Chicago FOP 7 Update - President Mike Shields

Attention Retirees: Delta Dental comes to FOP in 2013 The Lodge has received many calls from retirees regarding telephone calls that they have received from Source One. Source One is a broker that handles the retiree dental plan. The FOP Insurance Committee has negotiated a rate that will save our retired members approximately $144 per year. This rate is locked in for two years. The FOP is eliminating the use of a third-party broker and dealing directly with one of the providers, Dental Dental of Illinois, a non-profit entity. Retirees are being told by Source One that they will no longer have dental insurance as of January 1, 2013. This is not true. All retirees that are enrolled will automatically switch over to Delta Dental effective January 1, 2013. The Board of Directors unanimously voted to switch to Delta Dental, as it is a better plan, with more coverage, more dentists to choose from, and will cost our retirees less money. The calls you have received from Source One are, in the FOP's opinion, just an attempt to frustrate and frighten our retired members. Any questions regarding dental insurance can be answered by Delta Dental at 1-800-323-1743.

Recognized Vacancies   The Department has posted recognized vacancies for the following Districts: District            No. of Openings 003                         2 004                         2 005                         2 007                         2 009                         2 016                         8 017                         8 020                         6 022                         6 Please refer to Recognized Vacancy Openings 13-01 for complete bidding instructions.

FOP Toy Drive We are urging all of our members to bring a new, unwrapped toy to the FOP Hall at 1412 W. Washington Blvd. These toys will be distributed to our FOP brothers and sisters on the East Coast who were affected by Hurricane Sandy. Your toy(s) should arrive at FOP Hall no later than Tuesday, December 18th. They will be accepted through the end of the General Meeting held at 7:00 pm on that day. We can guarantee that these toys will end up in the hands of our brothers and sisters as Santa Sid (Recording Secretary Sid Davis) will deliver them personally. Let's show the world that FOP takes care of its own. Please help make this toy drive a success with your generosity. You do not need to be a member to donate to this worthy cause.