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Back Row: John Gerl; Larry Hug; Jim McFarland; Terry Morris; Pat Mudron; Michael Turk Seated: Bettye Gavin; Mayor Bob O’Dekirk; Jan Hallums‐Quillman
The City of Joliet is a home rule city with a Council‐Manager form of government. All matters of local policy and legislation are determined by the City
Council with the Mayor presiding.
The Joliet Police Department has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies since 2003.
The mission of the Joliet Police Department is to enhance the quality of life in the City of Joliet by working with the community for a safe city. We pledge to enforce the laws, preserve the peace, reduce fear, and provide a safe environ‐ment in which to live, work and recreate, and to do so with‐in the framework of the United States Constitution. We are committed to providing the highest quality of police service to our community.
Joliet Police Department 2015
ANNUAL REPORT JPD
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2 A Message from the Chief of Police
3 District Map
4 Organizational Chart
5 Command Staff
7 Technical Services
10 Joliet Police Explorers
11 Operations
17 Santa’s Cops
6 Promotions
18 Investigations
21 Administration
26 Crime Statistics
28 Retirements
29 Awards
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Dear Citizens of Joliet, In 2015, the Joliet Police Department continued to prioritize the safety and se‐curity of our residents while striving to provide the highest level of professional police service. We are very proud of sev‐eral major accomplishments this past year, including receiving the Award of
Excellence from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. This national recognition is reserved for less than ten percent of the nation’s police agencies and is a testament to the commit‐ment of our members. We continued to prioritize improvement in the quality of life in the city by address‐ing drug abuse issues, including both the usage and sale of illegal narcotics. As highlight‐ed in the ensuing report, we investigated a number of neighborhood complaints and ar‐rested multiple offenders. We also implemented the life‐saving Narcan program, a medi‐cation used to prevent death from heroin and other opioid overdoses. Another highlight of 2015 included the expansion of the department’s Neighbor‐hood Oriented Policing Team. Through the support of our city officials, we were able to add six new officers to the unit and expand our areas of coverage. Doing so enhanced our ability to dedicate more efforts towards community policing, problem solving and other positive efforts within the community. We continue to expand our technology capabilities through both a new Computer Aided Dispatching System (CAD) and the ongoing training and implementation of a new county‐wide Records Management System (RMS). We are also in the process of expand‐ing our in‐car video camera systems to provide better criminal prosecution evidence, im‐prove risk‐management practices and ehance transparency with the public. I appreciate the efforts displayed by the fine men and women of the Joliet Police Department throughout 2015, as well as the support that has been shown by our citizens. It is our sin‐cere goal to continue to build on our strong community partnerships in order to make Jo‐liet an even better city to work, live and raise a family.
Sincerely,
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The City of Joliet is broken down into three Districts (East, Central, West), and then into
individual sectors within each district. At least one officer is assigned to patrol each of
these sectors 24/7 Additional officers also work within smaller boundaries, such as the Spe‐
cial Services Unit, and the nine different Neighborhood Oriented Policing Team units.
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Each of the divisions (Operations, Investigations, Technical Services, Administration)
has at its head a Deputy Chief. All four divisions vary in size, proportion of civilian and
sworn staff as well as function.
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From left Deputy Chief Jensen, Deputy Chief Roechner, Chief Benton, Deputy Chief
Dupuis, Deputy Chief Gregory.
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Name Rank Date
Bruce Larson Captain January 20
Jeremy Harrison Lieutenant January 20
Sherrie Blackburn Sergeant January 13
Lisa Centano Sergeant January 20
Marcus Mitchell Sergeant January 13
THE SOURCE OF FIRST CONTACT
The Joliet Police Department’s Technical Services Division is comprised of Communications, Rec‐ords and Support Services. Deputy Chief Brian Dupuis leads the division with assistance from a Sergeant, a Communications Director and a Rec‐ords Supervisor. These units work together to en‐sure that the officer on the street has at their dis‐posal, emergency communication, accurate rec‐ord information, and the proper equipment to per‐form law enforcement duties.
Records Section
Records personnel will often take minor offense or acci‐
dent reports at both of the Joliet Police facilities. The
West Side station is open Monday – Friday from 8 am un‐
til 4 pm, while the Main Station is open 24 hours a day, 7
days a week. In 2015, 15% of all police reports (Offense and
Traffic) were taken by records personnel. These minor
reports allow sworn officers to remain on active patrol to
respond to emergencies. Minor reports that do not re‐
quire police follow up are completed online and can be
found by going to the police department’s website.
www.jolietpolice.org.
The Records Section also ensures that all arrestees’ finger‐
print information is completed properly and that the in‐
formation gets routed to the Illinois Bureau of Identifica‐
tion. In 2015, the Records section documented and pro‐
cessed 4,709 arrest reports and booking forms. Records
personnel are responsible for maintaining reports as required by
the Illinois Records Act.
