Police Officer James Henry Camp

I knew Camp before he became a cop. We both worked for a Canadian security company that had just set up shop in Chicago. He made mobile supervisor insanely quickly. My first interaction with him was hilarious. I took an overtime shift once not knowing that I'd be baby sitting a parking lot full cars all night over in Streeterville. Sitting in my car, I eventually fell asleep, which is a huge no no, obviously. A noise woke me up around dawn. It was Camp tapping on my window with his Maglite and a huge 'I got your a**' grin on his face. The reason he was smiling was because as a supervisor, he got stuck filling all the shifts that people would call off. Finding me asleep a**ured him that I was about to take three or four shifts off his hands as opposed to taking a write up in my permanent file. It's been 30 years and I still laugh about that. Camp was good people. I liked and respected him immensely. I remember years later when I was working at the Board of Trade, watching the morning news as I'm getting ready, Camp's face pops up on the screen and I f***ing froze. Kinda been stuck like that ever since. Still can't believe a cat like that is gone. He had just gotten married, too. God,I felt for his wife. Anyway, know you're missed, my man. I'll never forget you and your Maglite and your grin at 5:30 that morning.

Kal Steiner
Former co workers

November 7, 2022