Record #: R2020-591   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 7/22/2020 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 7/22/2020
Title: Congratulations extended to First Deputy Superintendent Anthony Riccio on retirement
Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
Attachments: 1. R2020-591.pdf

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OFFICE  OF THE MAYOR

CITV OF CHICAGO

LORI E. LIGHTFOOT

MAYOR

 

July 22, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

I transmit herewith a resolution congratulating Anthony Riccio on the occasion of his retirement as First Deputy Superintendent of Police.

 

Your favorable consideration of this resolution will be appreciated.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

RESOLUTION

 

 

WHEREAS, After 34 years of service to the City of Chicago, First Deputy Superintendent Anthony Riccio will retire from the Chicago Police Department on August 1, 2020; and

 

WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of Chicago's North Side, who currently lives in Edison Park, First Deputy Riccio is the son of Richard and Mary Riccio. His father retired as a Lieutenant in the Chicago Police Department; and

 

WHEREAS, First Deputy Riccio held numerous high-level positions in the Chicago Police Department, serving as Chief of the Bureau of Organized Crime, as Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Detectives, and as Commander of the 17th (Albany Park) District. He oversaw hundreds of officers and detectives over the course of his stellar career; and

 

WHEREAS, During his tenure in the Bureau of Detectives, First Deputy Riccio presided over the investigation into the murder of Hadiya Pendleton in 2013 and of Joseph ("Joey") Wallace in 1993; and

 

WHEREAS, As First Deputy Superintendent, Anthony Riccio was responsible for all aspects of patrol operations, deployment and criminal investigations in the second-largest police department in the Nation; and

 

WHEREAS, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown called First Deputy Riccio "a steadfast example of a true Chicago police officer — someone who simply wants to protect the City"; and

 

WHEREAS, First Deputy Riccio serves on the board of the Chicago High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), and is also a member ofthe International Association of Chiefs of Police, where he holds a top-secret clearance; and

 

WHEREAS, First Deputy Riccio supported efforts encouraging the Chicago Police Department to emphasize a guardianship-oriented approach to policing and to focus greater attention on building community trust with the police; and

 

WHEREAS, First Deputy Riccio looks forward to enjoying his retirement with his wife Carleen Riccio, a retired Chicago Police Officer, and with his daughter Emily; now, therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, assembled this twenty-second day of July, 2020, do hereby congratulate First Deputy Superintendent Anthony Riccio on the occasion of his retirement from the Chicago Police Department; applaud him for his many years of exemplary leadership in

 

 

the Department; and commend him for his unwavering dedication and service to the residents of our great City; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to First Deputy Superintendent Anthony Riccio as a token of our appreciation and esteem.