Aurora Police Chief To Be Congressman's Guest At State Of Union

AURORA, IL — Rep. Bill Foster (D, IL-11) has announced that Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman will be his guest at the 2020 State of the Union Address on Feb. 4. In his announcement, Foster commended Ziman, specifically noting her work during the mass shooting at Henry Pratt Manufacturing on Feb. 15, 2019.

In a statement, Foster said,

“I’m proud to be joined for this year’s State of the Union address by Chief Ziman of the Aurora Police Department. Chief Ziman has spent her entire career in service to her fellow citizens and has dedicated her work to the safety and well-being of the people of Aurora. As police chief, she’s been a steadfast leader, especially in times of crisis – never more so than last February, when she led the law enforcement response to the horrific mass shooting at the Henry Pratt plant in Aurora that left five employees dead and six Aurora police officers injured."

Foster went on to say that Ziman "represents the selflessness of the police officers and first-responders we rely on to keep our community safe."

In a separate statement, Ziman said she felt"honored to join Congressman Bill Foster and represent the men and women of the Aurora Police Department at the State of the Union address." She went on to say she would hold onto the memory of the victims killed in the Henry Pratt shooting.

"I am honored to take their memory and the stories of the men and women of the Aurora Police Department to the nation’s capital for the State of the Union address," Ziman said.