The Joliet Police Records Division also coordinates notices for
court proceedings for officers and compiles all the necessary pa‐
perwork required by attorneys, judges and officers. All police
related FOIA requests are also handled by Records personnel. In
2015, the Records section responded to 1,434 FOIA requests that
entailed reviewing and redacting 2019 reports as necessary. Each
FOIA request must be documented, scanned and re‐
sponded to by letter.
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NEW VEHICLES Technical Services Division
Support Services is responsible for the purchasing of required
equipment, uniforms and office supplies that are needed on a
daily basis. The Sergeant is also responsible for ensuring that
both facilities are maintained and stocked with all paper forms
and other necessary equipment. Almost every item purchased
for use by officers is done through Support Services.
Technology
The Technology Officer serves as a liaison between the Joliet Po‐
lice Department and the City’s IT department. Many minor IT
issues are handled by the Technology Officer, while incidents
requiring a major response are done collaboratively. The Tech‐
nology Officer is also manages the department’s presence on so‐
cial media. Currently Facebook and the department’s website
are the main forms of social media being utilized. Facebook, in
particular has grown in popularity within the last year to 11,000
followers.
Support Services
A total of 14 new vehicles were purchased in 2015, to continue the replacement of rapidly aging squad cars. Of these new vehicles, a total of 11 were assigned to Operations‐Patrol, with the remainder being assigned to other divisions.
Communications
Communications is responsible for receiving
911 calls/texts and dispatching both Police and
Fire personnel. The average number of calls
per day was 284 in 2015; this is a slight increase
over 2014. The number of non‐emergency
phone calls also increased by a slight margin.
Combined, an average of 860 calls were an‐
swered each day PTT (Push To Talk) numbers
also increased from 1,016,394 in 2014 to
1,096,144; the Communications division work‐
load in steadily increasing.
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The very best em‐ployees to have in a 911 Center are the ones who step up when the chips are down. Dur‐ing stressful moments, they consist‐ently stay calm, cool, and collect‐
ed, but have the ability to hit the hyper‐drive level in a heartbeat. 18‐year veteran Public Safety Dispatcher Kyle Parker has been stepping up on a regular basis; as the senior dispatcher on the afternoon shift, he steps up into the role of supervisor whenever a supervisor is absent. Kyle has served as acting supervisor for a sig‐nificant portion of the last year, due to unavoidable, prolonged absences of the Shift Supervisor.
The Afternoon shift is by far the busiest, with the heaviest workload of calls. During one shift, while Kyle was acting supervisor, two major incidents oc‐curred almost simultaneously. The first incident in‐volved a female shot in the forehead; suspect infor‐mation and multiple, moving, involved‐parties had to be tracked. While handling this incident, another, sep‐arate incident, occurred. This second incident began as a domestic battery with the suspect reportedly hav‐ing numerous guns in the residence. The second inci‐dent became an officer‐involved shooting incident, which prompted a complex response protocol. As acting supervisor, Kyle handled both the dis‐patching role, as well as the supervisory role, coordi‐nating the notification matrix necessary during these events. Two officers on this call personally came up to the 911 Center to thank Kyle, acknowledging that his involvement played a significant role in keeping them safe during a perilous situation. But Kyle’s role wasn’t quite done yet. He exhibited solid leadership skills when the next day he wrote up an internal recommen‐dation for a team award for his shift for their excep‐tional work on those two calls.
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Everyday Heroes
Tac cal Unit
Explorers re‐ceive a multi‐tude of train‐ing on differ‐ent topics and partici‐pate in mul‐tiple scenari‐os. Each of these events are taught and overseen by many dedicated police de‐partment
members, both sworn and civilian. Explorers focus not only on vocational skills, but are taught the importance of service, leader‐ship, social behavior, and self‐confidence, skills that can carry them throughout their lives. Program coaches mentor students throughout their high school career, and prepare them for success in the future. Beyond the many skills that our Explorers gain, they also pride themselves on their dedication to community service. In the past year, they assisted in events such as Kids Fest, Star Wars Day, St. Mary’s back to school fest and helping to pass out holi‐day meals at the Forest Park Community Center. Since 2008, our Explorers have volunteered more than 2500 hours of their time.
In 2015, the Post competed at the Illinois Law Enforcement Explor‐er Conference against 276 other explorers from various law en‐forcement agencies. The Joliet post won 11 team awards, and placed no worse than 4th in all of the competitions, which includ‐ed Hostage Negotiation, Rapid Response/Rescue Team, Domes‐tics, Felony Suspect Arrest and Crime Scene Investigation, among others. This year, one of our members was honored with the overall Illinois Explorer of the year title.
