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CHICAGO
POLICE
STAR
VOLUME X, NUMBER 12 DECEMBER
Richard J. Daley
Mayor
James B. Conlisk, Jr.
Superintendent of Police
Francis J. Sullivan
Director of Public Information.
J. Marshall Curry, Editor; Denise Doorley,
Assistant Editor; D. Talimonchuk, Artist;
Ptlmn. James Miller, Superintendent's
Office Blue Light Ccrordinator. Pictures
by Graphic Arts photographers. Names of
Unit reporters in Blue Light section.
Ptlmn. Bud Hurley and his seven chil·
dren stop in the Civic Center during their
Christmas tour of the Loop. Cover photo
by Cleo Lyles, Graphic Arts.
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Ptlm n . John J . Gilhooley, Jr. * 3 7 02
Ptlm n. F rancis G . Rappaport * 12256
On November 13, in the early morning hours, 2nd District
Ptlmn. John J. Gilhooley, Jr. and his partner Ptlmn.
Michael Brady were assigned to investigate a complaint of
a man with a gun on the street. A fter questioning the complainant
in her apartment, the two officers began searching
the immediate area for the suspects. A s the officers went
through a gangway, both were shot. Ptlmn. Gilhooley died
from his wounds the following day.
A second officer, Ptlmn. Francis G. Rappaport, was shot
to death while he and two other officers were searching the
area for the same suspects.
Ptlmn. Gilhooley, 21, joined the Ptlmn. Rappaport, 32, joined the
Department in September 1968. 'Department in April 1966. He at­
He attended Calumet High School
and served three years in the U.S.
Navy, from 1965 to 1968.
The officer earned four Honorable
Mentions during his 13 months
on the Force.
Ptlmn. Gilhooley, who was engaged
to be married, leaves his
father, a brother and a sister.
tended Hirsch High School and
served three years in the U.S.
Army, from 1954 to 1957.
The officer earned three Honor­
able Mentions during his three and
one-half years on the Force.
Ptlmn. Rappaport leaves his wife
Constance, two daughters, Susan
and Patricia, and a son Michael.

Holiday Greetings
Nineteen hundred and sixty-nine has been another year of progress
and achievement for the Department. Let us all continue to work together
in the coming year to make it an even better one for the finest
police organization in the world.
I am very proud of the dedication which the members of the
Department have shown for their city and their profession, and I extend
to you and your families my best wishes for a joyful Christmas,
good health and happiness.
As CHRISTIANS PREPARE to
celebrate the coming of the
world's Messiah, the King of
Peace, the recurring theme of Christmas
Peace echoes more strongly this year.
Every man in this new kingdom is
expected to share and promote peace .
In his profession, the police officer
accepts added responsibility toward
this goal.
Peace is the product of good order.
But nowhere does Christ propose that
this order is a mere external imposition
on man. The peace and harmony which
were promised must first reside within a
man before he can communicate this to
others. And Christ made it quite clear
that without a genuine regard for our
fellow man, we could not contribute to
this promised peace.
Police officers meet more obstacles
than any other profession in society in
T
HERE IS AN OLD STORY which
prescribes the avenue towards
peace.
There was an old couple who had
been blessed with everything except a
child. They went to their spiritual advisor
and said to him, "Oh Saintly Teacher,
where have we failed? And what can we
do to merit the blessing of a child
from God?"
The Saint thought for a moment and
then said, " You have lived a virtuous life
and therefore God has granted you
almost all the benefits of this world.
However, there has been one flaw in
your behavior and that has kept you from
earning the blessing you now seek. You
have not been sufficiently
compassionate, nor have you shown
enough pity towards those who are in
need . Go home and resolve to remedy
this fault and your desire will be
fulfilled. "
This the couple resolved to do. Some
time later, during a stormy night,
someone came banging at their door
asking for help and to be allowed to
enter their home, but the husband did
not move. After a few moments, his
their consistent efforts for peace. We
see man at his worst. We, more than
anyone else, are involved with human
beings who have done their best to
disrupt and destroy order and harmony
in society. And yet, precisely because of
these obstacles, the police officer has
the greatest opportunity to be the real
hero of peace in modern society. A
constant effort to recognize human
dignity and the value of every man
beneath the tarnish of criminal deeds
demands no ordinary skill. But neither,
by His coming, did Ch rist imply that his
assistance in our daily lives was to be
something ordinary. We are confident
of His grace and strength in our private
and professional lives. My genuine prayer
for all of you is that you will be
abundantly blessed with His assistance
in these days and throughout the
New Year.
wife turned to him and said, " Don't you
remember what we promised to do?
Don't you rem ember that we resolved
to have pity on others? Why don't you
open the door and allow this poor
man in?"
The husband answered, " That's just
it, my dear. As long as this poor creature
stands out in the rain, hungry and
wretched, I can have pity on him. If I
were to let him into my house to enjoy
its warmth and hospitality, I would have
no one on whom to have pity."
The moral is self·understood. In this
year when peace and a unified
peoplehood is so vital for our future
existence, we must dedicate ourselves
completely to the performance of
goodness rather than derive satisfaction
from compassion. Let us not speak of
peace or brotherhood or love; let us
rather put these virtues into deed. Let
us open the portals of our hearts and
souls to each other so that God may
keep the gates of Heaven here and in
the world to come open to us.
May this New Year and Holiday season
bring blessings to all mankind.
James B. Conlisk, Jr.
Superintendent of Police
Father Donald W. Gaugush
Police Chaplain
Rabbi Bernard D. Perlow
Police Chaplain
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CheCkOff
on Court
Procedure
ERE'S A BRIEF REVIEW of court pro­
H cedu reo
The clerks start work between 6 and
7 A.M., depending on the court.
Court sheets are typed up two days
in advance in the Civic Center, and sent
by messenger to the courts. The oldest
cases appear at the top of the sheet on
down to the most recent. They are in
line according to the court M.C.C. (municipal
court clerk) number which is on
the left side of the large court sheet.
