Record #: R2014-10   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 1/15/2014 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 1/15/2014
Title: Gratitude extended to Police Officers Timothy S. McCollom and Robert M. Przybylowski for heroic lifesaving efforts
Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
Attachments: 1. R2014-10.pdf
 
 
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JANUARY 15, 2014
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MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL
 
 
yjQheteClS , On the afternoon of August 26, 2013, 9th District Police Officers Timothy S. McCollom (Star #17397) and Robert M. Przybylowski (Star #3881) responded to a call from a woman regarding a violation of an order of protection; and
 
WHEREAS, The officers encountered the woman in front of her home on the 5200 block of South Mozart Street, and, through an interpreter, learned that the order of protection was against her ex-boyfriend, the father of her three children; and
 
WHEREAS, The woman informed Officers McCollom and Przybylowski that the ex-boyfriend had threatened to kill her if he ever saw her with another man; and
 
WHEREAS, The woman went on to tell the officers that earlier, while she was out shopping with her children and a male friend, the ex-boyfriend had approached their vehicle and tried to open one of the doors. The friend had managed to drive them away safely, but one of the children had noticed that the ex-boyfriend was armed with a knife; and
 
WHEREAS, Officers McCollom and Przybylowski asked the woman for additional information to assist their investigation, and she walked to the back door of the house to retrieve a document; and
 
WHEREAS, Before the woman reached the door, the ex-boyfriend suddenly appeared and began viciously attacking her with a butcher knife; and
 
WHEREAS, Responding to the woman's screams for help, Officers McCollom and Przybylowski ran into the gangway beside the house, where they discovered the ex-boyfriend kneeling over the woman and stabbing her repeatedly; and
 
 
WHEREAS, As the officers rushed to protect the injured woman, the assailant stood and confronted them, brandishing the now-bloody knife; and
 
WHEREAS, Maintaining his composure in the face of this rapidly escalating and extremely dangerous situation, Officer McCollom, who had preceded his partner into the gangway, drew and fired his weapon, fatally wounding the assailant and ending the threat; and
 
WHEREAS, Officers McCollom and Przybylowski then immediately called for medical assistance, and the woman was taken to the hospital in good condition, where she received treatment for multiple stab wounds; and
 
WHEREAS, The efforts of Officers McCollom and Przybylowski most certainly saved the woman's life; now, therefore,
 
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, assembled this fifteenth day of January, 2014, do hereby honor Chicago Police Officers Timothy S. McCollom and Robert M. Przybylowski for their brave, decisive action, and express our sincere gratitude to these distinguished public servants, who risked life and limb to serve and protect the people of Chicago; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to Officers McCollom and Przbylowski, and placed on permanent record in their personnel files, as a token of our gratitude and esteem.
 
 
 
OFFICE  OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
January 15,2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith a congratulatory resolution concerning the Chicago Fire Department. Your favorable consideration of this resolution will be appreciated.
 
Mayor
Very truly yours,