INFORMATION FROM PHIL HASKETT (RET)

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Hosea Crossley III, a longtime Chicago police lieutenant and former chief of police for the Chicago Housing Authority, has died, according to family. He was 77. Mr. Crossley III was born in 1947 and raised in the Ida B Wells Homes on the South Side. His father was also a Chicago police officer, according to his family. Mr. Crossley spent his entire life in his hometown: “He is Chicago,” his son said. He suffered a stroke about a decade ago that left him bedridden, his son said. He died Friday at his home in West Pullman surrounded by his family. At 18, Mr. Crossley joined the U.S. Navy and as soon as he returned from service, became a member of the Chicago Police Department, his son said. In the late 1970s, Mr. Crossley was one of several officers promoted after the Afro-American Patrolmen’s League successfully sued the department for discriminating against women and minority officers, according to his son. In 1988, Mr. Crossley took command of the CPD’s public housing unit. Three years later he became chief of police for the Chicago Housing Authority’s police department, his son said. “He grew up in the projects, that’s why he worked the projects … [and] he ended up being the person in charge,” his son said. He retired about three years later after the department came under fire from the American Civil Liberties Union for controversial search practices. Mr. Crossley returned to the Chicago Police Department where he continued to serve as a lieutenant until 1998. “That was his life, he climbed through the ranks ... that’s what defined him,” his son said. His son remembers being 5 years old and his father bringing home a remote-controlled police car with lights and sirens for him to play with. “My dad was a cop, period ... that is what he did ever since I was born,” his son said. Mr. Crossley was preceded in death by wife, Renita, and his daughters Asuntha and Venus and two granddaughters. In addition to his son, he is survived by his son Steven; his daughters Jasmine, Kiki and Aliska; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Plans are being made for funeral services in Chicago, his family said.

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Forwarded from retired CPD Steve Marchfield!

This coming Tuesday 07 January 2025 at D'Agostino's 7530 W Oakton Niles, IL is the Northside Retiree Breakfast. Doors open around 0830 and breakfast around 0900. The cost is $15 for breakfast, this includes tax and tip. You can tip more if you wish. Come and meet up with friends old and new!

Steve Marchfield

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Forwarded from retired CPD Patty Clark!

Hello, retired and working Chicago Police, now Florida residents and/or "snowbirds!"
We are getting ready to meet the new year, and wanted to let you know you are all welcome to come to the Cop Shop here in Cape Coral to get together with old friends and make some new ones. Our usual meeting day is the FIRST Wednesday of every month BUT, our first meeting this year will be the SECOND Wednesday, 8 January 2025, (due to New Years Day being on the first one).

Also, the cooks have agreed to once again cook lunch for us, for the months of January, February and March, so come hungry!!! We look forward to seeing you at: 1300 (1:00 p.m. in case you've forgotten) The Cop Shop 822 SE 46th Lane, Cape Coral, FL. 33904.

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The Bagpipes & Drums of the Emerald Society have accepted the invitation from the National Conference of Law Enforcement Emerald Society's and of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Foundation to act as Host Pipe Band for Police Week in Washington DC from 12 - 16 May 2026. The benefit party is to assist in defraying the cost of the trip.

FLIER ATTACHED:

Thank You in advance.
Thom Cody
Committee Chairman

From the CPD Daily bulletin 06 Jan. 2025.

SURVEY ANNOUNCEMENT!

Please add your voice to help CPD identify training priorities and goals by completing the “2025 Training Needs Assessment” survey through the link found here Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management The link is also available on the Wire Homepage, through eLearning, or by utilizing the QR code attached to AMC #316627. This survey allows Department members to provide direct input into the subjects selected for upcoming Department training. The survey, which is being conducted with the assistance of the University of Chicago Survey Lab, is anonymous and takes approximately 5 minutes to complete. All responses are anonymous and the deadline for completion is 01 March 2025.

DEATH NOTICES!

Passed away 26 December 2024 DELORES HARRIS, mother of Sergeant Rasah Daily assigned to Alternate Response Section!

RETIREMENT CAKE AND COFFEE CELEBRATION!

P.O. Tommie Jones 15 January 25 • 1200 hrs. 010th District - Community Room!