The FOP serves a community of over 17,000 Chicago Police Officers, active and retired. Our aim is to protect the contractual rights of our members by providing care, legal services, health benefits and improving working conditions and relations. We also sponsor and promote fraternal, charitable and social activities for Chicago Police Officers and their immediate families.
Our Leadership
President Mike Shields continues to build on the past accomplishments of John Dineen, Bill Nolan, and Mark Donahue in an effort to guarantee fair working conditions for Chicago Police Officers through labor relations, legal defense, and legislation.
Police Associations and Charities
There are over thirty athletic, charitable and ethnic organizations affiliated with Chicago Police Officers.
Departed Members
The souls of the just are in the hands of God. - Wisdom 3:4
For a second day in a row, in separate cases, a Cook County Jury listened to the evidence presented by ASAs Dan Groth and Phyllis Warren and delivered justice for our own. Howard Morgan was found guilty this evening on all counts for the attempted murders of Officers John Wrigley, Tim Finley, Eric White and Nick Olsen.
Orginally posted November, 2011 The Lodge has been informed that the Department, in conjunction with the University of Illinois-Chicago, will begin sending Public Satisfaction Surveys to citizens who have had interaction with Chicago Police Officers. This contact could be from simply completing a case report for a victim to conducting a traffic stop. The survey will be completed online or by phone. The survey will be conducted …
Howard Morgan is on trial for 4 counts of attempt murder of a Peace Officer and one count of aggravated battery with a firearm. Closing arguments in the jury trial will start tomorrow, Friday, January 27th at noon. Show your support for our own with a strong police presence, diverse with officers from different districts and units. Judge Crane is …
Lamar Cooper was found guilty of the murder of P.O. Nate Taylor by a jury this afternoon in Judge Nick Ford’s courtroom. The FOP would like to commend the Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez’s Office, ASAs James McKay, Brian Sexton, and Patrick Kelly for an outstanding job prosecuting the case and obtaining a guilty verdict. The FOP would also …