The clerk's first job is to take the
day's sheet from the file and write in
the transferrals and new cases. Then
he begins preparing the "futures" ­
cou rt sheets for the next day or two.
The transferrals from other courts are
brought in by messenger; the new cases
come in through Department mail and
are on court transmittal sheets. About
fifty per cent of the day's cases in any
court are "first time up"; the rest are
transferrals, continuances and the like.
Calling Procedure
Motions for continuances are always
heard first, and for a good reason. Motions
sometimes make up half the court
call. QUite a few cases can be cleared
immediately, although motions may take
as much as an hour's time.
Thus, you may be listed on sheet 1,
line 7, but if you have a trial case, you
are not going to be one of the first
called.
Of course, there are countless exceptions
to calling procedure which must
be dealt with minute by minute in the
courtroom.
For instance, the Circuit Court has
ruled that no case can be refused a
hearing in any court, no matter what
time it comes in. Cases should be in
the court between 6 and 8 A.M. But
transferrals have been accepted as late
as noon when they are transferred from
one court to another, or in legal language,
"transferred instanter." When
they arrive, they have to be written in
on the last sheet.
Some cases are held until the officer
or lawyer can get to the court, because
both may have cases in other courts.
At anyone time, a court sergeant may
have notes to hold three, four or even
a dozen cases for officers who are in
other courts and have had their unit
call in on the phone. Sometimes, officers
are already signed in to the courtroom,
but have to notify the court sergeant
and sign out temporarily for another
court. When the lawyer or policeman
does arrive, the case is called as
soon as possible to prevent further
delay.
Attorneys And Public Defenders
Procedures are different in all courts.
Felony, Narcotics, State St. and Boys
Courts have attorneys on 90 per cent of
the cases. The public defender may be
assigned to handle several courts. When
he comes in to Branch 41, Domestic
Relations, and is also handling Branch
27, State St., his cases will be called
immediately.
It is possible for a midnight officer
to be scheduled early on the sheet, to
sit half the day in the courtroom, and
still never be called. Why? He has not
given the correct sheet and line number
to the court sergeant. He's read the
page number instead of the sheet number
on the transmittal. On the transmittal
sheets, the number is entered on the
bottom of the sheet; on the large court
sheets, the number is on the top of the
sheet. When the mistake is discovered,
the officer has to be called, obviously
out of sequence with the sheet.
And there are always the cases that
have to be called now, immediately. Like
the officer who sat in court for two hours
and finally walked over to the sergeant,
apologized, and said he had to leave
because his wife-pointing to a rather
large woman in the second row-was
starting to have labor pains. His case
was called within 30 seconds.
There's one exception that most likely
will never be repeated-one of those
situations police officers have night·
mares about.
Began With Fight
An officer started out on his tour of
duty one evening, and the first thing he
ran into was a street fight, broken bottles
and all. The fighters were arrested
on aggravated battery, the papers were
completed at the District and the officer
was back on the street. That made court
appearance No. 1, Branch 44, Felony
Court.
Next thing you know, he stopped at a
red light and a car sped by him. The officer
put on the spot and pu lied the
driver over. The man got out of his car
but was extremely edgy. The officer
made a search and found a bag of
marijuana. So it was in to the station
again to make out the papers, then
back to the street. That made court appearance
No. 2, Branch 57, Narcotics
Court.
He no more than got back into his
squad car again when he made another
traffic stop. When the driver exited from
his car, he dropped a roll of policy slips
on the ground. That made court appearance
No.3, Branch 27, Rackets Court.
Three cases in three different courts
on the same day. You figure it out. He
did-with a lot of help from the court
sergeants.

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Captain Graduates
From FBI Academy
Capt. William Mooney, who recently
graduated from the 84th session of the
FBI Academy in Washington, D.C., ad·
dresses the class during ceremonies No·
vember 5. Graduates, whose average
age was 38, made up the first class in
the Academy's history to have representatives
from all 50 states. There are
now 5,535 alumni who have graduated
from the FBI's training course.
Film on Department
Wins Award on Coast
Mr. Ushijima showing award to Supt.
Conlisk (right) and Dep. Chief Samuel
Nolan, Community Service Div.
The work of the Police Department's
Community Service Sergeants was the
subject of a 28-minute color film which
recently won a top national film award
known as the "Cindy." The film, "Let's
Work Together", was produced by Henry
Ushijima, of Park Ridge,
"Let's Work Together" was completely
spontaneous and natural as it followed
the activity of three Community Service
Sergeants and their relationship with
area residents during a day,
The award was conferred by the Information
Film Producers of America
Competition Committee in San Francisco,
"Let's Work Together" is available for
group showings through the Public Information
Division.
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"Astronomica I"
Assignment
Herold (left) and Lange.
A trip to the moon can really jar a
guy's memory, as 18th District Patrolmen
John W. Herold and Joseph Lange
recently learned.
Herold and Lange were among the
policemen detailed for security at the
Drake Hotel Nov. 7 during Col. Edwin
CORREcnON
A picture in the November Star of
. Sgt. James Clark assIsting a fellow
officer was incorrectly credited, The
picture was taken by photographer
Arnold Zann and printed courtesy of
Chicago Today,
Sgt's Daughter Voted
Homecom ing Queen
Pictured here is Charlynn Chamberlin.
recently selected as the University of
Illinois' Homecoming Queen, and Charlynn's
proud father, Sgt. John Chamberlin,
7th District, on the right. The 19year-old
queen, a junior majoring in
psychology, plans to attend graduate
school and become a school psychologist.
She now has a 4.4 grade point
average. Charlynn was a 1967 graduate
of the Academy of our Lady High School.
E. "Buzz" Aldrin's appearance at the
annual benefit " Tranquility Ball" for the
Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
The boots that Col. Aldrin wore du ring
his moon-walk were to be cast in
bronze that night, and later placed at
the entrance of the Clement Stone Pavillion
for the Health Sciences, a new wing
of the hospital. However, early on the
afternoon of the benefit, Col. Aldrin
realized he had left the historical boots
at the Houston Manned Space Center.
