Officer Robert Zdziarski (Garfield-7th Period)

Officer Robert Zdziarski is a police officer that has 22 years on the job. He graduated from Curie High School.  He has worked as a security guard at Target; he had always been fascinated with how the security guards at a store would catch shop lifters. He then fell in love with helping others. Officer Bob has a master’s degree in business.

Officer Bob works as a Chicago Police Officer. He’s been thought of as a hero for the recent things he’s done. He helps and protects us when we leave and he has helped people in his neighborhood. His biggest act of heroism is saving kids from a building that was on fire. He said “I’m the type of person that if someone shows up with a gun instead of running away I go towards him.”

“What do you treasure the most?” we asked; Officer Bob said “my family.” Officer Bob values his family more than anything. The next most valuable thing would be his community. He has been raised in this very same community and is working toward making it even better. “I want my community to be the shining star in Chicago.” 

             “The true heroes are the ones that don’t think of themselves as heroes.” As officer Bob says that for example people who help clean this building every day, the people that after the huge blizzard still do their job in picking up your garbage from the alley. Advice for young people would be a bumper sticker quote “stay in school”. Officer Robert Zdziarski has shown all of our heroic act traits for example he’s there when we need him, his neighbors go to him and say “there’s smoke in my garage can you go check it out?” even if it was 1am he still got up and helped.

Written by Leonel D.