Niles, Park Ridge and Des Plaines Cops Collect Coats for Needy Residents

In its fifth year, the combined effort of the Park Ridge, Niles and Des Plaines Police Departments known as Cops for Coats collected over 300 coats and winter accessories such as scarfs, mittens, gloves and hats.

The annual drive provides helps local needy individuals and families
keep warm as winter approaches. Distribution took place Nov. 5 at Maine
Township Town Hall with the assistance of Township Supervisor Carol A.
Teschky and her staff along with police officers and volunteers.

Here left to right are: Des Plaines PD Officer Mike Heidkamp; PRPD
Citizen Patrol Joan Hutchinson; PRPD Citizen Patrol Leslie Wolf; Des
Plaines PD Officer Mike Meyer; Supervisor Carol A. Teschky; Niles Police
V.I.P.S. M. Pistorius; PRPD Citizen Patrol Jean Trnka; Niles PD Officer
April Rider; PRPD Citizen Patrol Don Tyre; PRPD Officer Ben Peterson
who is the lead coordinator of the drive; and PRPD Explorer Gary Lynch.

For more information about future drives, contact the Park Ridge,
Niles or Des Plaines police departments. All coats and accessories not
distributed on Nov. 5 were donated to St. John the Baptist Greek
Orthodox Church in Des Plaines.