Joliet Police Explorer Post 220 is chartered through the Boy Scouts of America’s Learning for Life program and sponsored by the Joliet Police Department. The program is designed to provide young men and women a unique learning experience in policing through instruction, demonstration, and hands‐on training. It can be an excellent starting point for young adults interested in law enforce‐ment, and has been responsible for the launching of many law en‐forcement careers.
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Tac cal Unit
Tactical officers’ main objective is to concen‐trate their efforts on Guns, Gangs and Drugs. Tactical also provides support to the Joliet Nar‐cotic Unit (JNU) officers. Tactical officers conduct‐ed an investigation of a known gang house. Complaints from the neighborhood and con‐tinued investigation lead to the officers obtaining a search warrant for the target resi‐dence. A search warrant was obtained and executed. The war‐rant yield 175 grams of cannabis and $6,573 in USC was seized. Tactical officers also spent several hours conducting a burglary detail in the Twin Oaks area. Through the use of so‐cial media, as an investigative tool, hours of surveillance, foot and bike patrol and working with residence of the Twin Oaks subdivision, tactical officers were able to identify and arrest the juvenile offenders responsible for a rash of residential and vehi‐cle burglaries.
Felony Misdemeanor Warrant ALL
109 82 110 301
Arrests
USC Controlled substances Cannabis Guns
$19,167 96.75 925.14 25
Seizures
TACTICAL‐NRT
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The Operations Division is the largest division in the police department with over 200 members. The largest unit in operations is patrol, which provides 24‐hour coverage; this is accomplished by assign‐ing officers to two shifts, days and nights. Each shift has staggered starting times to provide con‐tinuous coverage during shift changes. Officers are then assigned to a District, East, Central, or West, followed by a Sector inside of their District. Over 140 officers and supervisors comprise the pa‐trol unit’s staffing.
JNU’s main objective is to identify, investigate
and arrest street level drug dealers in the city of Jo‐
liet. JNU also assist with Federal Law Enforcement
investigations that take place within the city of Joliet.
JNU and ATF conducted a joint drug investiga‐
tion focusing on a major street gang in Joliet.
Through the investigation, JNU identified a member
of the gang who was making major drug transactions.
After conducting surveillance and tracking the sub‐
jects’ movements, JNU conducted an undercover
drug deal with the subject. As a result, 30 grams of
powdered cocaine was recovered, $5,317.00 in USC
and a Chevy Impala was seized.
JNU conducted a “Buy/Bust” operation on a
subject know to be selling powder cocaine. A search
warrant was also obtained for the subject’s residence.
JNU, with the assistance of MANS, conducted the
“Buy/Bust” in a parking of a business on the South‐
east side of Joliet. It became evident the target did
not bring the drugs to the parking lot and was taken
into custody based on previous undercover purchases
of cocaine from the target. As a result of the search
warrant, 167.1 grams of powder cocaine, 7.9 grams of
Heroin and 207 grams of an unknown white powder
like substance (sent to lab for further testing) were
recovered.
J N U (JNU)
Undercover buys
Search warrants Arrests
109 82 110
Arrests
Cocaine Cannabis Pills
Crack Powder
77.9 241 4350 1000 47
Heroin
Drug Seizures (in grams)
USC Vehicles Firearms
$23,827 13 7
Other Seizures
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Traffic Crashes
The traffic division investigated several fatality crashes that occurred throughout the city this year. Fatality acci‐dents occurred at the Center Point Intermodal, Hickory
and Western, 1800 block of Arbor Gate, Larkin and Glenwood, and Washington and Boulder. Along with these fatality crashes, traffic in‐vestigators were called out to recon‐struct near fatal accidents at various scenes throughout the city. The traffic section also has a hit run in‐vestigator who investigated hun‐dreds of hit and run complaints.
The traffic unit members are responsible for the training of all new Officers in the edu‐cation of DUI enforcement to include field
sobriety, radar, and traffic en‐forcement. Crossing guards are also under the direction of traffic to include 44 positions, 43 guards and 1 coordinator.
Escorts (in hours)
Parades & Walk/Run
Speed Trailer Funeral Motorcycle
109 82 110 301
Events
Activities
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T U
S S U
Provided coverage at Union Station for Metra and Amtrack riders;
Met with area social service agencies to assist homeless persons in need;
Directed Traffic Control and Security for 50+ Joliet Slammers ballgames;
Provided outside security and patrol during 40 Ri‐alto Square Theater shows;
Conducted daily traffic control and security during dismissal at Joliet Central High School;
Worked with courthouse security to conduct evac‐uation drills;
Met daily with local business owners during foot patrol;
Performed daily checks of the library, parking decks, Van Buren Plaza for alcohol/trespass viola‐tors;
Presented the Downtown Alcohol Project at 2015 state POP conference.
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The Special Services Unit
(SSU) is staffed with four
officers and one Sergeant.
