RIP OFFICER ALEJANDRO VALADEZ

To the entire Chicago Police Department,
Although we are not out there with you sharing the everyday chase, traffic pursuit, burglar alarm, intoxicated man or woman, please know that I hope I speak for most of my co workers when I say your safety is our number one priority. To be the voice on the other end when a fellow police officer is shot, hurt or injured cannot even be described, until you have felt it. To hear all of what is going on yet not be able to physically help has got to be one of the most hardest things to go through as a dispatcher. But in the end we are all here for one reason and one reason only. Our job is to make sure that you come home to your loved ones. That alone is what brings me gratification on this job, to know I helped a police officer do his job by going that extra mile. In closing although we may never ever feel what you feel, believe me when I say our hearts at this time are just as heavy as yours. God Bless Alex!