"A sergeant in the detail sent me and
Lange out to O'Hare to pick up the boots
that had been specially flown in from
Houston on a Braniff plane," said Herold.
"When we got back to the Drake they
took our picture with the boots. It was
really great holding _those things."
With the completion of the successful
mission by Herold and Lange, the
shoes were cast in bronze as scheduled
and now await placement at the Stone
Pavillion.
Hawaiian Reunion
After 22 Years
Here's Ptlmn, Vincent Solideo, 7th
District, with a few of his long-lost
Hawaii buddies he finally hooked up
with on a recent trip to the Islands.
While Solid eo was in the Army in 1946
and 1947, he and 20 Hawaiian soldiers
put together a show called "A Night in
Hawaii", The troupe toured army camps
in Germany; Solideo was a song and
dance man. Recently, the officer decided
to locate his former friends, so he wrote
to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. He received
several letters. And once in
Hawaii, he was able to locate 12 of the
former troupe members, By the way,
Solideo was formerly with the Canine
section, His Canine partner, Dynamite,
was just retired after 10 years of service
and over 25 arrests.

8TH DISTRICT: Welcome to Ptlmn. W.
Atkins, D. Lyle, E. Watson, G. Smith, J.
Robinson . . . Deepest sympathy to
Walter Frejlich & family on the death of
his mother . . . "Alley talk": Bowling
team standings as of 10 Nov.: 1st Orlandos,
2nd Aztec lounge, 3rd Alibi
lounge, 4th Town & Country, 5th Pink
Elephants . . . Sgt. Choate's wife doing
fine after surgery . . . Congratulations
to the proud parents who had 2 baby
girls: Mr. & Mrs. G. Berryman (Donna
Marie), Mr. & Mrs. J. Healy (Erin Kath·
leen), Mr. & Mrs. L. Johnston (Kelly
Marie), Mr. & Mrs. H. Palmer (Bonita
Runae) ... Our good friend Bill Hannon
is undergoing tests for severe stomach
pains. Could be a kidney stone attack
like his partner in crime John Pitak had
not too long ago. Hope it's nothing serious,
Bill ... Many happy years {If retirement
to Capt. Francis Bailey who retired
1 Nov. He started here at Chicago
Lawn as a patrolman & detective . ..
Our Cadets Moser & Hanlon are jumping
up and down with glee. Their jeep is
going to be painted today . . . Walter
McCauley's wife Rhoda out of the hospital
& doing fine after a heart condition.
A merry Christmas and happy New Year
-Ptlmn. Vince O'Grady
9TH DISTRICT: Another wild party for
the baseball champs was held at the
Red Carpet. Seventy guys and dolls attended
the Banquet . . . George Donchez
is the proud father of a baby boy
6 Ibs. 13 ozs . . .. Vice Ofcr. Russ Turn·
quist is back after a long seige for a
back injury . . . Steve Heiskin and wife
Elizabeth are on furlough in the Ozarks
.. . The big day is over. Lt. Thomas
Downs' daughter, Loretta, was wed on 8
November to Robert Diefenbacker. The
Reception was at Beverly Woods Restaurant
.. . Better be on you r toes. Cmdr.
Pierson is having a weight reducing program.
The heaviest will patrol the parks
on bicycles. For instance Hogan, O'Brien,
McSweeney, and Chambers . .. These
brave men were awarded Department
Commendations: Carr, Meintus, Eure,
Lewis. Staszak was awarded two, also
Youth Ofcr. Cochie . .. We now have a
new jeep. Cadet Pieffer cares for "Dear",
the Ex-Marine jeep .. . CongraWlations
to Stanley Kucharski and Jean. We wish
them much happiness.
--Carol Rossi
10TH DISTRICT: We recently lost two of
our officers. Our first loss was John
Moroney who worked as Ass't. Sec'y.
John died suddenly after a long illness,
which shocked everyone. Everyone felt
he was recovering and would soon return
to work. John came to 10 from the
7th Dist. and was only 36 years old. He
had been a policeman for 12 years, and
lived with his mother. John, as sick as
he was, always appeared cheerful and
happy while he was at work. He had a
wonderful attitude and always a kind
word for everyone. He will be missed by
all of us .. . The other untimely death
was that of Ben Wiechert. The term
"Gentle Ben" certainly applied to him.
Ben was one of the Ass't. Desk Sgts.
for many years, and was looking for·
ward to retiring in a few years. He has
two sons, one of them a cadet at Area
# 3. Both boys are gentlemen, just like
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their Dad. Ben was very proud of his
two boys and when you got him into a
conversation, he would talk about his
gun collection. Ben, like John, always
had a kind word for everyone. Both were
gentlemen of the highest caliber. May
they rest in peace.
-Ptlmn. Charles S. Rolecek
11TH DISTRICT: otcr. John Carioscia is
conva,lescing in West Suburban Hosp.
from gunshot wounds received while
responding to a call in Garfield Park. A
speedy recovery from all . .. otcr. Roy
Mattioli is also convalescing from shotgun
wounds received at Leavitt and Lake.
A speedy recovery . .. Ofcr. James Braxton
who has the crossing at Madison and
Pulaski, is happy to announce the ar·
rival of twin girls, Stacy Marie and Kimberly
Ann. Congratulations on your double
header . . . Condolences to Ofcrs.
John Dalesandro and Richard Kunicki on
their recent marital vows . .. Welcome
to Sgt. Art Neilsen .. . Congratulations
to Ofcrs. Dennis Vavrin and Jerry Warywoda
for their recent marital obligations.
Good luck to the young marrieds
· . . Which lock-up keeper belongs to
which trib e? Which patrolman is a sweet
pea to all his pals? . .. Remember, if
you want news printed in the monthly
Star, please keep those letters coming
into you r friend Iy reporter. Place them
in my mail box or see me personally.
