themselves as police officers
and ordered the occupants to open the
door. When there was no response , the
officers, fearing for the woman's safety,
forced open the door.
There was no one in the apartment,
the occupants having fled . Throughout
the apartment were numerous photo
graphs of nude children in explicit poses
as well as sophisticated photographic
equipment. The officers interviewed the
landlord and learned the identity of the
person who rented the apartment .
Further investigation determined that
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Vacancies filled by 3 new commanders Superintendent James E. O'Grady
has filled the vacancies caused by the
retirement of three commanders.
Promoted were Captain John J.
Nolan to District Commander ofthe 9th
District; Captain Robert B. Casey to
District Commander of the 17th Dis
trict, and Lieutenant Milton B. Deas to
Commander of the Robbery Section,
Criminal Investigation Division.
Commander Nolan was appointed to
the Department in May 1957, and was
promoted to sergeant in August 1963, to
the tenant had taken the pictures of
neighborhood chi] dren in the apart
ment.
Personnel from the Vice Control Di
vision were notified and the suspect was
subsequently arrested in his home on
the south side. The man stood trial and
was the first person convicted in Cook
County under the state's Child Pornog
raphy Act.
***
Lieutenant Dominic Jambrone,
Traffic Area 6, was off-duty and driving
in the area of the 5600 block of West
Newport Avenue when he observed
smoke emanating from an apartment
building. He immediately left his vehi
cle and entered the building to alert its
residents. Inside he found an elderly in
valid woman who was unable to escape.
The lieutenant carried the woman down
the stairs and to the home of a neighbor
whom he asked to phone the Fire De
partment.
Jambrone then re-entered the build
ing to continue the evacuation. Fire De
partment personnel quickly arrived on
the scene to extinguish the fire.
**:r.
Investigator Frederick Keto and Of
ficers Terrence Sharkey and David
Cushing, Vice Control Division, were
conducting an investigation near 71st
Street and Cottage Grove Avenue when
they were approached by a citizen who
told them that his automobile had just
been stolen by a man armed with a
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Commander
Milton Deas
Commander
John Nolan
lieutenant in March 1967 and to captain
in April 1972. Commander Casey was
appointed to the Department in August
1955, promoted to sergeant in October
1964, to lieutenant in July 1971, and to
captain in October 1977. Commander
Deas was appointed to the Department
shotgun. The officers , accompanied by
the victim, cruised in the area in search
of the offender and found the stolen car
parked near 75th Street.
As the officers alighted from their
squad, the offender, still armed with the
shotgun, emerged from a nearby hotel.
The offender raised the weapon and
prepared to fire at the approaching offi
cers. The officers rushed the man and
quickly disarmed him.
Keto remained with the arrestee
while Sharkey and Cushing entered the
hotel to investigate. Inside, the officers
found the desk clerk seriously wounded.
They immediately requested medical assistance and then applied first aid to
the victim. Fire Department personnel
arrived and rushed the man to a nearby
hospital. The arrestee was charged with
armed robbery and aggravated battery.
Commander
Robert Casey
in December 1947, promoted to
sergeant in December 1966 and to
lieutenant in May 1973.
They fill the vacancies created by the
retirement of Commanders Michael
Cooney, Ronald Rae and John Haber
korn.
How to get warrant
The Department has received a
number of complaints from citIzens
about not being properly advised
when they seek information from
field personnel on how to obtain a
warrant.
Generally ... persons seeking an
arrest warrant for a misdeamor or
ordinance violations will be directed
to apply to the police officer warrant
clerk in a local court branch, Monday
through Friday, excluding court
holidays .
Persons requesting felony war rants will be referred to the Assis tant State's Attorney in the area in which the citizen resides or in which the alleged crime took place. RE CENT RETIREMENTS Following officers retired recently from Department after years of honorable
service. They have the good wishes of Department colleagues and friends.
Name
Unit
Sgt . Martin A. Buettgen ..... . .. .... . ....