Two additional officers were
reassigned to the unit on a
temporary two month basis.
One officer is assigned to
the train station during the
early morning hours. This
leaves three officers to patrol and complete assignments. The
purpose of the unit is to advance the departmental mission of
crime prevention through problem solving by developing part‐
nerships with citizens, local downtown businesses, and com‐
munity services in order to improve the quality of life for all
residents and visitors. In addition to their monthly meetings
with business owners, the SSU also completed the following
tasks:
The NOPT unit was staffed with one crime prevention officer and fourteen officers assigned to ten target neighborhoods throughout the city. The purpose of the Unit is twofold: to advance the departmental mission of crime prevention through problem solving and develop partnerships with citizens, other depart‐ments and community services in order to improve the quality of life for all residents.
N O P
T (NOPT)
Forest Park Walks Back to School Fest
Cathedral Area Movies in the Park USF Back to School Fest Housewalk 2015
Broadway Area St. John Lutheran Touch a Truck St. Mark’s Back to School Fest 6th Annual Night Out
St. Pat’s Area Child Safety Seat Check
South End Men of Valor Walk Gospel Fest Halloween Party, Warren Sharpe Center Santa’s Program, Warren Sharpe Center
All Areas Halloween detail Family Fun Fest Trunk N Treat Bicycle patrols Ride the Rock
Special Programs Shop with a Cop 3 on 3 basketball tournament Dunkin Donuts Cop on Top PACT Camp 11th Annual COPS Ride Torch Run
Other Events Salvation Army Walk Touch a Truck, Nowell Park New Covenant Church presentation Unity 815 Fest
The neighborhood officers actively participated in many monthly neighborhood meetings as well as
many other events throughout the year.
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Events 2015
On June 23rd, Officer Holman was dispatched to the McDonough street bridge in ref‐erence to a person standing on the edge of the railing. The caller indicat‐
ed that they thought the person was going to jump into the river. Upon Officer Holman’s arrival, he found a 14‐year old boy who im‐mediately climbed out onto the barge guide pylon when he spotted the officer. Officer Holman, with disre‐gard for his own safety, climbed out onto the pylon with him, in an at‐tempt to engage in conversation. Once back‐up officers arrived, they were able to distract the juvenile long enough to allow Officer Holman to work on getting closer. Officer Holman spied a large metal box, and moved towards get‐ting around it in order to get closer to the juvenile. All of a sudden, the ju‐venile raised his right foot and started to look down into the water, as if he was going to jump into the river. Fortunately, Officer Holman
came from around the metal box, gained control of the juvenile by hooking his body with his arm and pinned him to a rail. His actions pre‐vented the juvenile from being able to jump. He was quickly brought to a safe location and got the help that he so desperately needed. As a direct result of his actions, Officer Holman was awarded the life‐saving award, less than a year after he was first hired by our department.
Everyday Heroes
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On December 12th 2015, the Joliet Police Department sponsored the 25th Annual “Santa’s Cops” program. The program allows un‐derprivileged children from Joliet the opportunity to spend the morning with an officer shopping at Walmart for Christmas gifts for themselves and their family members. Funds for the program are raised through generous donations from local businesses and citizens as well as through the sale of “Santa’s Cops” pins. In addi‐tion, a charity softball game between Joliet police officers and the Will County attorney Bar Association rose over $1,600 to go to‐wards the program. This year, over $19,000 was raised which al‐lowed 76 children to participate in the program. As much as the Walmart organization is instrumental in the success of this pro‐gram by providing both a generous donation as well as a location for the event, it is the multitudes of volunteers who really make it all come together. Officers and civilian staff donate time to seek donations, and organize each year’s event. In 2015, 67 volunteers showed their support by participated in the “Santa’s Cops” pro‐gram.
In 2015, Deputy Chief Alan Roechner was assigned to lead the Investigations Division, Lt. Michael Batis was assigned to manage daily operations and four Sergeants were assigned to manage the Detectives and civilians in the division. Sergeant Chris Moore joined the Divi‐sion in February and was assigned in the Criminal Intelligence office. Detec‐tive Brad McKeon was assigned to the Investigations Division in July, with the departure of Detective Diehl to the CPAT unit. Detective Jose Martinez also joined the Division in August with the departure of Detective Sepulveda to the JNU. Detective George Mantis was as‐signed in November due to the promo‐tion of Detective Tim Powers, to Ser‐geant.
New Detectives 2015: Mantis, McKeon, Martinez
All reports generated throughout the de‐
partment having an identifiable suspect
or other solvability factors present were
assigned to an Investigator. The cases
range from misdemean‐
or Thefts to Homicide.
In 2015, 271 of the 3765
cases that were assigned
to Investigators resulted
in arrests.