-Ptlmn. Charles Sturm
12TH DISTRICT: Congratulations to Jim
Nolan, Ted Head, Tony Pierotti, E. Richards
and Dan Gibson on their fine showing
on the det's exam . . . Fred Nelson
is back to work after being hospitalized
for minor surgery ... Gary Bulava and
wife Karen are proud parents of a baby
girl, Kimberly . . . Get well wishes to
John Kaehn who was shot by a sniper
while attempting to assist several officers
who had been wounded. It was
his th,ird day on the street . .. Congratulations
to Capt. John Moss, re-elected
as a representative of the Pension Board
· .. Mike Powers is returning after completing
his military obligation ... Welcome
to otcrs. Hand, Frigo, Ahern and
Gardner . . . Ofcrs. Wiberg, Johannsen
and Lindahl are in ecstasy after finally
making the Daily Bulletin salutes_ Nice
pinch fellows ... Cmdr. Enright extends
a very merry Christmas and happy New
Year greeting to all ... Anonymous request:
someone PLEASE destroy Sgt.
Merk's camera .
-Ptlmn. Vince Gavin
l3TH DISTRICT: M. Spino & D. Johnsen
are back from Spain & Portugal and
are still talking about it, and what
stories! ... Another 1st by our Clifford
T. Neimy. He made "Laugh In" a "Laugh
On". Ask him about the surprise he got
· _ . Capt. Keady is being missed by all.
We wish him a speedy recovery . . .
Glad to see Lt. Lappe is back on his
feet after being TIED up with fractured
ribs. Our boys who were shot on Lake
St. are all doing fine. Our guys at 13
are built to last. The basketball team
has been recruited and it looks like we
have the team this year, so watch out
11th Dist.. .. Yours truly will be on
furlough while you are reading this and
will be in Monterey, Calif. with my youngest
son David and will be visiting my
older son Lee, back from Viet Nam . ..
Another job well done by our Comm.
Servo Sect. for the children's Xmas party.
Everyone had a wonderful time. Ask
our new Cadet Joseph Bembynista .. .
Welcome to all the new men.. .Wishing
all the happiest Christmas .and the
most joyous New Year_
-Ptlmn. B. J. Walat
16TH DISTRICT: Deepest sympathy to
the families of Dist. Cmdr. Maurice K.
Begner and Sgt. Timothy O'Meara. Condolences
to Leonard Goduto, Joseph
Kruszynski and Crossing Guard Leona
Niedringhaus and Capt. Frank Pape on
the loss of their mothers ... Congratu·
lations to Nicholas Bacoulis and Eddie
Bourke and their wives on the arrival of
little ones ... On the sick list are Sgt.
Frank Kracher and Ptlmn. Richard Hayek.
Hurry back in good health! . . . Ou r
welcoming carpet has been spread for
Leonard Goduto, Richard Mellema, David
Oculi, Lawrence Kleiner, Dennis Salemi,
Eddie Griffin, Joseph Pentimone and Sam
Rannochio. Watch Cmdrs. Shanahan,
Flynn and Groark appreciate the additional
help ... We certainly can boast
of world travelers. John Bacus spent
his furlough in Spain and Jim Jamrock
in Mexico ... Cmdr. Woodburn presented
Honorable Mentions to Nick Ba·
coulis, Robert Meyer, Sal Ignoffo, Joe
Solomon, Ed Madden, Harry Lance, Ken
Nagorsen, Joe Gagliano, Joe Burwitz
and Verne Lamb for fine burglary and
robbery arrests ... Congratulations to
Lt. Munger and h is men at 0' Ha re Field.
Their team took second place in the
O'Hare Field softball league ... Pete
Calcagno is still doing an excellent job
of traffic enforcement . .. From all of
us to all of you, a happy Thanksgiving
and merry Christmas.
-Ptlmn. Joseph Sofere
17TH DISTRICT: Vacation spots have
been the topic of conversation here and
as this reporter just recently returned
from a trip to sunny Florida, it is a very
interesting subject for discussion. Sgt.
Tom Fergus flew to Hawaii where he
and his lovely wife did a little Island
hoppi ng. (I think that is a new dance
over there). Sec'y George Wilson is in
St. Petersburg on a time-due furlough.
Cmdr. Hayes took a well-earned vacation
and had the pleasure of seeing the
Mets win the World Series. Lt. Ed Carrigan
and Mrs. spent a few weeks in
Colorado. Everyone seems to have improved
since returning to the fold. Other
members have been discussing trips but
I don't think they were talking about the
traveling kind . . . Our Crossing Guards
made quite an impressive showing at
their uniform inspection_ They are the
finest group of Crossing Guards in the
Department and we are proud of them.
A merry Christmas and happy New Year
to all from 17.
-Marge Happs
18TH DISTRICT: Salute to Sgt. Jim
Clark's Lake Shore Lions. Also to Capt.
Cloherty's watch for the swift action
during the SDS disturbance . .. All were
present to help Lt. James Reilly celebrate
his birthday. Though he is a sturdy
disciplinarian, his men respect his cool
intelligent methods under gunfire or in
any situation . . _ Welcome back to Ray

cent heart attack ... This unit was not
without its casualties from the recent
demonstrations in the Loop. Ptlmn. Me·
Cauluffe, Mcinerney, Stansky and Maer
were all injured while performing their
duty ... Speaking of the protest, the
U.S. now has a force to compete with
the "Fighting 69th", The Green Berets"
and the "Flying Tigers". It is our own
version of "Laugh In", Company 45,
who, despite the tremendous odds they
faced, managed to charm their way out
of one dangerous situation after another.
They have a new fight song "Company
45 Where Are You?" ... Congrats to
Bob Orsi on his first grandson, and to
the Bob Felte's on their 3rd child, a son
. . . George Noonan's son just returned
from Viet Nam with a chest full of
decorations ... Rumor has it that Jose
Flores works with a BIC pen clipped to
his heel ... It's goose grease time again
and Harry Pisterzi is scouring the south
side for this delicacy ... Chas. Hicks
has found a new way of drinking coffee,
and The Whip has discovered a new cold
remedy: hot & cold water and a rope ...