P.O . Thomas B. Carter ........ . . .. . .....
Y.O. Joseph V. Dolan ......... .. .
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Dep. Chief Thomas M. Frost .............
P.O. Rufus Greenfield .......... ... . .... .
P.O. Leonard J. Haack ........ . .........
Cmdr. John J. Haberkorn ...... . .... . . ...
P.O. Harvey L. Hirsc h. .
. . ... ..... . ...
P.O. Andrew J. Hryndza
.............
Sgt. William P. Johnston .... . . . .. . ......
Sgt. Robert L. Klunk....
. ..
Lt. Robert E. McCann.
. ... ... .. . ...
Y.O . John R. Rock .. .......... . .... . . . ..
Sgt. Stanley F. Ryzanca .... . . ... . .. . . ...
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022
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009
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130
073
061
174
076
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53
55
56
58
59
54
56
63
54
53
53
54
58
Years of
Service
Date of Retirement ..... .. 27 ..
. . 27
... .... 25 . .
.. 8
... 31 ... .... 18
31 ..
1
.. 23 . . . . . . . 1
. . 24 . . . . . .
3
... 31 ....... 16
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....... 22 ....... 16
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8
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Prevention helps citizens cope There's an old axiom that "an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Members of the Preventive Programs
Division of the Bureau of Community
Services take pride in the fact that they
have been able to educate citizens on
how to cope in protecting themselves
and their property.
"We constantly get letters of appreci
ation from citizens for coming to their
aid through our programs;' said Direc
tor Ira Harris. "Whether it is a security
surveyor speaking engagements, the
responses have been fantastic.
"However, one of our priority func
tions is helping senior citizens and I
can't say enough about the invaluable
senior services rendered by all division
members and particularly our Commu
nity Service Aides. They perform a vital
role in arranging programs and provid
ing services to senior citizens.
"They conduct educational seminars
to acquaint senior citizens with crimes
to which they are most susceptible, for
example, the pigeon drop , or con-game
bank schemes, which literally fleece
them out of their life savings. Often the
seniors are too intimidated or embar
rassed to report the crimes, so we try to
acquaint them with the basics of the
criminal justice system so that they un
derstand the absolute necessity of ini
tially reporting criminal incidents, and
then following through with the neces-
Preventive Program Division aims to lock out home invaders with two of displays
they use in workshops. They are Officer Edwin Davidson (left), Director Ira Harris,
Officer Lartheran Lawson and Sergeant John Chamberlin.
sary cooperation for prosecution.
"We also have several physical assis
tance programs for seniors. When they
have to cash checks we have officers and
aides escort organized groups to banks
or currency exchanges to conduct their
business so they are protected from of
fenders who prey on senior citizens.
Officer Robert Thurman and Community Service Aides Oma Clark (center) and Alfreda Dumas conduct workshop on drugs at Du mas Tesla Ch ild Parent Center. "The aides coordinate mobile health
services for senior citizens-blood,
hypertension and hearing tests-and
podiatry services. They also conduct fire
prevention programs with the Chicago
Fire Department and help seniors mark
and safeguard their property under the
Operation Identification Program ."
The division is divided into North and
South Side Crime Prevention Sections,
covering Areas 4, 5, and 6 on the North;
and Areas 1, 2, 3 on the South. The
South Section office is situated in the
5th District, Sergeant Samuel Mosley
supervising; and the North Section of
fice is in Area 5 headquarters, with
Sergeant George Murphy supervising.
Six Community ~ervice Aide Centers,
each supervised by a police officer, are
in the 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 11th, 19th, and
21st Districts.
The programs are coordinated from
Headquarters, with Lieutenant Charles
Ford, Sergeant John Chamberlin and
Officers Edwin Davidson and Larthe
ran Lawson processing requests, coor
dinating and setting up displays and
exhibits , and maintaining inventory of
division materials and equipment.
Davidson is primarily responsible for
the maintenance and setting up of dis
plays and exhibits, but also is some-
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times required to conduct workshops or
handle speaking engagements.
