CPOF helps ICIO officer whose home was damaged by fire

Recently ICIO Officer Julia Senior received a $500 check from the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation (CPO) to help repair fire damages to their home. The money came from the CPO Catastrophic Assistance Program for those in the correctional profession and their families in times of emergency, crisis, or other dire need. 

This past New Year’s Eve, at 1154 pm on December 31st, The Senior’s motorhome, parked next to their home, caught on fire. The radiant heat caused severe damage to the side of their house. The Senior’s were thankful their neighbors and the fire department responded quickly to the emergency and were able to help them save their home but, unfortunately, their motorhome was a total loss. The money will go to the continuing repairing of the fire damage to their home.

Special thanks to Sergeant Kristi Parker, from NICI, and Corporal Lacy McClintock from ICIO. Both are IDOC representatives for the CPO Foundation and submitted to the Foundation for the needed relief. The CPO Mission Statement reads: “The purpose of the Correctional Peace Officers (CPO) Foundation, Inc. is to operate and maintain a general fund for the perpetuation of the memory of those Correctional Peace Officers killed in the line of duty; to provide for their spouses, children or other beneficiaries; and to promote and project a positive image of the Corrections profession, both internally and to the general public.” As one can see by their help to the Senior’s, they go well beyond this in helping correctional staff in need.

I have been a member of the CPO for over 20 years and do a simple payroll deduction every month. As a member you receive a quarterly CPO magazine covering the work CPO is doing across the nation especially to families of fallen corrections’ staff. Contact your facility’s CPO representative today!

In the photo ICIO Warden Terema Carlin presents the $500 CPO check and letter to Officer Julia Senior and her husband Joe.

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