Illinois Police Association Official Journal IPA Latest News: Covid-19 Information NEW Members IPA 2020 Scholarship Award Program August 2020 Volume 73, Issue 2 Inside this issue: Executive Director 3-4 To the Members of the Illinois Police Association 6 Change of Address Form 17 IPA 2020 Membership Renewal Form 18 IPA Office Hours 9 am to 3 pm Monday through Friday 7508 W North Avenue Elmwood Park, IL 60707 708-452-8332 or 800-720-2060 fax 708-452-1618 www.ipacops.org and www.ipastore.org Publisher - Piraino Publications Layout & Design - Paul Piraino Editor - Rosemarie Dziadosz Official Journal Submissions Do you have a comment or an article you'd like to share? Would you like your submission to appear in the next issue of the Official Journal? Contact the IPA office for more information. New Active Memberships $35.00 – RENEWALS $30.00 New Associate Memberships $35.00 – RENEWALS $30.00 RENEW YOUR IPA MEMBERSHIP ONLINE NOW! @ www.ipastore.com
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Illinois Police Association Official Journal
IPA Latest News:
Covid-19
Information
NEW Members
IPA 2020
Scholarship
Award Program
August 2020 Volume 73, Issue 2
Inside this issue:
Executive Director 3-4
To the Members of
the Illinois Police
Association
6
Change of Address
Form
17
IPA 2020
Membership
Renewal Form
18
IPA Office Hours
9 am to 3 pm
Monday through Friday
7508 W North Avenue
Elmwood Park, IL 60707
708-452-8332 or 800-720-2060 fax 708-452-1618
www.ipacops.org and www.ipastore.org
Publisher - Piraino Publications
Layout & Design - Paul Piraino
Editor - Rosemarie Dziadosz
Official Journal Submissions
Do you have a comment or an article you'd like to share?
Would you like your submission to appear in the next
issue of the Official Journal? Contact the IPA office for
more information.
New Active Memberships $35.00 – RENEWALS $30.00
New Associate Memberships $35.00 – RENEWALS $30.00
RENEW YOUR IPA MEMBERSHIP ONLINE NOW! @ www.ipastore.com
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Illinois Police Association
License Plates are multi-year
and may be displayed on
passenger vehicles, B-trucks
and vans weighing 8,000
pounds or less.
To purchase Illinois Police
Association plates, please
submit the appropriate request
form along with your license
plates registration or renewal
application.
See the IPA Vanity &
Personalized License Plate
page for more information.
CHECK THE IPA
WEBSITE FOR DIVISION
EVENTS AND MEETINGS.
Go to www.ipacops.org
Executive Director
Edward W. Hoes
Riverside PD, Retired
President
Robert Nichols
Galesburg PD, Retired
First Vice President
Fred Garza
Cicero PD, Retired
Second Vice President
Calvin Stearns
Carbondale PD
Third Vice President
Joe Seychel
Great Lakes PD
Sergeants-at-Arms
Brian Kuratko
Willow Springs PD
Sergeants-at-Arms
Jake Taylor
Galesburg PD
Auditors
Ken Thomason
St. Elmo PD, Retired
Robert Madura
Schiller Park PD, Retired
Leah Painter
Knox County Sheriff’s Office
IPA Attorney
Edward C. Pacilli
Bellwood PD, Retired
IPA Executive Board
NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE
All Division Chairmen
Please send in your monthly meeting
notices and treasurers’ reports
to the Office in a timely basis.
NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE
Website www.ipacops.org
&
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IPA Executive Director Edward W. Hoes Page 1
Volume 73, Issue 2 Page 3
Illinois Police Association
Official Journal
August 2020 Issue
From: Edward W. Hoes
Illinois Police Association
Since my last article, a lot has been going on all over the world and within the IPA.
The corona virus/Covit 19 Pandemic has hit everyone hard, killing thousands of people and
still counting. If it were not for the First Responders, more lives would have been lost. The
nurses, doctors, medical staff, police, firefighters, EMT’s and all of the people who have
given their all to help save lives of those who have come down with the Covit 19 virus,
have been the guardian angles for a lot of people. We own every one of them a big
“THANK YOU”.
During the time of the “lock down” myself and Denise took turns going into the office. She
would go in one or two times a week and I would do the same thing. By doing this,
someone was in the office 4 days out of the week checking on the mail, telephone calls and
bills. I want to thank Denise for everything she did for the Association during this time.
