[Chat] Fw: Project Blue Light

[Brad Schlegel]

 We learned of this at our meeting tonight!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Odis Sistrunk" <Odis.Sistrunk at BaltimorePolice.org>
To: <artisthousing at 1448.org>; <csmith at 1stmarinerbank.com>; <bnc at abagmd.org>; 
<bnelson at abagmd.org>; <info at aboutwoodberry.com>;  @bnia.org>;    Cc: 
"Charlene Carr" <Charlene.Carr at BaltimorePolice.org>; "Robert Gibson" 
<Robert.Gibson at BaltimorePolice.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:23 PM
Subject: Project Blue Light


Dear Community Leader:

The Baltimore Police Department and the Baltimore City Fraternal Order of 
Police Lodge 3 Memorial Board are asking citizens to join us in supporting 
Project Blue Light to honor fallen officers during the holiday season.

Mrs. Dolly Craig, the surviving mother-in-law of Philadelphia (PA) police 
officer Daniel Gleason, first conceived Project Blue Light in 1986. In a 
Christmas letter to the non-profit organization Concerns of Police Survivors 
(COPS), she stated she was putting a blue light in her window in remembrance 
of Officer Gleason. The idea caught on with the nearly 10,000 families who 
comprise the COPS organization and now blue lights are used in the holiday 
season throughout the country to remember the fallen officers and honor 
those who still serve to protect their communities.

Ms. Laurie Platt, Surviving Spouse of Sergeant John Platt and the President 
of Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 Memorial Board is 
spearheading Baltimore City's effort.

During the holidays, we are asking citizens to include at least one blue 
light in their holiday decorations.  Put blue lights in your window and/or 
tie blue ribbons onto your vehicle antennas in honor of law enforcement 
officers who have given their lives in the line of duty.  This is also to 
show support and appreciation to those officers who continue to put their 
lives on the line everyday.

Sincerely,

Lieutenant Colonel Odis L. Sistrunk, Jr.
Community Affairs Section