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
-Ptlmn. Charlie Jenkins
TRAFFIC AREA #6: A creditable mention
to Lou Cane for writing 1,371 moving
violation citations in just 124 working
days. Lou also received one for writing
304 movers during the third period.
Keep up the good work Lou ... Com·
mendation letters were received for
Ofcrs. Hradisky, Flynn, Brancher and
Sgt. Tony Janowski ... Now that hunt·
ing season is here, I will be on furlough
enjoying the great out·doors and hope to
bag that trophy buck, bear, and other
upland game ... Welcome back from
fu rlough Sgt. Daum, and Ofcrs. Glavin,
Barango, and Jim Drewganis .. . Who
says our 3-wheel officers only look for
red meters? Steve Drewganis recognized
a missing juvenile from pictures in the
Daily Bulletin, took him into custody and
retu rned him to proper authorities ...
What's this? Ou r Cadet Joe Guzolek
states he is getting married in January.
I can't believe Linda trying to domesti·
cate Joe. I thought cars and wives don't
mix ... December is supposed to be a
happy month. However, T.A. #6 personnel
will have sad moments. Our much
admired Sgt. Myles Sweeney will be
leaving us. Sgt. Sweeney has committed
himself to retirement. Good luck Sarge.
-Ptlmn. Charles Epperson
BUREAU OF STAFF SERVICES: The
Christmas and Retirement Party for Cent.
Servo and Auto. Maint. was held 14
Dec. at the Martinique Restaurant.
Thanks to the committee members who
worked hard putting this gala event to·
gether . . . Good luck to Sgt. Walter
Mooney who transferred to Vice Control
.. . Welcome to Sgt. Joseph Murphy . ..
Congratulations to Det. Savage and wife
who had a new son ... Dir. George Rupprecht,
Auto Maint. and his family were
present at his mother's 98th birthday
party . . . Condolences to the family of
Ofcr. Martin Daley, who passed away ...
Welcome to Ofcr. Joseph Pavlov and
Ruschelle Gearring . . . Ralph Stiglich,
Records & Commun. and his wife had a
daughter, Lisa Marie ... Sincere sym·
pathy to the family of William Dever,
Cent. Detent. who passed away .
Matron Tiller spent her furlough in St.
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Louis, while Matrons Smolinski and Car·
rico toured Spain and Portugal . . .
Ptlmn. Frank Frantz, Cent. Detent. reo
turned from Georgia ... Speedy recovery
to Sgt. Mitzner, Cent. Detent ... Con·
dolences to Donald Mallon, E&RPS, on
the loss of his mother ... Irene Radtke,
E&RPS, is recuperating nicely from her
broken wrist ... Georgia Warren, Record
Inq. is still talking about the Bahamas
. . . Lafayette Lovemore was reo
cently married ... Best of luck to Jean
Hecker at Area #5 Burg.... E. Bundy,
B. Rich and P. Sanders received commendations
for super sleuthing ... Ol'e
Pritch, Ident., can't stop bragging about
fishing in Florida. Dolores Oden spent
her furlough in Cassablanca ... Get
well to Marion Puhr, Ident.... Condo·
lences to Rosa Wilmer on the loss of her
father ... Mary Freeman's daughter,
Sister Maureen, took her perpetual vows
in the order of St. Joseph in South
America ... Sympathy to the family of
John Considine, Data Processing, who
passed away and also to Eileen Howard
on the loss of her brother . . . Kay
Hardiman, Auto Pou nds, retu rned from
Louisville, Ky. where she saw her son,
Lt. Phillip Hardiman, graduate from the
Southern Police Institute . . . Merry
Christmas and happy New Year to all.
-Audrey LaBash
BUREAU OF FIELD SERVICES, HDQR:
All at this Headquarters were saddened
by the sUdden and unexpected death of
Cmdr. Richard F. Lionhood of the Task
Force. We offer sincere condolences to
Mrs. Marjorie Lionhood, Richard H. Lion·
hood (7th Dist.) and William Lionhood,
and to the five children of the late Sgt.
Thomas Powers. Ca pt. Lionhood joined
the Department in 1947 and was named
Commander of the Task Force in 1967.
Mrs. Marjorie Lionhood wishes to extend
her gratitude to all who offered their
condolences and especially to the memo
bers of St. Jude for their tremendous
turn out at the wake of the late Com·
mander ... We also extend our sincere
condolences to the family of Sgt. George
Keim who was assigned to the Bureau
of Field Services, Hdq rs.
-Ptlmn. Patrick Shannon
BUREAU OF INSPECTIONAL SERVICES:
Seems that Ofcr. McGinnis wishes his
suits were drip dry since Corless and
Spellman dumped him in a pool. A good
time was had on that trip to New Or·
leans ... Vince Sabella and Carol would
like everyone to know about their new
daughter Ruth Ann, after two boys. They
report this girl is a joy to behold ...
Cadet Jordan has left Intelligence and
is now working in Graphic Arts. Good
luck Larry ... Would like to wish Harry
Blackburn every success on his new as·
signment in Burglary. We know he will
do the same good job ... Cliff Parring·
ton and his wife had a new addition,
Steven Paul 6 lb. 7 1 / 2 oz. He should
weigh about 24 Ibs. by now . . . Vir·
ginia Mizelle is vacationing in the Bahamas.
How about that? . . . We know
who's .using that laugh machine, don't
we, Matt Rodriguez? Matt just got out
of the hosp. and these new terminologies
make the thing sound dirty ... The cof·
fee makers at the complaint desk brag
about their coffee, and we keep wonder·
ing why!
-Ptlmn. C. Maynard Farber
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT:
Ufe's cycle continues in Personnel.