"And you have to be in shape to han
dle some of the displays," said Davidson.
"The average weight of the display case
is 75 pounds and you have to hand-carry
them around."
Director Harris, a 24-year veteran of
the Department, was appointed to head
the Preventive Programs Division in
April of 1974. The division has been in
effect since 1971, and has a complement
of 98, with 28 sworn personnel and 70
civilian Community Service Aides.
"Our main objective is to induce citi
zen involvement in crime prevention
precautions and techniques. A great
percentage of criminal incidents can be
prevented through awareness and
alertness," said Director Harris.
Present programs include workshops,
seminars, community meetings and
radio and television interviews relating
to crime prevention. Police personnel
display and demonstrate physical
security devices, pointing out the plus
and minus factors of each, especially to
locks , alarm systems, and other devices.
Their inspections of property is thor
ough and the officers compile com
prehensive, detailed reports. Where res
idents and businesses have followed
suggestions of protecting their prop
erty, followups have shown no further
incidents.
The security survey programs have
become one of the most frequently re
quested and utilized services featured
by the division. The officers begin with a
physical inspection of the premises,
identifying any weak spots that might
facilitate illegal entry. Then the officer
identifies any and all other security de
ficiencies noted about the premises.
In 1977, the division conducted 431
security surveys.
The division has greatly increased its
programs and services capacity over the
last five years. For example, in 1973,
there were 95 narcotic-related pro
grams; 150 speaking engagements, and
officers in the division reached 18,400
persons. In 1977, those figures i n
creased to 298; 1,534, and 140,000 citi
zens informed . "These increases have
been accomplished through the dedica
tion and sincerity of the members as
signed, and a cooperative, concerned
public;' said Director Harris.
"We invite requests, whether it is by
word of mouth, or through regular
channels;' said Director Harris. "We ac
comodate everyone, from the largest
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Officer John Palmer joins Community Service Aides Elyse Young (left) and Tinna
Davis in recent Thanksgiving Day dinner for Slater Senior Citizens.
corporations to the small ma and pa
stores. Most of our requests come di
rectly to the division. Beat officers refer
any requests or needs for crime preven
tion services to us."
The division provides a variety of
programs. Seminars are conducted to
deal with problems of burglary, rob
bery, shoplifting, con-games, internal
thefts, and white collar crimes; Opera
tion Identification, whereby citizens are
encouraged to engrave their driver's
license number on their valuables, and
the bicycle registration program.
"All of the officers in the division are
capable of handling every phase of the
operation, whether it is a speaking en
gagement or handling a survey," said
Director Harris. "In addition, the Com
muni ty Service Aides conduct programs
where they have provided tutoring for
children after school. Parents and
teachers have expressed appreciation
for the help the children have received ."
There also is a program for bank tel
lers designed to inform them of what to
do in case of robberies and how to avoid
it; and police officers have assisted in
the training of security guards on how
to observe and patrol banks.
One of the most popular programs has
been in the hospitals where nurses and
other personnel are informed on self
defense in rape attempts, thefts from
patients, and promoting safety in the
streets near their facilities. It is a
widely requested program.
One program coordinated by the divi
sion which has been an asset because it
has become an extended "eyes and ears"
ofthe Department, is the Citizens Radio
Patrol. There are 35 units in the club.
The patrols are equipped with citi
zens band radios and they patrol their
respective communities and report any
incidents which should be brought to
the attention of police.
They report to their monitoring sta
tion, which relays the information to
the police by telephone. The patrols
have no executive or police powers and
are registered with the Department.
They are issued identification placards
to be displayed in their vehicles.
The patrols function as inconspicu
ously as possible. They have been very
helpful and many communities feel
safer because they know the patrols are
around and reporting incidents before
they become serious.
"A couple of years ago, they were very
instrumental as part of a task force
team combining police, fire and other
city agency personnel, which was as
sembled to combat a serious arson prob
lem on the North Side. Some very im
portant arrests were made as a result of
the combined efforts," Harris said.