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Headline News
Joliet Police: Wal-Mart purse snatcher caught
JOLIET – Police said a Dwight man grabbed purses from women Mon‐day night and Tuesday morning in the parking lot of Wal‐Mart. Jere‐mie J. Porter, 37, of the 100 block of John Street, has been charged with robbery, theft and aggravated battery to a senior citizen, according to Deputy6 Chief Al Roechner. Shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, a woman was putting groceries in her car in the lot at 2424 W. Jefferson St. when a man ran up, took her purse from her shopping cart and fled, Roechner said. At 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, a 72‐year‐old woman had just finished loading her car when she was grabbed from behind and thrown to the ground by a man who grabbed her purse, Roechner said. Detective Brad McKeon said witnesses were able to provide a descrip‐tion of the suspect, his car and a partial license plate to investigators. After reviewing the surveillance video, McKeon went to a nearby mo‐tel and saw a Dodge Charger pulling out of the lot that matched the vehicle police were seeking. When questioned at the station, Porter allegedly admitted to taking both purses, McKeon said. [Joliet Herald News]
Another Guilty Verdict in Nightmare on Hickory Street
Murder Case
JOLIET, IL—The third trial in the Nightmare on Hick-ory Street murder case ended in a guilty verdict. A jury needed only an hour and 15 minutes to find Nightmare on Hickory Street strangler Adam Lan-derman guilty of murdering two young men from Jo-liet in January 2013. Landerman, the 21-year-old son of Joliet police Sgt. Julie Larson, sat slack-jawed with his attorneys as Will County Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak read the verdict Monday afternoon. He will be sentenced to life in prison. [Joliet Patch]
Joliet gang member gets 57 years for killing by-
stander
JOLIET – A gang member was
sentenced Wednesday to 57
years in prison for the stray
shot that killed an innocent by-
stander on a downtown street
four years ago. Jevon D. Les-
ley, 22, was convicted in June
of the July 9, 2011 murder of
Anthony Fearn outside the KO
Zone Boxing Club, 218 E. Cass
St. Lesley faced 45 years to life
in prison. Fearn, 18, had gone
to a party at the club with some
friends when it was shut down
because of confrontations be-
tween two rival gangs inside.
On the sidewalk outside, Lesley
took out a handgun and fired
several times into the crowd,
according to trial testimony.
One shot struck and killed
Fearn, who'd been running
down Arch Court. [Joliet Herald
News]
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In 2015, Fingerprint Analyst Mike Murphy once again volun‐teered his time to the Evidence Unit. He retired from the DEA several years ago; our department has been extraordinarily fortu‐nate to be the beneficiary of his volunteer time. The addition of Mike has made a tremendous impact not only on the Evidence Unit, but the department as a whole.
When fingerprints are collected, pro‐tocol demands that two certified la‐tent examiners must each inde‐pendently verify any matches. With two certified latent examiners, the department no longer has to send la‐tent prints to the overwhelmed state lab for identification or examination. Before Mike Murphy, the turnaround from the lab could take up to six months for confirmation. The pro‐cessing time for some crimes has been cut to a matter of days. During the past year, Mike Murphy volun‐teered 952 hours of his personal time to our department in 2015.
DC Roechner, Analyst Murphy and Chief Benton
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Volunteers MATTER
Accredita on News
Technical Services THE SOURCE OF FIRST CONTACT
The Administrative Division is overseen by Deputy Chief Jensen and is comprised of a wide variety of assignments including, Internal Affairs, managing the department budget, Accreditation, planning, crime analysis, training and management of so‐cial services.
The purpose of CALEA’s (Commission on Accred‐
itation for Law Enforcement Agencies) Accredita‐
tion Program is to improve the delivery of public
safety services, primarily by maintaining a body of
standards, developed by public safety practition‐
ers, covering a wide range of up‐to‐date public safety initiatives. The
process is a way to monitor, assess, and evaluate the standards and
quality of service that is being provided to the public.
CALEA’s main goals are to:
Strengthen crime prevention and control capa‐bilities
Formalize essential management procedures Establish fair and nondiscriminatory personnel
practices Improve service deliver Solidify interagency cooperation and coordina‐
tion Increase community and staff confidence in the
agency.
In March of 2015, the Joliet Police Department prepared for its fifth Re‐
Accreditation and on‐site assessment. During the three day on‐site
process, assessors evaluated the department’s personnel, procedures,
facilities, and interaction with the public. When the process was com‐
plete, the department received the highest possible award, the “Gold
Standard Award with Excellence”. Less than 7% of all law enforcement
agencies are accredited through CALEA and of the 7% accredited;
only 4% have received this award.
Accreditation News
Planning
One of the primary responsibilities
of the Planning Unit is to continu‐
ously monitor law enforcement
trends and law updates in order to
create and update department gen‐
eral orders or training bulletins.
