Journey from Humboldt Park to Guthrie Park - Edwin Ruiz named Riverside’s police officer of the year - Chicago area

Posted on: May 21st, 2008
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“Growing up in the tough Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago was no picnic for Riverside Police Officer Edwin Ruiz. As a youngster he even had a few minor run-ins with the police. Gangs were everywhere and it was hard to avoid them.

But he was more afraid of his mother, Maria, than the gang bangers who roamed his neighborhood, and she kept him on the straight and narrow path.

“I always wanted to become a police officer,” said Ruiz who was named the Riverside Police Department officer of the year at a ceremony Saturday at Guthrie Park as his mother looked on proudly.”*

*From: http://www.rblandmark.com
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