The States are starting to open their cities and towns. With this, a second wave of the virus
is spreading and getting out of control in some areas. To help stop the spread of the virus,
please wear a face mask, and keep a Social Distance. Do not jeopardize your health or your
loved ones and friends by not going along with the rules of the CDC. Do the right thing.
Because of the virus, the April and August Executive Board Meetings were cancelled along
with the Annual conference in September was cancelled. There will NOT be annual
conference of the IPA this year.
For the few of you who read my last article in February, you will remember that I stated
that when I took over the position of the Executive Director and the future of the IPA,
rumors were going around the State stating that we will be not around for the 100th
Anniversary. We meet that goal along with about 20 more years, but I sorry to say, not for
much longer.
IPA Executive Director Edward W. Hoes Page 2
Volume 73, Issue 2 Page 4
The membership of the Association is way down and going down every day. It is time that
the Executive Board, Elected Officers starting with the President and all the way down the
line, to take their oath of office serious and start doing their jobs. The Board demanded
that New Memberships be available online, that this will make it easy for new officers to
sign up. The program is and has been “Online” along with the program to renew member-
ships, but memberships are not coming in. I feel that when signing up new members that it
is better to speak with the officers in person, get to know the person, and tell them about
the Association and the history of the IPA, not through a computer, but I was told it’s better
to have them sign up on their own.
I have sent out delinquent lists to all the Division Chairman asking them to review the
report and contact the officers to see if they can get them to renew their dues. I have asked
everyone to contact their police departments to try and sign up new members. Everyone
must rise to the challenge and do their jobs rather than sitting back and doing nothing. It
takes more than one person to do the job, I cannot do it alone. If the membership keeps
going the way it is, we will not be here in the next couple of years. Some organizations
already think that we no longer are in business. Some feel that we should have been gone
a long time ago. It is up to you if we survive or not.
For the next article, I hope to have information on legislation and other business, now that
Springfield has opened along with the rest of the State.
Sincerely:
Edward W. Hoes
Illinois Police Association
Be Safe, wear a mask and keep a social distance.
IPA Welcomes New Members
Volume 73, Issue 2 Page 5
Active Department Associate A/B Member
Andrew J. Avery Police Officer - Knoxville PD
Adrian C. Breems Police Officer - Western Springs PD
John Camardo Police Officer - River Grove PD
Paul DeSilva Police Officer - Maywood Park PD
Ann R. Eisele B
Tyler Fanejli Police Officer - River Grove PD
Paul D. Hunt B
Bradley A. Jasutis Police Officer - Western Springs PD
Ernesto Mota Supervisor - Dept. of Juvenile
Justice
Joseph E. Manfredini Police Officer - Berwyn PD
Robert Niemiec Police Officer - Waukegan PD
Patrick O’Connor Police Officer - River Grove PD
Bill Otto B
Tony Reed B
William Romanow Police Officer - Western Springs
Kathleen Sanders B
Roger Solleberger B
Tetiana Bilyk A
Andrew Thompson Police Officer - Waukegan PD
Sean Thrailkill
Security Officer A
To the Members of the Illinois Police Association
Volume 73, Issue 2 Page 6
Members of the Illinois Police Association
I hope this letter finds you well, considering all the recent health concerns and the ever changing Law
Enforcement environment.
We as members of the oldest and largest Police Association in the state along with other Police
Organizations must be stronger now more than ever. We must continue to safeguard what we have
worked hard to achieve, such as our pension system, the Police Bill of rights, collective bargaining and
many others.
These all have been and will be in jeopardy again. The working environment has drastically changed and
will continue to change. We must fight hard to keep what we have and continue to support good law
enforcement legislation and oppose legislation that would be detrimental to law enforcement.
On a lighter note, a reminder as to what the Illinois Police Association has accomplished over the last
119 years would take several pages, so let’s talk about the future. The IPA is struggling as is most other
organizations. Our goals have not changes in 119 years and that is serving our members and the
betterment of Law Enforcement. The Association can not survive without its caring members. It fights
for your rights and stands by you when you need it. It is a proud association that needs its members
and past members now more than ever.
In the trying times that face us we all must band even closer together and stay strong. I realize with the
hardships that face many people’s finances can be an issue and we do understand that, however we do
ask those who have let their IPA membership lapse to please renew those memberships. New members
are also needed, signing up a new active or associate member will greatly help also.
Please consider our request so this Association can better serve its members. As a reminder the cost of
renewing memberships is $30 plus a small late fee where applicable.
Thank you so much for your past and continued support.
The IPA welcomes any comments and suggestions so please contact the office.