For the department to remain ac‐
credited the department must ad‐
here to certain guidelines, which
requires constant review of policies
and procedures. In 2015 the plan‐
ning unit created 18 new general
orders and revised 92 general or‐
ders to stay current with these re‐
quired regulations.
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Internal Affairs The Internal Affairs unit is a crucial instrument in the pursuit of professionalism that the community expects from law enforcement agencies. Our Internal Affairs unit helps maintain integrity and re‐duces police misconduct by investigating and managing complaints against all members of the department, both sworn and civilian. All department members operate under a comprehensive, written set of orders and procedures. Any complaint alleged against a member is swiftly and thoroughly investigated. Minor complaints may be assigned to the accused member’s shift supervisor for inves‐tigation, while more serious infractions are directly investigated by the Internal Affairs team. This team includes a Lieutenant and a Sergeant with a combined tenure of 44 years of experience. Overall, the number of complaints that are alleged against mem‐bers, in comparison to the thousands of documented citizen con‐tacts is miniscule. In 2015, Joliet police officers made 4,812 arrests, responded to 92,928 calls for service, made 9,143 traffic stops and investigated 3,768 criminal cases. External complaints were made in .01% of these documented citizen contacts.
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Complaints can come from both ex‐
ternal (web‐based, walk‐in, mail,
telephone,) and internal (department
employees) sources . These com‐
plaints can be broken down into to
types. The first, formal complaints,
involve either a violation of depart‐
ment policy or law. Informal com‐
plaints are considered those in which
a violation of department policy or
law is not contended, or the other
following possibilities:
The complainant will not com‐
plete a sworn affidavit (as re‐
quired by law);
The complaint only involves
differences of opinion, not viola‐
tions;
The complainant does not wish
to have the complaint formally
investigated.
In 2015, a full 33% of all informal
complaints resulted in a finding of no
violation by the accessed officer.
Complaints of all types have dra‐
matically decreased in the past sev‐
en years, with the largest decrease
in the number of external com‐
plaints (‐73%, 2008 to 2015). In
contrast, the number of internal
complaints have remained relative‐
ly steady over the same time period.
These decreases are a testament to
the department’s commitment to
the provision of quality services to
the community through rigorous
training and rigorous supervision.
Complaints 2008 through 2015
Training The Training Unit is comprised of one full‐time Sergeant who is responsible for
coordinating training for department members,
maintaining training records, and ensuring training
is completed. In or‐
der to provide a more
efficient way to dis‐
seminate and track
training, the depart‐
ment introduced on‐
line learning through
new software. With
this program, person‐
nel can review train‐
ing information elec‐
tronically, making it
more accessible to employees.
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The department recognizes the importance of providing contin‐
uous training, especially when dealing with Use of Force issues.
With the goal of improving the response to possible use of force
incidents, the department invested in a Use of Force Training
Simulator. This is an interactive system that combines the latest technology with unique feature sets,
allowing for total customization of possible scenarios officers may face. The scenarios can be con‐
trolled by the system operator to respond to the officer’s actions, either escalating or de‐escalating,
depending on how the officer responds. The system lends itself perfectly to evolving training situa‐
tions in which the computer scenario ends and the officers complete the scenario with roll‐players.
With this system the Joliet Police Department’s training unit is on the cutting edge of the President's
Task Force on 21st Century Policing Report and updates in Illinois state statutes which say that all po‐
lice officers need to be trained using scenario‐based training. The feedback from officers who have
participated in training with the system has been incredibly positive.
Advanced Training Methods
New recruits attend the Police Training Institute, July 2015
New recruits attend the Police Train‐ing Institute, July 2015
Training In addition to training current officers, the unit is
responsible for the department’s recruiting efforts for pa‐
trol officers. The department understands the importance
of maintaining a workforce that closely reflects the diversi‐
ty of our community. A recent internal study indicated
that there are several areas where our department lags be‐
hind state and national averages.
With this in mind, the department introduced a
new approach to recruitment. In 2015, recruitment com‐
mittee was formed to research the root causes of deficien‐
cies in diversity within our department and to develop a
plan to reach new candidates. The next application cycle
is scheduled to occur in 2016. The committee has set three
specific goals to address these deficiencies in diversity
within the department by targeting recruitment of some
currently underrepresented groups.
Increase African American applicants (of both genders) by 25%
Increase Female applicants by 25% Increase Minority Female applicants by 50% The energetic and articulate members of the 28– member
recruitment team have determined that the best way to
achieve these goals is to not only recruit those with a pre‐
disposition towards a career
in law enforcement, but also
those who have never con‐
sidered such a career. Com‐
mittee members have target‐
ed non‐traditional law en‐
forcement events, and plan
to present information to
attendees on how a career in
law enforcement can be both
honorable and satisfying.
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During 2015, recruiters attended
several events and job fairs.
