Your news: Hanover Park salutes officer before deployment

At the Thursday, Feb. 3rd, village of Hanover Park board meeting, Mayor Rod Craig, the village board and the Hanover Park veterans committee recognized Officer Tim McNulty, who is being deployed to Afghanistan.

McNulty is a commissioned first lieutenant in Company E, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marforres, which is a Marine Corp Reserve Unit stationed in Joliet. He has been called to active duty until March 2012, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Mayor Craig commended McNulty for his service to his country and presented him a service recognition certificate from the village.

Being a Marine is big influence at the Hanover Park Police Department. The department currently has 10 current or former Marines serving the community. All of the department’s Marines came to the meeting in a show of support for McNulty.

“Marines have a long tradition of never leaving anyone behind and always being there for one another. Not only are we a strong force, we’re a family. McNulty takes us with him. We shall have him in our prayers for his safe return,” stated Detective Juan Miranda, who helped organize the effort to support McNulty. Other veterans from the department and community were there as well to support his deployment.

Ÿ Send Your news to nbrcalendar@dailyherald.com.