Donna Wozniak became Mrs. Schmidt,
Tom Cunningham's wife gave birth to
their third daughter, Kathleen, properly
feminine at 6% Ibs., and Tom Quinn
finally made a pit stop. Rejuvenation
was obtained through miles of early
morning jogging on the beaches of
Southern Fla.... Planning, rich beyond
belief in civilian talent and consequently
vulnerable to the wiles of commerce and
industry, lost Mary Schneider to the U.
of Chicago's hospital complex, and Ed
Garrett to City Planning. Matt Casey returned
from his O.L.E.A. grant at Berk·
eley, Calif. Fortunately, a proper balance
was maintained ... Supt's. Office
receptionist Dagny Abbott visited her
alert and active 88·year·old mother in
Erie, Pa., and helped paint the house.
It can only be presumed that she had
an enjoyable trip, for Dagny, a silent
Swede, rarely comments about her fur·
loughs. And with the devourilng of her
very first bagel, Jane McGarry was in·
troduced to yet another facet of Chicago's
cosmopolitan living. Jane freely
admitted the it was her initiation into
the wonders of Mexican food.
-Ptlmn. Jim Miller
COMMUNICATION SECTION: Retiree Bill
Foley residing in White Cloud, Mich.
sends his best regards. Oil has been dis·
covered in the vicinity and rumor has
it that Bill is starting to construct an oil
rig ... Sincere sympathy to Ed Pyskoty
on the loss of his mother .. . Quick
recovery to John McDonnell hospitalized
in So. Chgo. Hosp., and to J. Creedon
in Little Co . of Mary ... Sam Paglini
is back working after a stay in Norwe·
gian·American due to a penicillin reaction
. . . Congratulations to Carl Fasano,
elected Pres. of the South Division of
the IPA .. . Two of the switchboard
girls became grandmothers. A grandson
each for Eleanor Swarbrick and Helen
Prendergast ... One of our former cadets,
Charles Desmond, retu rned home
from Viet Nam after service as a helicopter
pilot and being promoted to Chief
Warrant Officer ... Hope everyone had
an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday, and
as this item will be read sometime in
December, let me be the first one to
wish all a very Merry Christmas and a
very Happy New Year.
-Sgt. Erv Stojkovic
YOUTH DIVISION: Merry Christmas and
a happy New Year to all ... Fall J.D.A.
was held at Harrington's and we all had
our fill of corned beef ... The medical
roll finds Kefer recovering from a broken
finger and Esposito from too much bum
coffee. Migus, Whirity and Ziente are all
doing well . . . Sgt. Peterson is now
known as the Early Bird ... Mary Lukat·
zky was recently picked as the Air Pol·
lution Queen ... Youth Ofcr. Bell and
Seils have been presented new baby
sons. F. Swedo has a new daughter to
be proud of ... Johnny Maggio, the son
of Youth Ofcr. Maggio, has just returned
from an 18·month tour of Italy with the
Army during which he entertained the
troops and visited all of his father's
family ... The big question in Area #4
is who is the officer who is planning to
reti re?
-Youth Ofcr. Thomas Heaphy

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Roll Call Filmstrips and How They're Made
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••
N THE CORNER of a room on the top
I floor of the Training Academy, several
men are engaged in the art of the
film. Their object, however, is neither
art nor entertainment. It is instruction.
It is their job to make the Sight-Sound
training filmstrips that are shown at roll
calls.
Sgt. Richard Joyce, Sgt. George Coughlin,
Sgt. Henry Bergmann, Ptlmn. Vic
Pietrzyk, two cadets and a secretary
make up the Publications Unit of the
Training Division. In addition to researching,
w riting and putting together the
week ly Training Bulletins, (primarily Sgt.
Coughlin's realm), these officers produce
the films which are made in conjunction
with, and to supplement, Training
Bulletins.
Sight-Sound 3 Years Old
Sight-Sound projectors were acquired
in the summer of 1966. Their acquisition
was the result of research to find
the best way to standardize training at
roll call. Closed circuit TV was investigated
but found to be too expensive, as
were 16mm films. The 35mm Sight­
Sound filmstrip is convenient, inexpen·
sive and serves the purpose of providing
audio-visual instruction to supplement
the Bulletins.
Since the Publications Unit began
filmmaking in 1966, it has turned out
31 filmstrips. The subject for the filmstrip
usually originates in the Training
Division, but all members of the Department
are encouraged to submit ideas
for films which they feel are needed.
Research for the Training Bulletin and
films is conducted within the Department
and also with agencies and business
people, as in the case of a film on
ca rtage theft.
Then the script-writing begins. A first
draft is made, reviewed and revised. The
second draft is sent to command personnel
and members who have special
knowledge of the subject. The suggestions,
comments, corrections and additions
they make are evaluated by Sgt.
Joyce. Then a " working draft" script is
produced. This draft contains about 99
per cent of the suggested pictures needed
for the filmstrip. Graphic Arts photographers
take the pre-planning picture
shots-studio shots, planned on·thestreet
shots and so on. These comprise
about 70 per cent of all the slides used.
The "street-action" shots are made by
members of the Publications Unit. Sgt.
Joyce has built up a "library of slides"
from which he sometimes chooses shots.
A ten-minute filmstrip requires from 80
to 100 different slides.
Subjects, Settings No Problem
Most of the actors used in the photographs
are Department members. If
children are needed, the offspring of
police personnel are used. Occasionally,
"the man on the street" is used, in
which case he signs a re lease form.
Settings, also, have posed no problems.
Business people have been very cooperative
in providing any needed location
sets such as taverns, restaurants, cleaning
stores and banks, as well as items
such as taxis and trucks. When an automobile
is needed, the Department's unmarked
cars are used.
After all the photography has been
completed, the script is reviewed in order
to make sure the audio and the
visual is coordinated. This is the last
critical step before it is submitted to the
contractor, who processes it into a filmstrip.
Then a sound track is prepared.
The narration is usually done by Carl
Greyson, WGN newscaster, who is hired
on a contractual basis.
