John J. Flood is a retired Police Officer, nationally recognized police labor relations figure, and an authority on the La Cosa Nostra and the Chicago Outfit residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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After founding the Combined Counties Police Association (formerly known as the Cook County Police Association), Flood lead the Cicero, Illinois police strike in 1969 with police officer John R. Marone. This historic strike was one of the most significant labor relations strikes of its time for being in the town Al Capone ran and being the first real police strike in 50 years following the Boston Police Strike of 1919. Afterwards, John and the Cook County Police Association negotiated a series of ground-breaking collective bargaining agreements for police officers in the State of Illinois founding the police union movement of the United States.[1]
In the Spring of 1994 the renowned fraternal organization, the Emerald Society, awarded John Flood with the first ever Police Officer of the Year award.[2]
While on duty, Flood observed a crime in progress and drove to the driveway of the Cross Roads Motel where he confronted the now deceased Frank Schweihs, a once reputed mob hitman attempting to murder Richard W. Hauff, an owner of the motel with considerable mob ties. While attempting to get Schweihs to produce ID, Joey Lombardo, sitting in a parked car nearby, attempted to kill Flood by running him down with his vehicle. This incident was later used in a testimony against Schweihs in court to demonstrate his violent nature and criminal background. It was the first time in Chicago history that mob killers were caught in the act of assassination.[3]
He is a frequent guest on television and radio talk show programs[4] around the country, addressing the mafia, organized crime and police and policing issues.