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 | | Jose R. Rios | | | Inducted 2010 | | | Photo: ISRAEL WRIGHT | | Jose R. Rios, 42, police officer, for his nine years of service as the Chicago Police Department’s liaison to the LGBT communities of Chicago, including his extensive outreach to the deaf community, youth, other government offices, community organizations, and police departments across the nation. | |
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| Chicago Police Officer Jose Rios is
assigned to the 23rd District as its GLBT liaison between the Chicago
Police Department and Chicago’s LGBT
communities. | |
| His tenure since 2001 has had an enormous
impact and improved the relationship
between LGBT communities and police in the
city. His work has contributed to breaking
down barriers and prejudices that
historically have compromised access to police services for LGBT
individuals and groups in Chicago. | |
| Rios chairs the district’s GLBT advisory group and is a member of the board
of directors of the Association of Latin Men for Action. He serves as first vice
president of Chicago’s Lesbian and Gay Police Association/Gay Officers
Action League. For his services, in 2005 he received a Chicago Commission
on Human Relations award, and in 2006 he received a Trailblazer Award
from Bailiwick Repertory. | |
| As liaison to LGBT communities, Rios responds to victims of LGBT hate
crimes both within the 23rd District and throughout the city. He provides
individual assistance in filing complaints, makes referrals to other
community service agencies, and provides support and encouragement to
crime victims. | |
| Rios has worked tirelessly with other community agencies to develop
programs that range from Operation Play Safe within the LGBT
communities to LGBT domestic violence training for police officers. He
participates in LGBT sensitivity training programs for new recruits at the
Chicago Police Academy. He assisted in developing—and starred in—two
diversity training videos that the Chicago Police Department uses to
familiarize personnel with LGBT issues. He has also provided specialized
awareness training for members of Chicago’s deaf LGBT community. | |
| A native Chicagoan, Rios received his bachelor’s degree in law enforcement
management from Calumet College of St. Joseph. He is fluent in Spanish,
Portuguese, English, and American Sign Language for the Deaf. | |
| As an openly gay police officer, Jose Rios serves as a role model for other
professionals, both within the law enforcement community and the greater
civilian population. | |
| This biography is as of the induction date. It has not been updated. |
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