The National Football League has gone to the playoffs, however simply earlier than the season ended for the Chicago Bears, Park Ridge cops had been celebrated in a novel means for the final dwelling recreation of the season.
Ruth Hahn, a sergeant with the Park Ridge Police Department and member of the division’s honor guard, mentioned she reached out to all the metropolis’s main sports activities groups to ask if Park Ridge might current their flag and colours earlier than the sport began. When the Bears mentioned sure, Hahn mentioned it was fairly the glory.
“It put our police department and our city in a positive light for once,” mentioned Hahn. “My goal is to do one big thing a year, just to boost camaraderie,” she mentioned, including that the glory guard was at a Chicago Dogs baseball recreation final yr in Rosemont.
Hahn mentioned the glory guard has six members, however solely 4 might make it to the large recreation, the place the Bears beat the Falcons 37-17. The Bears ended final of their division, however Hahn mentioned it was cool for the glory guard to be on the nationwide scale.
Hahn mentioned the glory guard was capable of get their tickets supplied by the Bears, and that the guard invited 33 different members of the Park Ridge police division, in addition to Mayor Marty Maloney and Chamber of Commerce President Jacqueline Matthews, who paid out of pocket for his or her seats within the VIP Skydeck field.
“I chose the (Skydeck) for a reason. It was nice as opposed to getting like seats together,” mentioned Matthews. “You know, you have a row of 33 people or, you know, three rows of 10 (people), and you’re kind of stuck talking to the same people.” Matthews added that she was capable of get a 5% low cost for the group.
Matthews mentioned she attended the sport with the police division as a result of the division, the caaity and chamber of commerce have a terrific relationship. “We’re super grateful for them,” mentioned Matthews.
“We couldn’t have our business community be as successful without (the police department), right?” Matthews mentioned.
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