RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, on September 22, 1988, Chicago Police Patrol Officer Irma C, Ruiz, Star #16823 of Area 4 Youth Division and the devoted mother of four children, perished inside the Moses Montefiore School at 1300 South Ashland Avenue at the hands of a rampaging armed felon; and
WHEREAS, on that fateful and tragic day, Officer Irma C. Ruiz became only the third female Chicago Police to be killed in the line of duty; and
WHEREAS, Officer Irma C. Ruiz graduated from the Chicago Police Academy on October 1, 1976; and
WHEREAS, Officer Irma C. Ruiz was among the first women assigned to the Grand Crossing District; and
WHEREAS, In her twelve years in the department, Officer Irma C. Ruiz won a department commendation, three honorable mentions and had four complimentary letters added to her personnel file; and
WHEREAS, Officer Irma C. Ruiz and her partner Officer Greg Jaglowski were assigned to the Harrison Area's Youth Division and were a mobile unit that responded to an emergency call at the school; and
WHEREAS, as members of a mobile unit responding to calls, they were summoned to the Montefiore School to escort an unruly student to his home; and
WHEREAS, while in the process of picking up the student, Officer Irma C. Ruiz and Officer Greg Jaglowski received a report that an armed offender had entered the school; and
WHEREAS, the offender, described as a deranged gunman had already killed two other people in an auto parts store and wounded a maintenance worker and a school custodian by the time the officers arrived on the scene; and
WHEREAS, the gunman fired upon the police officers, fatally striking Officer Irma C. Ruiz in the chest and wounding Officer Greg Jaglowski twice in the legs; and
WHEREAS, although seriously injured, Officer Greg Jaglowski managed to return fire killing the offender; and
WHEREAS, Officer Greg Jaglowski eventually recovered from his wounds and received the IACP/Parade magazine "Officer of the Year" award for his heroic actions; and
WHEREAS...
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