Resolution Honoring Alfonza Wysinger
WHEREAS. Alfonza Wysinger, a native Chicagoan, attended Chicago Public Schools and continued his education at Chicago State University and Calumet College of St. Joseph, where he attained a Bachelor's Degree in Law Enforcement Management; and
WHEREAS, During his years of service on the police department, First Deputy Superintendent Wysinger has worked in numerous units, including Patrol, Narcotics, Detective Division, and the DEA Task Force as an officer and supervisor; and
WHEREAS, As an alumnus of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety-School of Police and Command, First Deputy Superintendent Wysinger was voted Vice President of the one-hundred-and-sixty- fourth class; and
WHEREAS, He is a 2006 graduate of the Police Executive Research Forum Senior Management Institute for Police in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2014, he was selected to represent the Chicago Police Department at the National Counter-Terrorism Training Seminar in Israel, which is an intensive training course led by senior commanders ofthe Israel National Police and the Israel Defense Forces; and
WHEREAS, As First Deputy Superintendent, he is second in command of the Chicago Police Department and is responsible for overseeing all of its daily operations; and
WHEREAS, First Deputy Superintendent Wysinger believes that a strong work ethic, passion for the law enforcement mission, and a commitment to teamwork and community partnerships are paramount for achieving crime reduction and public safety goals, and he has demonstrated these characteristics in assignments with a direct impact on communities in Chicago; and
WHEREAS, In 2008, he was the recipient of the City of Chicago's highest honor, the Lambert Tree Award. He also received the Chicago Police Department's Award of Valor. These accolades were bestowed upon him for his distinguished acts of bravery in the protection of life by which he demonstrated in great degree the characteristics of selfl...
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