The narration is recorded on one tape
in a sound studio; any music for opening
and closing scenes and any sound
effects are recorded on a second tape.
Then the two are "mixed" to produce
a master tape. After this is completed,
all that has to be done is the adding of
the inaudible signal which triggers the
filmstrip to move from frame to frame
in conjunction with the narration.
Five copies of each Sight-Sound f ilmstrip
are made. The copies make the
rounds of all the Districts, and Youth
and Detective Areas. In case of a "crash
program", where a particular film must
be shown around the city quickly-for
example, when the Ithaca shotgun was
acquired-the film can be circulated
within four or five days. Normally, however,
the filmstrip stays in the unit one
week. It's recommended that the Training
Bulletin be discussed at each of
three roll calls, the filmstrips shown at
two.
Since the Sight-Sound filmstrips were
added three years ago, they have proved
a valuable supplement to the Training
Bulletins. *
CLEW Open House
Two of the Department's judo experts
show the crowd how it's done du ring the
Open House at Police Headquarters. The
Open House, held Nov. 8, featured tours
of the building, demonstrations on judo
and the operation of the Canine unit,
and a display on narcotics. The event
was part of the city-wide observance of
CLEW-Chicago Law Enforcement Week.
Two Officers Re-Elected
To Retirement Board
Capt. John D. Moss of the 12th Dis·
trict and Sgt. John F. Higgins, recording
secretary of the Pension Fund, were
recently re-elected to serve on the Retirement
Board of the Policemen's An ­
nuity and Benefit Fund.
The Retirement Board consists of
seven members who serve a three-year
term. One member is the City Treasurer,
Marshall Korshak; three members are
appointed by the Mayor; two policemen
are elected by other active policemen;
and an annuitant or pensioner is elected
by other annuitants and pensioners.
At the monthly meeting of the Board,
the members oversee the deductions
from and contributions to the fund, invest
the money of the fund, and authorize
payments and determine the credits
and issuing of certificates of service.
Korshak serves as Treasurer of the
Board. Other Board members are Walter
Buettner, president, Eugene McNeil, vicepresident,
and Arthur Schoenstadt, trustee,
all of whom are retired f inanciers,
Moss, Higgins, and Stanley P. O'Sullivan,
who represents annuitants and pensioners.
15

from the
FIELD
TLMN. GEORGE STEINKE may well be
Pthe Police Department's "Loop and
neighborhood expert", what with his 17
years as a 1st District wagon man.
Steinke remembers when 18th and
Indiana meant rambling apartments
instead of storefronts. He can talk
about the factories which were leveled
for the Eisenhower Expressway
cloverleaf. And he can tell you the
exact number of cheap hotels and
taverns which have been torn down and
what's gone up in their place.
But despite all the ups and downs
and renewing and redoing, the job
itself hasn't really changed. As Steinke
says:
"Sick is sick. Dead is dead. And my
procedures are no different than they
were 15 years ago. I've been in every
building in the Loop. I've worked every
part of the District. And I've met every
type of person there is. On one call
you're handling a millionaire, and on the
next call you're handling a guy who
doesn't have a dime to his name."
There are no hospitals in the 1st
District, so the sick or injured are taken
to Henrotin, Presbyterian·St. Luke's
or Louis Berg. And there are always
trips to the Cook County Hospital.
"You know, I've never delivered a
baby yet. I beat the stork three times."
Steinke says conventioneers are
usually no problem.
"They're just having a good time.
But my partner and I do break up our
share of fights. In this District, we don't
have the usual domestic disturbances
and family squabbles. But when we get
a fight, it's a good one."
Steinke's partner is Lee Rivera . The
two have been together for 13 years,
and have had very few differences of
opinion.
"That's why he's my partner,"
Steinke says. "When we're on the job,
we talk about police work and about
our families. Lee and his wife have a
boy and a girl. The time always goes
fast. Sometimes, we go for an hour or
so without saying a thing. We've had
Ptlmn. Milton Valde as our relief man
for ten years now."
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W
HAT'S IT LIKE working in the Loop
at Christmas time?
"There's not really too much
difference. Of course, you're more
alert for purse snatchers and
pickpockets, but the work's the same."
Steinke has always worked New Year's
Day in order to be able to spend
Christmas with his wife Margaret,
teenage daughters Mary Margaret and
Rosemary and sister Dora. His wife is
from Canada, and that's where the
family heads each year at furlough time
because, as the officer puts it:
"I love to fish. That's all I do on
vacation. We find some small lake
somewhere where there aren't many
people, and I'm off trolling and casting."
Steinke is a second generation
policeman. His father, William, now
deceased, retired from the Force in
1932. And Steinke's brother Roman,
who was also a policeman, probably
gave his younger brother one of the most
original reasons for joining the Force.
"I decided to take the exam when I
was 37," Steinke said. " And the only
reason I took it was because my
brother insulted me by saying I didn't
have enough brains to pass."
Roman Steinke's star-*4607-now
hangs in the honored star case in the
Superintendent's office. The policeman
was killed in the line of duty 15 years
ago by a man who went beserk and shot
both him and his partner.
Steinke was in the Sixth Armored
Infantry in World War II, and chalked up
547 days on the front lines in Italy and
Africa. He earned a Silver Star for
gallantry in action after he knocked out
17 of Rommel's tanks with 19 shots
from an anti·tank gun.
When Steinke joined the Force as a
veteran 181 / 2 years ago, he went
first to the old 33rd District at Gale St.
and Milwaukee. It was only a matter of
months before he transferred to the 1st
District to stay.
In the last ten years, Steinke has
earned two Honorable Mentions: one for
catching burglars on West Madison St.,
and the other for the arrest of two
strongarm robbers on information he
had gathered. In 1952, he was chosen
as the city's most courteous policeman
by the Chicago Convention Bureau.
Among other things, he and his partner
have caught thieves stealing mail from
the mail docks, and stopped a robbery
in progress at a Western Union office.
