The Chicago Police Enforcers football team is a recognized 501c3 charitable organization that participates in the National Public Safety Football League. We will compete and raise funds for our charities through participation in games against teams from throughout the country with similar purposes.

 

Our charities include, but are not limited to, Chicago Police Memorial Foundation, The Gold Star Families and The Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.

Team Makeup
Players must be sworn members of the Chicago Police Department who have passed their one year seniority date.
Coaches and Managers will be made up of sworn members as well volunteers who come from a variety of different backgrounds and experience and understand our purpose.

Head Coach
Must be a sworn member of the department and will also serve as an officer as Vice President of Personnel. Currently our Head Coach is Sgt. James Ade of the Court Section.

Board of Directors Effective 1 July 2007
- Our board will consist on 1 chairman and 4 directors who serve 2 year staggered terms. The Board will meet the 1st Thursday of the odd numbered months. The Board has the right to conduct unscheduled emergency meetings should the Chairman decide.
- The Board may elect to expand its membership on an annual basis as our organization grows.

Chairman: John Curry
Directors: Jerry Negrete, Vicki Zaragoza, Jim Sherlock, with one more to be named later.

Role of our Board is as follows
Determine when and how much will be donated to charities.
Appoints the organizations Officers, who are responsible for the day to day operation of the team
Seek our major sponsorships and donors
Render decisions on issues that fall outside the day to day operations of the organization.

Officers Effective 1 July 2007
Officers are appointed by the Board of Directors and serve indefinite terms. The Board of Directors also defines the roles that the officers hold. Officers can also be removed by the board should the need arise.
Officers are responsible for decisions related to the day to day operations of the team.
President: Joe Perilli
Senior V/P: Greg Zaragoza
V/P Personnel: Jim Ade
V/P Marketing: Tim Kusinski
V/P Administration: Vicki Zaragoza
V/P Operations: Dave Roman

Player/Member Participation
All players will sign a participation contract at the beginning of their involvement with the organization. This contract will advise the player as to what is expected of them as a member of this organization. It will also spell out the consequences for failure to meet these expectations.
 

New Players
Will pay a one-time initiation fee of $500.00. Of this $200.00 will be refunded to you upon the return of equipment when you decide to leave the team as a player.
The $500.00 fee will help to defray initial equipment costs incurred with you joining the team. Players may only participate in team owned equipment.
Will be issued the following team owned items.
 1 Riddell Certified helmet
 1 Set of Certified shoulder Pads
 2 Game Jerseys (Blue and White)
 1 Pair of Game Pants (New in “08”)
 1 Pair of Practice Pants and Jersey
 All Pants Pads
 1 girdle
 

All players, new and returning, are responsible for raising $500.00 dollars of funds annually for the organization. They can accomplish this through a number of avenues that we will provide for them.
 

The following are fundraising opportunities
 Add Book
 Raffle
 Merchandise Sales
 Kick Off Party Tickets
 

 All funds raised will go to off set the operational cost of the team which includes travel expenses, hosting expenses and other league fees related to our ability to play. Once these expenses have been met, the Board of Directors will determine how to allocate the remaining funds to our charities.

Injuries
- All players must have a physician signed physical exam on file during each year of participation
- A injured player is not allowed to claim an IOD, the player must use the medical.
- It is strongly recommended by the Enforcers that the players pick up a supplemental insurance plan through an organization like AFLAC or Combined.

Practices
- The team expects its players to attend practice regularly. We will practice at least twice a week and at certain points in the early season we will practice as many as three times a week.
- We will utilize a number of locations throughout the city including the Education and Training Academy, St.Ignatius High School, St. Xavier University, Montrose Harbor and possibly starting in 2008, The University of Chicago.
- Practices will typically be held during the second watch.
- We can expect to start practice for the 2008 season sometime in mid January.

Home Games
- We have an assurance from the representative of the Chicago Board of Education, that we will continue to be able to use any of their facilities for home games. This includes Hanson, Gately and the newly renovated Lane Tech.
- We are also hoping to reach a similar arrangement with both the University of Chicago and St. Xavier.
- As we did in our 2006 season, we hope to be able to return to Soldier Field for the Gold Star Bowl on St. Jude Sunday.

Misc.

We are an officially recognized organization by the Chicago Police Department.

We are members for the NPSFL

League information can be found at www.NPSFL.com
- We will play 4 league games each season, 2 away and 2 home
- Our schedule will be released on early November and times and locations set by mid January
- We may add an additional home game if the schedule and league permits.
- The Championship game is typically held in early June.
- We expect our team to compete at the high level that our talent allows. Our goal is to compete for a league championship each and every season.