Many of these were local, tradi‐
tional sources of candidates,
such as the job fair at Western
Illinois University as well as
three local colleges. There were
other events, however, that are
not commonly known for a
strong law enforcement recruit‐
ing presence. Those events in‐
clude an all‐female college in
Milwaukee (Alverno College) as
well as the Mount Zion Church
Praise in the Park and the Span‐
ish Community Center Family
Fiesta. All events are listed be‐
low.
National Night Out
State Representatives Antho‐
ny and Batinick Job Fairs
State Explorer Conference
Mount Zion Church Praise in
the Park
USMC Chicago Mega Muster
Spanish Community Center‐
Family Fiesta
Western Illinois Job Fair
University of St. Francis
Rasmussen College Job Fair
Alverno College Job Fair
Lewis University
Citizens’ Police Academy The Joliet Police Department offers an 11‐week academy program for citizens and community leaders once a year. Most members of the community have lim‐ited knowledge of how the police actually function and what services they provide to the community. The pro‐gram is designed to provide a unique forum during which attendees not only learn about law enforcement, but also the opportunity to interact with police officers and super‐visors in an environment not associated with criminal ac‐tivity. Topics presented include at least one hands‐on session. During the 2015 session, this was night traffic stops. Attendees were provided the opportunity to simu‐late being an officer while on a traffic stop; the role rever‐sal highlighted the potential dangers an officer can face in these situations. Once attendees are graduated, they are encour‐aged to share their newfound knowledge with their friends and family. Those that have a negative opinion towards police officers are usually due to a single inci‐dent. Many attendees say that they have adjusted their own deeply held beliefs about the police as a direct result of their experience.
Topics this session
Chief of Police
Tour the department
Community Policing
State’s Attorney’s Office
Crime Prevention
S.O.S (Special Operations Squad)
Investigations
Use of Force
Gangs
K‐9
Taser Training
High Risk Traffic Stops
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Student tries on gear during SOS session
Student “arrests” officer during High Risk Traffic Stop session.
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Technical Services
Crime statistics and related data are maintained by the Special Projects Unit within the Administration Division. All data is col‐lected, processed, and reported to various internal and external entities, including the Illinois State Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Illinois Department of Transportation. Beyond data collection, predictive analysis is conducted internal‐ly to assist officer in addressing crime patterns throughout neighborhoods. Analyses are conducted on a weekly (and some‐times bi‐weekly) basis on shootings, burglaries, robberies, bur‐glaries to motor vehicle, motor vehicle theft, gun seizures, and drug arrests. Area‐based reports are provided on a weekly basis to community policing officers, and location‐based reports are provided to the Liquor Commissioner’s Liaison. In addition, in‐formation on domestic incidents, school incidents and traffic stops are also collected and processed.
Calls for Service
2015 marked the first full calendar
year for the use of the new Premier
One CAD system. The overall pat‐
tern in the past several years has
been a decrease in calls for service,
with an exception in 2014. During
the past year, the number has de‐
creased a slight 1.5% over the previ‐
ous year.
In 2015, a measurable increase in burglaries was noted in some areas of
the city. As a result, data collected on items taken was reformatted in
order to provide responding officers with a method to match owners
with items seized dur‐
ing arrests. This addi‐
tional data is not availa‐
ble in this format in any
other department data‐
base. It was made avail‐
able to the temporary
burglary response unit,
with the expectation
that access will be ex‐
panded department‐
wide in the coming
year.
Increased Data Access
Arrests
Mirroring calls for service, the
number of individual arrests have
steadily decreased over the past
several years. In the past year, the
number decreased slightly over the
previous year, by –6%.
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UCR Incidents
The table below compares each reported individual crime
type for 2014 and 2015. They have been grouped by type
(violent, property), as defined by Federal statue. When
collecting data for Violent crimes, the number of victims
is counted, while they are not counted individually for
property crimes.
...a note about UCR
Incidents The Uniform Crime Report pro‐
gram was designed to collect
consistent information from all
law enforcement agencies
throughout the country. By re‐
quiring standardized reporting,
ideally, crime rates between ju‐
risdictions can be compared
with one another. These crimes
include the most serious violent
incidents (Homicide, Criminal
Sexual Assault, Aggravated As‐
sault and Aggravated Battery)
as well as the most serious
property crimes (Robbery, Bur‐
glary, Burglary to Motor Vehi‐
cle, Theft and Motor Vehicle
Theft and Arson). Similar to
many jurisdictions throughout
the county, the state statutes
do not always conform to these
Federal standards; some num‐
bers may be higher or lower,
according to local statutes.
Overall, violent incidents continued to decrease, with an overall re‐
duction of –9% over the previous year. On the other hand, property
crimes increased by 17% in 2015, primarily due to an extraordinary in‐
crease in both burglaries and burglaries to motor vehicle. As a result
of this increase, a burglary task force was formed during the year, di‐
rectly addressing problem areas, mainly in the Central District. Their
activities resulted in a total of 14 arrests in the last quarter of the year.