A
ND MOST IMPORTANT, the two
officers have saved lives and helped
people. Steinke's personnel file is loaded
with thank you letters. There's a letter
from a woman who broke her ankle at
State and Madison; a letter from an
out·of·towner who was taken sick in a
Loop hotel; a letter from a couple
injured in an auto accident. A man wrote
to thank Steinke for helping him pull his
boat out of the water when it broke
loose from its moorings in a storm. A
bank executive wrote to thank him for
his professional conduct when he was
called to assist a heart attack victim.
And a nurse at Cook County Hospital,
who was returning to her home in New
Zealand after two years, wrote to
commend several policemen. Steinke
was among them.
"When first I came to Chicago," she
wrote, "I was shocked to see policemen
with guns, handcuffs and nightsticks.
Because of this, I was preiudiced against
them, But time and mv acquaintance
with the wagon men changed mv views.
I was impressed with their handling of
all prisoners, and felt that I mvself
could not be as kind to a person who
had attempted to kill or who had
actuallv iniured a colleague of mine. In
the last four months, I've kept star
numbers of the men who have 'gone
that extra mile: A nd these numbers
repeated themselves time and again."
As Steinke explained:
"Serving the public as a wagonman
brings you a lot of enjoyment. There are
the times we locate lost children. There
are the times we take despondent and
confused people to the proper place
for help.
"But then there are the times you
dig firemen out of the rubble with your
bare hands and when you remove the
injured from an auto accident.
Regardless of how big or strong you try
to be, regardless of how many years
you've been handlihg the sick, the
inju red and the dead, you still get a
lump in your throat. You just can't
handle those cases without feeling." *
Photos by Cleo Lyles, Graphic Arts

and Steinke
before roll call.

DEPARTMENT COMMENDATIONS
Sgt. Ronald Sieczkowski and Patrol·
men Walter Biszewski and Jesse Resen·
dez, Gang Intelligence Unit, Intelligence
Division, were assigned to assist in an
investigation of assaults on two people
in Argo, III. by members of the Black
Panther party. The officers located and
interviewed one of the assault victims
in the hospital. As a result of further
investigation, indictments were received
for sixteen members of the Black Pan ­
thers.
Dets. Robert Mason and
Leo Dorociak, DDA#l,
Homicide Sex, were can·
vassing the Hyde Park area
for a man who had com·
mitted two rapes. They saw
a suspicious looking man
enter a courtyard. When
they heard a woman
Mason scream, they rushed to the
scene, and then chased and arrested
the man, who was carrying a knife in
his pocket. The man was charged with
four separate crimes.
Ptlmn. Ronald Duske,
4th District, was chasing
a car which had run a red
light when he heard a
broadcast that the occupants
were wanted for rob·
bery. He curbed the car.
During a search of the car
and the five offenders, he
found a sawed off shotgun, a revolver
and the robbery proceeds.
Ptlmn. Richard Stevens,
18th District, talked to a
woman who had been at
tacked in her apartment.
He then searched the area
and arrested a man who
the woman identified. An
hou r later, Stevens arrested
three other young men who
had attacked a woman.
Ptlmn. Marvin Spreyne,
18th District, and his part·
ner were making a tavern
premise check and saw a
man holding a revolver.
The man suddenly fired at
several patrons and then
at Spreyne. Spreyne, who
had waited until the man
had moved away from patrons, then
fired and fatally wounded the man.
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With a search warrant naming a man
for possession of narcotics, Vice Con·
trol Division Narcotics Sgt. Charles Keegan,
and Patrolmen Leonard Lawrence
and Kenneth Burt searched an apart·
ment and found a revolver and a $400
check. An armed suspect entered the
apartment and was arrested. The check
was traced to a $66,000 armed robbery
of a company messenger.
Lt. John Cronin and Sgt. William Rafferty,
4th District, responded to an armed
robbery of a realty company. One of
the robbers was wounded as he came
out. The second held a gun on an em·
ployee, forced him into a car and started
to drive away. Both Cronin and Raf·
ferty approached the car, and convinced
the man to release the employee and
surrender.
Off·duty Ptlmn. Albert Mientus, 9th
District, stopped to break up a distur·
bance by two youths in a park. One
youth hit him with a bottle, and grabbed
the officer's gun as he fell. They fled
after firing several shots. Youth Ofcr.
Frank Cacucci, YDA#3, arrived to help,
then followed the two youths. After a
struggle, he arrested them.
proceeds.
While off duty, Ptlmn.
James Johnson, 15th District,
saw a man wanted for
burglary enter a store. The
man was carrying a gun.
Johnson hailed a beat car,
and the officer arrested the
man. His car contained six
revolvers and the burglary
Ptlmn. Phillip Carr, 9th
District, responded to a rob·
bery in progress in a sec ­
ond·floor office. Carr met
one of the men on the stairs
and disarmed him. The sec·
ond man was also disarmed
when he appeared. The
money was recovered.
Ptlmn. James Dillon, 1st District,
chased a man who had broken a store
window. The man fired a shot at Dillon
in the subway, then ran upstairs and
sped away in a car. Dillon, along with
Ptlmn. Raymond Leuser, TA# I, chased
the man and he was arrested several
blocks away after his car hit a building.
8th District Patrolmen Ronald Kearns
and Stanley Catterson stopped to check
a parked car with it's door open when
they heard a scream from a near·by
building. They quickly searched the
building and arrested a man attacking
a woman. The man had also committed
an earlier rape and robbery.
Sgt. John Petrocelli and Patrolmen
Lawrence Hill and Calvin Wright, 7th Dist.
found a man murdered. Investigat·
ing disclosed who the murderers were
and that there was a witness. With the
witness, the officers made a search of
the area. One offender was arrested
immediately; the other five were arrested
two hours later.
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Sgt. Bruce Powell, 18t h
District, spotted a car driv·
en by a man wanted for
rape. Powell, along with
other officers, chased the
man by car and later on
foot, and arrested him on
the loading docks on North
Michigan Ave.