Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced Monday his guest for the State of the Union address at a Joint Congress session will be Kristen Ziman, chief of police of the Aurora Police Department.
The State of the Union address will be February 4.
“I’m proud to be joined for this year’s State of the Union address by Chief Ziman of the Aurora Police Department,” Foster said. “Chief Ziman has spent her entire career in service to her fellow citizens and has dedicated her work to the safety and well-being of the people of Aurora. As police chief, she’s been a steadfast leader, especially in times of crisis, never more so than last February (2019), when she led the law enforcement response to the horrific mass shooting at the Henry Pratt plant in Aurora that left five employees dead and six Aurora police officers injured.”
“I am honored to join congressman Bill Foster and represent the men and women of the Aurora Police Department at the State of the Union address,” Ziman said. “We are committed to serving our community and making Aurora among the best places to live in the State of Illinois.”
In 1991, Ziman began her career with the Aurora Police Department as a police cadet and became a sworn officer in 1994 working in patrol, field training, community policing, and investigations as a domestic violence detective. She was promoted to sergeant in 2003, lieutenant in 2008, commander in 2010, and Aurora Chief of Police in 2016.
—Office of congressman Bill Foster