Dean Angelo Sr. on the hiring of Police Officer jason Van Dyke at FOP Headquarters

Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge #7 March 31,2016 Jason Van Dyke Weeks ago, a decision was reached to assist the Van Dyke family. Due to the notoriety of the incident, the on-going threats of harm and intimidation and other issues caused him to become completely unemployable. Furthermore, after several threats against the safety of his spouse and her clients, she was forced to shut down her family run business; resulting in zero household income. The Fraternal Order of Police has a very long history of assisting Members when they find themselves forced into a no pay status. Over the course of 30-plus years, both internal as well as external employment opportunities have been successfully extended to several dozen of our Members. This is not a precedent setting employment issue. Although there has been some lambasting and uninformative accusations tossed about and directed against the Lodge for offering emergency employment as a means of support; the decision was based on the sustenance needs of a Police Officer and his family. It is the Lodge's duty and responsibility to look into offering every Member these same benefits if/when the next Officer finds his or herself in a similar circumstance. For anyone to believe that the Lodge entered into this arrangement without consideration and forethought is improper and short sighted. If there are individual questions and/or concerns from the Membership, please call the Lodge and get the accurate answer. Accuracy under these circumstances is paramount to truly grasping the significance to the decision made.   Be Safe & God Bless the Police. President Dean C. Angelo, Sr. Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge #7

Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge #7, 1412 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL 60607