Eddie Winters

Eddie Winters is an American police officer and politician.

Winters received his bachelor's degree in professional studies/business administration from Roosevelt University. He served in the Chicago Police Department for eighteen years. From September 2012 to January 2013, Winters served in the Illinois House of Representatives and was a Democrat. He was appointed to the Illinois General Assembly after the incumbent Derrick Smith was expelled from the Illinois General Assembly after being convicted of bribery.^[1][2]

In 2017, while on duty, Winters was shot at, but suffered no injuries.^[3] As of 2018, Winters was a student at the University of Chicago working towards a Master of Science in Threat and Response Management.^[4]

Notes

1. Turner, Jr., Art (January 8, 2013). "97th General Assembly House Resolution 1347". Springfield, Illinois: Illinois House of Representatives. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
2. Ramps, Marsha (September 16, 2012). . Our Urban Times. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
3. Lulay, Stephanie; Demarest, Erica (September 11, 2017). . DNAinfo. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
4. . University of Chicago Graham School of General Studies. March 26, 2018. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.