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Dean Angelo, President of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7, the union that represents all rank and file members of the Chicago Police Department, spoke with Mike Fourcher about reform in the wake of the Department of Justice probe, how aldermen have dropped the ball in at-risk communities, and the union’s collective bargaining agreement with the city, which expires this summer. Angelo, currently serving his first three-year term as union president, and campaigning for re-election claims Chicago police are unbiased about who they serve and “we go” to serve communities regardless of the circumstances. Ballots for the union campaign are due later this month and Angelo is up against his predecessor, Mike Shields and three other candidates.
The headline on the piece quotes Angelo as saying that Chicago police “care about black lives more than most black politicians.”
* Go listen to the whole thing.
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Mar 6, 17 @ 9:20 am
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Great way to build up the trust between police and black communities. “Forget those videos of us gunning down unarmed black kids - we care about you more than your leaders do!”
They’ve learned nothing at all. To borrow from our fearless overlord; sad!
Comment by PJ Monday, Mar 6, 17 @ 9:32 am
Dean Angelo was a disabled officer for more then 15 years and was collecting benefits while being a employee at Calumet College. A couple years back he became FOP president and just recently healed from his injury and went back to be reinstated as a police officer conviently before he retires just to get a huge pay raise in his pension.
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Mar 6, 17 @ 9:37 am
Everything Angelo says is designed to gin up support for his re-election. It has no meaning beyond that.
Comment by PK Monday, Mar 6, 17 @ 10:02 am
The city of Chicago should simply change the union contract to stipulate that if any officer is found guilty of any crime in court, the city does not have to pay damages on their behalf.
Let the police self-insure, or let the police unions pay for defense in lawsuits, and incidents of brutality and use of force against citizens will drop by 90% overnight. I’m sure the FOP will support this since they care about the communities they serve.
Comment by Payback Monday, Mar 6, 17 @ 11:36 am
=== Everything Angelo says is designed to gin up support for his re-election. It has no meaning beyond that. ===
If true, then that suggests Angelo believes his incendiary rhetoric will appeal to many of his colleagues.
Comment by Anon Monday, Mar 6, 17 @ 6:06 pm