Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 18-2076

• File #: 18-2076
• Version: 1
• Name: RECOGNIZING THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS DAVID R. RAMOS AND JEROME TURBYVILLE AND WHEELING DETECTIVE IGNACIO OROPEZA
• Type: Consent Calendar Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 2/2/2018
• In control: Board of Commissioners
• On agenda: 2/6/2018
• Final action: 2/6/2018
• Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS DAVID R. RAMOS AND JEROME TURBYVILLE AND WHEELING DETECTIVE IGNACIO OROPEZA WHEREAS, On November 12, 2017 at 3:20p.m., a family drove to the Wheeling Walgreens store to purchase diapers. The father went inside the store leaving his wife, three-year old son, and one-week old son inside their idling vehicle. As the father was shopping, an unknown male offender entered the vehicle and drove away with the mother and children; and WHEREAS, after Wheeling Police Department Officers and Detectives responded to the scene, an emergency ISPERN broadcast and an AMBER alert were issued to help locate the family in danger. A short time later the mother and two children were located safe more than 20 miles away in the Belmont area in Chicago, after the suspect abandoned the family in their vehicle, taking with him their cell phone and credit cards; and WHEREAS, Wheeling Police Detective Ignacio Oropeza ...
• Sponsors: LUIS ARROYO JR, GREGG GOSLIN, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, EDWARD M. MOODY, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
2/6/2018	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

RECOGNIZING THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS DAVID R. RAMOS AND JEROME TURBYVILLE AND WHEELING DETECTIVE IGNACIO OROPEZA

WHEREAS, On November 12, 2017 at 3:20p.m., a family drove to the Wheeling Walgreens store to purchase diapers. The father went inside the store leaving his wife, three-year old son, and one-week old son inside their idling vehicle. As the father was shopping, an unknown male offender entered the vehicle and drove away with the mother and children; and

WHEREAS, after Wheeling Police Department Officers and Detectives responded to the scene, an emergency ISPERN broadcast and an AMBER alert were issued to help locate the family in danger. A short time later the mother and two children were located safe more than 20 miles away in the Belmont area in Chicago, after the suspect abandoned the family in their vehicle, taking with him their cell phone and credit cards; and

WHEREAS, Wheeling Police Detective Ignacio Oropeza worked on securing and viewing the surveillance videos recovered from Walgreens and a Mobil gas station where the offender fraudulently used a credit card belonging to the victims. Detective Oropeza identified the offender based on prior police contacts. An Aggravated Kidnapping arrest warrant was issued for the offender, and

WHEREAS, on November 15, 2017, while off-duty, Chicago Police Officer David R. Ramos was driving east on Chicago Avenue approaching Franklin Street towards a local Starbucks coffee shop, when he observed the wanted offender, who was just featured on the local television news station, exiting a Dunkin Donuts shop; and

WHEREAS, after confirming the identity of the dangerous felon, Officer David R. Ramos flagged down fellow Chicago Police Officer Jerome Turbyville, who was patrolling the Chicago River North Community. Officers Ramos and Turbyville, effectively using their police training skills to ensure that citizens in the public area where not in harm...