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Thor O. Soderberg

CTL-P-0582 · Person

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Combined Graph record U-02025 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0582. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Enacted honorary designation ordinance SO2024-0008859 (passed 2024-05-22); sign name as recorded: 'PO Thor O. Soderberg CPD Way'; Chicago Councilmatic legislative record (tier 1), https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/so2024-0008859/; retrieved via live browser 2026-10-17. Passed as Substitute (substituted 2024-04-23); alternate identifier O2024-0008859. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/tag/Police) under CTL-MTH-001/002/003 on the strength of the enacted designation ordinance record itself, per the tier-1 pattern established in wave 9.

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Enacted honorary designation ordinance SO2024-0008859 (passed 2024-05-22); sign name as recorded: 'PO Thor O. Soderberg CPD Way'; Chicago Councilmatic legislative record (tier 1), https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/so2024-0008859/; retrieved via live browser 2026-10-17. Passed as Substitute (substituted 2024-04-23); alternate identifier O2024-0008859. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/tag/Police) under CTL-MTH-001/002/003 on the strength of the enacted designation ordinance record itself, per the tier-1 pattern established in wave 9.

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Enacted honorary designation ordinance SO2024-0008859 (passed 2024-05-22); sign name as recorded: 'PO Thor O. Soderberg CPD Way'; Chicago Councilmatic legislative record (tier 1), https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/so2024-0008859/; retrieved via live browser 2026-10-17. Passed as Substitute (substituted 2024-04-23); alternate identifier O2024-0008859. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/tag/Police) under CTL-MTH-001/002/003 on the strength of the enacted designation ordinance record itself, per the tier-1 pattern established in wave 9.

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