Memorial Sign

An honorary street sign was put up the other day:

• Chicago Police Commander Bryan Spreyne called out the names of his 8th District officers one by one Sunday.

  Officer Enrique Martinez’s name was called three times as the officers stood at attention in the 6300 block of South Komensky Avenue before Spreyne spoke again, this time to say “may you never be forgotten.”

  Martinez was shot to death while making a traffic stop in Chatham Nov. 4, 2024, just a month before the 26-year-old would have marked three years with the Chicago Police Department.

  The West Lawn block the officer grew up on, now known as Officer Enrique Martinez Avenue, was dedicated on what would’ve been his 28th birthday.

There was also a list of Officers killed recently in the article:

• He’s among several Chicago officers who have been killed both on and off duty in recent years: Luis Huesca, Aréanah Preston, Andres Vasquez Lasso, Ella French, Krystal Rivera [...] and most recently, John Bartholomew last month.

So many lives, many so very young, stolen from us all.

We hate seeing these street signs because they demonstrate the depravity of Chicago criminals, but every one of these Officers should have one.