Director Harris emphasized that beat
officers can be of great assistance to the
division. "When they encounter citi
zens, it would help immeasureably if
they would help keep them informed of
the programs and help that is available
through our office ."
Microanalysis Units solution to a crime can hang by a hair Among the most common and poten
tially valuable pieces of physical evi
dence submitted for laboratory exam
ination in the solution of crime are often
the smallest-hairs, fibers, glass, paint
chips, blood and semen, to name a few .
"And these small objects are the par
ticular responsibility of the Mi
croanalysis Unit of the Criminalistics
Division;' said Laboratory Coordinator
Sergeant Louis R. Vitullo .
Vitullo's experienced staff of five
technicians, a police officer and a crimi
nalistics aide conduct examinations of
more than 4,500 cases a year-an aver
age of more than 14 a day. And their
examinations are never limited to any
one case. They include everything from
rapes and robberies to hit-and-runs and
homicides.
The identification and comparison of
hair plays an important part in the solv
ing of crime because it may contribute
to place the suspect at the crime scene,
may reveal information as to the type of
weapon used in an assault, or may indi
cate the environment or occupation of
an individual.
"We can determine if it is animal or
human hair;' said Vitullo . "Hair may be
Sergeant Louis Vitullo
recovered as a mixture of hair and fi
bers, individual shafts or a component
of debris or soil. It may be embedded in
blood , tissue, semen, or other materials .
It may be found on clothing, weapons
and beneath fingernails .
"There is a cardinal rule in the collec
tion and preservation of any physical
evidence-submit the entire article
when possible. Also you should avoid
excessive handling of any evidence to
prevent loss or contamination of trace
materials that may be present.
"Every piece should be placed in a
clean container, be it a pillbox, vial or
envelope. And, of course, each container
should be sealed properly toprevent loss
or alteration and suitably marked for
future identification."
The collection and preservation of
fibers are similar to hair for, as in hair
deposits, they are the result of natural
fallout or physical contact between two
individ uals.
"For our purposes, we classify fibers
into four different categories-animal
(wool, mink), vegetable (cotton, hemp) ,
mineral (asbestos, fiberglass) and syn
thetics (nylon , orIon);' says Vitullo.
"Presence of fibers at a crime scene
may tend to indicate the color of the
clothing ofthe offender which may be an
important investigative aid. You can
never overlook anything in your inves
tigation because one small piece of
physical evidence can prove to be in
valuable. In the Richard Speck case, our
unit analyzed more than 850 different
items of evidence."
Glass as evidence plays an especially
important role in the investigation of
burglaries and hit-and-run cases.
"Like other pieces of physical evi
dence our unit deals with, glass can be
obtained from the body or clothing of the
victim or suspect, from the floor or
street of the crime scene, or from the
weapon used;' he says.
In some instances, the transferring of
glass to the laboratory proves a bit more
difficult than other pieces of evidence
Technician Rodney Blach (top, center)
and Technician Michael Zefeldt vac
cum, cut and sketch cloth in testing by
Microanalysis Unit.
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Technician Bernadette Kwak and Officer Jack Huels operate X-ray
fluorescence unit for identifying trace elements.
because the fra gments often must be
pieced and taped together and then at
tached to cardboard and sealed in an
appropriate container to prevent
further breakage during transit.
"Examina tion of large glass frag
ments often establish the direction of
the force applied to break the glass. The
headlamp lens from a vehicle found at
the scene of a hit-and-run may be com
pared with glass from the suspected ve
hicle," says Vitullo .
The collection of paint as evidence
poses unique problems because it can be
present in any of three forms-wet, dry
or very dry.
"In collecting wet paint as evidence,
the technician removes it with a clean
medicine dropper and places it in a vial.
Dry paint , which is present as a
powder-like smear, is recovered by
scraping with a clean wooden applicator
into a vial or pillbox. Dry paint chips or
flakes can be recovered either by your
fingers, a wooden applicator or wi th
pressure sensitive tape ;' says Vitullo.