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Drug Arrests 2015
Name Rank Date Years
Martis, David PO 1/16/15 27
Botzum, Michael Captain 1/19/15 25
Reilly, Michael PO 1/31/15 26
Knowski, Michael PO 3/9/15 20
Serrato, Otto PO 4/6/15 22
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VFW Police Officer of the Year
Officer Thomas Conroy
Officer Jeffrey Haiduke
Award of Heroism
Officer Corrado Venzon
Officer Hollis Weller Lifesaving Award
Sergeant Scott Cammack
Officer Nathan Holman
Officer Patrick Kelly
Patrol Officer of the Month
Matthew Campos, January
Timothy Shaughnessey, January
David Wall, February
Michael Matutis, April
William Otis, April
John Williams, June
Kent Libermann, July
Eric Zettergren, July
Franklin Coleman, August
Don McKinney, September
Supervisor of the Month
Sergeant David Mueller, March
Civilian of the Month
Sharon Gregory, April
Theresa Ward, June
Kacey Lauer, October
Exchange Club Officer of the Year
Officer William Otis
Commendation
Sergeant Thomas Grutzius
Sergeant Andrew Jose
Sergeant John Stefanski
Officer Michelle Banas
Officer Eric Bernhard
Officer Franklin Coleman
Officer Christopher Delaney
Officer Dwayne English
Officer Jeffrey Haiduke
Officer Raymond Jansma
Officer James Kilgore
Officer Brian Matichak
Officer Richard Olson,
Award of Merit
Officer Franklin Coleman
Officer John Wilson
Division Recognition
Officer Aaron Bandy
Officer James Carnes
Officer Shawn Guiney
Officer Anton Lakota
Officer Nathan Lowden
Officer Michael Matutis
Officer Mark Murphy
Officer Michael Pauly
Officer Richard Trafton
Officer Daniel Willis
Officer Patrick Blatti
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Commendation
Officer William Otis
Officer Darren Prochaska
Officer Adam Stapleton
Officer Jose Tellez
PSDII Tibra Jones
Unit Merit
Lieutenant Jeremy Harrison
Lieutenant Kevin LaBolle
Sergeant Sherrie Blackburn
Sergeant Kenneth Brown
Sergeant Andrew Jose
Sergeant Julie Larson
Sergeant John Stefanski
Sergeant Arthur Vandergrift
Sergeant Patrick Cardwell
Supervisor Zelda Scott
Detective Stephen Diehl
Detective Shawn Filipiak
Detective Tizoc Landeros
Detective Carlos Matlock
Detective Tomas Ponce
Detective Darren Prochaska
Detective Christopher Schott
Detective Patrick Schumacher
Detective James Voudrie
Officer Anthony Adams
Officer Justin Aloisio
Officer Nicholas Amelio
Officer Ryan Anderson
Officer Aaron Bandy
Officer Patrick Blatti
Officer Stephen Boe
Officer Dennis Carroll
Officer Joseph Clement
Officer Thomas Conroy
Officer Christopher D'Arcy
Officer James Durham
Officer Jeffrey German
Officer David Gillespie
Officer Nicholas Giordano
Officer Benjamin Grant
Officer Terrence Gruber
Officer Jeffrey Haiduke
Officer Terry Higgins
Officer James Hogan
Officer David Jackson
Officer Raymond Jansma
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Unit Merit
Officer Guy Jones
Officer James Kilgore
Officer Robert Korczak
Officer Anton Lakota
Officer Brandie LoSchiavo
Officer Phillip Martin
Officer Jose Martinez
Officer Charles Mascolino
Officer Bradley McKeon
Officer Donald McKinney
Officer Philip Miller
Officer Mark Murphy
Officer Ryan Myers
Officer Lisa Nicodemus
Officer Kevin O'Boyle
Officer William Otis
Officer Michael Pauly
Officer John Perri III
Officer Peter Ranstead
Officer Michael Reilly
Officer Sherman Reiter
Officer Olga Rzepka
Unit Merit
Officer James Sinnott
Officer Ryan Smith
Officer Rachel Smithberg
Officer Adam Stapleton
Officer David Szymanski
Officer Richard Trafton
Officer Peter Van Gessel
Officer Corrado Venzon
Officer Craig Vesper
Officer Hollis Weller
Officer William Yezo
PSDII James Bagley
PSDII Andrea DeLap
PSDII Heather Hanbaum
PSDII Kacey Lauer
PSDII Kyle Parker
PSDII Kimberly Pasciak
PSDII Sandra Ponce
PSDII Andrea Tatroe
PSDII Jamie Van Byssum
PSDII Kristine Wilkerson
Officer Ricky Scallate