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We have tremendous resources to help us and our families cope in our vocation as peace keepers.theseresourceshelpusandourfamiliesspiritually,physical,andpsychologically. theseresourcesinclude600clergyfromallfaiths,1,100psychiatrists,psychologists,counselors,andsocialworkers.Wehavephysicians,nurses,physicaltrainers,dietitians,support groups,andcomprehensivehealthscreeningstoaddressourneeds.thefollowingisasummaryofthehelpthatisavailable,formoreinformationontheseprogramscontactLouCampione at 215-823-9828.

Bereavement-WeassistfamiliesonthelossofoneofourF.O.P.members,contactLouCampione at 215-823-9828 orAndrea Mruk at 215-629-3612. Louis.campione@phila.gov or andre@fop5.org BottlesandBadgesAASupportGroupmeetingsareeveryWednesdayat7:00P.M.attheFraternal Order of Police Lodge # 5, 11630 Caroline Road Philadelphia, Pa. 19154. Rob Lutz at 215-2398015. external e.A.P. external employeeAssistance is provided by Penn Behavioral Health.They are apartoftheUniversityofPennsylvaniaHealthSystem,combinedwithourLawEnforcementHealth Benefits counseling network which is facilitated by Charlie Baker 267-350-5405, we have available 1,100 Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Counselors, and Social Workers @ 1-888-321-4433. FirstResponderAddictiontreatment(F.R.A.t.)program-LivengrinFoundationhasbeentreating Philadelphia Police Officers since 1966. This program was designed and is run by one of our own Lodge 5 members. The staff of F.R.A.T. program are retired law enforcement who are counselors. They can help with all addiction and mental health concerns. Both inpatient and outpatient needs are address with this program. Contact Livengrin at 215-638-5200 or Rob Lutz at 215-239-8015. gambling treatment- Gambling addiction effects every facet of life. Compulsive gambling is an addiction which can be successfully treated, if you have the right help. Julian Katz is a Licensed Professional Counselor and is a member of C.P. Mirarchi Counseling Services. He can be reached at 856-904-7030 email Juliankatzpc@gmail.com. He has offices at 1526 Wolf St. Phila. Pa. Pa.19145. internalemployeeAssistancePeerOfficers1341NorthDelawareAve.room407-215-685-9940. L.e.H.B. Nutrition series- registered dietitians provide health and nutrition training 215-763-8290. L.e.H.B.HeALtHTransformationProgramisdesignedtohelpuslosefat,developmuscle,andreduce stress. Contact our trainer Damien Young at d.young@warriorworkoutcamps.com. The L.E.H.B. fitness center, 9432 Roosevelt Blvd. is open Mon. thru Thurs. 5:00 A.M. -10:00 P.M. Sat. 8:00A.M. -6:00 P.M. . . . PoliceClergyProgram-Fr.JimMacNewO.S.F.S.servesasourSpiritualDirectorhecanbereached at 215-629-3622. In addition to Fr. Jim MacNew we have the wealth of 600 members of the Police ClergyProgram,whorepresenteverydenominationandarewillingtohelpwithanyspiritualconcerns. PsychologistDr.PaulDikunisavailableonFridaysfrom6:00A.M.atL.E.H.B.2233SpringGarden St. Phila. Pa. 19130 contact Helen Miller at 215-763-8290 for an appointment. ShooterSupportgroupopentoanyonewhohasbeeninvolvedinashootingcontactYvetteClark at 215-669-1321 and Jonathan Josey at 267-235-1539. SmokingCessationProgramL.e.H.B.andtheDepartmentofHealthprovideresources215-7638290.

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Chaplains Corner by Lou Campione THE FOLLOWING IS GLEAMED FROM A STORY WRITTEN BY CHRIS PARKER POCONO RECORD MARCH 5TH 2011.

P/O Jack Bowen was shot in a bar hold up on March 24TH 1975 at 15TH Mellon ST. fast forward 36 years to Monday, January 31ST 2011. Now retired P/O Jack Bowen walks into St. Luke’s Urgent Care in Jim Thorpe Pa., retired Philadelphia P/O Charles “Chip” Burnett is sitting in the waiting room and observes now retired Philadelphia P/O Jack Bowen walk into the waiting room with his wife, Jack is wearing a Phillies baseball cap which gets his attention. The two men strike up a conversation regarding the Phillies. Then Jack’s wife points out that Burnett is wearing a P/O Daniel Faulkner pin on his cap. (P/O Daniel Faulkner was shot and killed in line of duty on December 9th 1981). Jack Burnett asks Charles “Chip” Burnett what was his relationship to Danny Faulkner. Burnett responds he is a retired Philadelphia Police Officer, Bowen responds so am I, Bowen asks where he worked and he responds the 6th district and Bowen responds I worked in the 9th.

Burnett trying to determine if there paths had ever crossed asked when he retired, Bowen responds “1975 I got shot and retired. ” Burnett asks “where did the shooting happen, Bowen responds, at a bar 15th and Mellon Streets. Chip asks “What’s your name he responds Jack Bowen, Chip filled with excitement “I’m Chip Burnett the guy that dragged you out of the bar after you got shot!” Bowen filled with emotion has to go outside the building to compose himself, as all the other people in the waiting room are glued to the conversation.

The two had never formally met, other than divine intervention the night of the shooting they had no contact. The meeting shocked both men and everyone else in the waiting room.

P/O Jack Bowen recalls the job, the radio call was for three suspicious males at the bar and P/O Jack Bowen responded, “I took two steps in, and the shooter lowered the shotgun as soon as I cleared the door it took my legs out from under me. I went down onto the floor. I was lying on the floor, completely conscious of everything that was going on around me. I watched as he raised the shot gun a second time and shot me in the other hip as I fired my service revolver” . The shooter was hit and went down to the floor, shot gun still in his hands. P/O Charles Chip Burnett a rookie at the time, was a few blocks from the call he arrived and realized he had to get Jack out of there before he bled to death. He recalls “I knew there were three bad guys in there with guns and Jack needed help. I kind of crawled in, the first thing I did was look at the cigarette machine. There was the guy lying down on the ground, eyes wide open with the shotgun. ” The rookie officer began pulling on the legs of the down officer pulling him out of the line of fire, out of the bar onto a waiting stretcher on the sidewalk. P/O Jack Bowen spent three months in the hospital, the shotgun blast caused him to lose one third of his intestines and severed his sciatic nerve. He returned limited duty for a year and was then retired on a service connected disability. The rest of the story was both men retired to the Poconos and as a result of the second divine intervention in 2011, 36 years after their first divine intervention, the two men have become great friends. As Jack and Maryann Bowen’s son Derrick describes the divine intervention if P/O Charles “‘Chip” Burnett had not saved his father P/O Jack Bowen life on March 24th 1975 he would never have been born. A great story with a very happy ending.