The proper method of presentation of
physical evidence is essential for the
success of the examinations performed
by the technicians of the Microanalysis
Unit.
"This is why I developed an evidence
collection kit for sexual assault exam
inations which is distributed to various
hospitals;' said Vitullo. "It contains all
the required materials and instructions
to conduct a proper examination."
Blood plays an important role in the
investigation of crimes involving physi
cal violence but is not restricted to these
crimes because it may also be recovered
in cases such as a burglar cutting him
self in the process of brea king into a
home.
"The cardinal rule pertaining to blood
specimens is that no statement can be
made that two questioned blood sam
ples have a common source of origin;'
says Vitullo. "As in semen specimens,
we are able to identify whether it is
animal or human. If necessary, it can
also be determined what species of ani
mal the blood or semen is from ."
Besides the obvious conclusion in a
semen examination in establishing if a
sexual assault actualy occurred and aid
in the identification of a suspect, the
finding of semen at a burglary scene
may be indicative of a behavioral pat
tern that could be traced to a particular
indi vidual.
"The semen examination also can
tend to establish motive for a homicide
where no apparent motive is present;'
said Vitullo . "For example, if the sus
pect killed the victim after a sexual as
sault to prevent identification by the
victim, or if sexual climax occurred as a
result of inflicting injury to, or killing
the victim ;'
Vitullo, a 26-year veteran of the De
partment, is a recognized expert in the
field of microanalysis. He has written
several articles on the science and is
continually being invited to speak at
colleges and universities throughout
the country.
Assisting him in the Microanalysis
Unit are Technicians Bernadette
Kwak, who serves as supervisor, Mary
Ann Mohan, Rodney Blach, Michael
Zefeldt and Raymond Lenz , Officer Jack
Huel s, Criminalistics Aide Katherine
Newsom and Secretary Rosemary
Shader.
IN MEMOR IAM Friends and colleagues join with the Chicago Police Star in expressing the
deepest sympathy to the widows and families of those officers who recently died .
Criminalistics Aide Katherine Newsom
dries evidence slides in incubator.
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Name
Unit
Sgt. Adolph Beecher. . . . . .
..
. . . ...
P.O. James Days
Inv. John Kelly . .......... ... . .. .. .. . ...
P.O. Eugene Kornacki. . . . . .
. ....
... . ..... .
P.O. Denni s Lambton
Inv. Cornelius Martin .... . .. . . . . . . . . ... .
P.O . John W. McNally . . ... . .... . ...... .
P.O. John McNeely
... . . . .. . ..... .
Inv . Henry Rezmer.
..
P. O. Eugene Wala ski.
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123
021
010
641
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..
... ...
......
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... .. .
. . . ...
.... ..
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59
52
58
52
35
57
39
56
54
55
Date of
Death
Years of
Service
.. 29
. ...... 17
.. . . ... 31
.. . .. 23
. . ... .. 11
..... . 2 7
..... .. 8
..... .. 27
... . . .. 2 7
. . . .... 2 2
. ... ..
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.. ... . .
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10
15
9
28
24
28
23
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It must get awfully uncomfortable for
the partner of Youth Officer Bart Rose
of Area 2 Youth for he must be careful of
what he is thinking at all times.
In his off-duty hours, Rose performs
as "Barton;' a "magician of the mind"
throughout the year for various orga
nizations interested in providing a
unique form of entertainment for its
members. In his act, "Barton" may pre
dict the future, insert a flaming metal
rod through his arm , or "mysteriously
reveal the inner secrets of the un
known."
The art of magic and "mind reading"
has engaged us for ages so it is not sur
prising that Rose has performed for
such diverse groups of people.
"I have performed in front of all types
and sizes of people;' said Rose. "Chil
dren's parties, Elks Clubs and Boy
Scout Blue and Gold dinners, annual
meetings, small dinner parties, con
ventions and on the Bozo Circus televi
sion program:'
While Rose has always wanted to be a
police officer and has been a member of
the Department since 1957, he always
has been "fascinated by magic."
