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Originally Posted on March 21, 2020 TO: All members of FOP Chicago Lodge #7 FROM: The 2020 Board of Directors Election Committee RE: 2020 Presidential Runoff Election As you are aware, the vote count for the Presidential Runoff Election was scheduled for Friday, April 3, 2020. On that date, the ballots were to be picked up from the U.S. Post Office and walk-in voting would be allowed from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. At that time, the votes were to have been counted and the victoriou...

Originally Posted on March 20, 2020 ATTENTION OFFICERS! 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨. It is the duty of the supervisor per the General Order: POST EXPOSURE CONTROL PLAN G04-...

Originally Posted on March 19, 2020 FOP Office The Lodge office will remain open during normal business hours. However, we are requesting that all members transact their business by phone rather than appearing in person as we want to protect our civilian staff here at the Lodge. If you believe that you need to appear at the office in person, please call the Lodge at 312-733-7776 to schedule an appointment. We appreciate your understanding in these trying times. Safety Equipment ...

Originally Posted on March 19, 2020 2020 Ceremony It is with heartfelt sorrow and regret, that the Illinois Police Officers Memorial Committee has made the difficult but correct decision to cancel this year's memorial service and ceremony scheduled to be held on May 07, 2020 in Springfield, Illinois. The health and safety of our survivors, first responders and the public during these challenging and unknown times was paramount in making this decision. We as a State, and as a Cou...

Originally Posted on March 19, 2020 TO: ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF LABORFROM: CHICAGO FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEPRESIDENT KEVIN GRAHAMDATE: 18 MARCH 2020RE: RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN THE WORKPLACE______________________________________________________________________________This Exhibit A is to be read in conjunction with the complaint filed. The Chicago FraternalOrder of Police Lodge 7 (“FOP”) is the bargaining unit of all police officers and detectives of theChicago Police Department. The City...

Originally Posted on March 17, 2020 The Lodge has received numerous inquiries regarding the lack of PPE kits, hand sanitizer, and other safety equipment which should have been made available to our members by the Department. The Lodge has reached out to several private vendors and the National FOP in an attempt to secure safety items for our members. We will distribute these items ourselves if we are able to secure them. We will keep you updated. F͟O͟P͟ ͟S͟t͟o͟r͟e...

Originally Posted on March 14, 2020 “I have reached out to Superintendent Beck to increase the protection of our members in the wake of the threat of the coronavirus virus. At the suggestion of my Second Vice President Martin Preib, I have asked that a testing facility for the virus be made availability at the parking lot of 35th Street headquarters for all first responders. Additionally, I have requested that the medical staff be increased to handle any influx of officers reporting p...