by GAPA Chicago | Mar 18, 2025 | Brennpunkt
All, We have been informed of the passing of past Emerald Society President James McCarthy on March 9th, 2025. Jim was a retired 27 year veteran of the Waukegan Police Department, and in his role as Emerald Society President encouraged cooperation between our two...
by GAPA Chicago | Mar 18, 2025 | Brennpunkt
Fellow members, Since our last Brennpunkt, we have held our Oktoberfest Dinner to which I would like to send a huge thank you to all who assisted in planning as well as attended this event. For those of you who were unable to attend you missed a great event, and we...
by GAPA Chicago | Feb 3, 2025 | Brennpunkt
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by Sofie Gomez | Oct 16, 2024 | Brennpunkt
Please join me in offering condolences to the Handler Family and Friends, who held a Celebration of Life for Rich Handler on October 12th. Rich passed earlier in June, and was the middle son of of longtime member Roy Handler (CPD) who passed in 2015. The Handler...
by GAPA Chicago | Oct 11, 2024 | Brennpunkt
Time flies when you’re having fun, and the past several months offered fun to those who attended our Association events so far this year. In May we participated in the Chicago FOP Ethnic Meeting, bringing out several tasty food items for our Law Enforcement Ethnic...
by GAPA Chicago | Apr 4, 2024 | Brennpunkt
Greetings, In a recap of the 2023 year, it was a year of sor- rows and joy for the Ger- man American Police As- sociation. Several of our families personally experi- enced loss of loved ones, or endured medical or finan- cial difficulties. Our Associ- ation was no...