"When I was a kid, I worked in a car
nival as a magician's assistant;' he said.
"After learning the 'tricks of the trade;
years of hard work, and acquiring the
proper equipment-I became a magi
cian myself."
With this love for magic and years of
practice, Rose became a success at his
chosen "second career"-that is, until
Fate decided to step in.
"Three years ago, a flood destroyed
more than $4,000 worth ofequipment in
my basement;' said Rose. "Two illusions
in my act were the 'floating lady' and
the arm chopping trick. The equipment
I lost for these illusions were priceless
because while I could have purchased
them again they would have been much
more expensive and not as fine in qual
ity."
One of the items lost in the flood was
Rose's "pride and joy"-an original au
tographed poster of Harry Houdini.
"Thank God I had my magician's
poster from the middle 1800's framed in
my hallway," said Rose. "But I was in a
spot. It would have been too difficult to
start all over again with the building of
new equipment, the amount of money
Officer Bart Rose performs one of his
"mind reading" acts during magic
show.
involved and the time devoted to getting
the act together.
"I had used a little bit of 'mind
reading' in myoId act and I decided to
evolve my whole act around it. It doesn't
require many props, just hours of prac
tice . I soon started billing myself as
'Barton-Magician of the Mind.'"
Rose is the first one to admit that it
isn't a pyschic power but a form of men
tal concentration.
"It is just good fun and pure enter
tainment;' he said. "It is really psychol
ogy as opposed to sleight-of-hand. Most
of it is timing and concentration. Most
magicians and 'mind-readers' are
amateur psychologists at heart:'
But so astounding are his illusions
and predictions that a few members of
"Barton's" audience actually believe he
has supernatural powers.
"Many people come up to me after my
act and beg me to tell them where they
lost their wedding ring, or can I contact
their late husband, or predict when they
will get married;' said Rose.
But it's easy to understand how
people get this idea when you see Bar
ton's act.
"One of the segments in my act is
when I pass out little cards with coin
envelopes," said Rose. "I instruct the
audience to write anything they want
on the cards-phone numbers, ques
tions about their family, riddles-and
then seal the card in the envelope."
Rose then takes the sealed envelopes
one at a time and touches it to his
forehead, a la Johnny Carson as The
Great Karnack on the Tonight Show,
and amazes the audience by either an
swering the question or by saying what
is written on the card.
The next part of his act works best
with a small audience, says Rose.
"I show the audience an ancient
medallion in a velvet box that has been
passed down for centuries through my
family;' he said. "I present the medal
lion to a volunteer and ask them to ex
amine it. They find weird markings on
one side of the medal and nothing on the
other side. I then ask three other mem
bers of the audience to yell out a single
digit number.
"After this is done, I ask the person
who has the medal to put it back in the
box and I chant some magic words. The
person then opens the box to reveal the
numbers the people yelled out to be en
graved on the back of the medallion."
There is no set pattern to Rose's act.
To keep the audience on their toes, he
may yell out between illusions, "there is
a woman in this room who lost her ring
this morning but found it, after hours of
searching, under the kitchen sink!"
Sure enough, a woman will jump up and
say, "that happened to me!" The audi
ence is astounded because the woman is
often a co-worker that they know
couldn't possibly be in on the act.
"I never use 'stooges' in the audience,"
said Rose . "It would be stupid."
The most impressive effect in Rose's
performance is when he predicts the
day's headlines.
"I send a sealed envelope to the presi
dent of the organization where I am per
forming , with instructions to bring the
envelope and that day's newspaper on
the night of the act," said Rose.
The envelope-which was mailed
more than a month previous to the
performance-is then opened and read
by a volunteer. Often the audience
breaks into applause when it is revealed
that "Barton" has not only successfully
predicted the headline but the weather
and the photos on the day's newspaper
as well.
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