Chief Kowalski had a "LEADS" audit performed on October 14, 2015, by the Illinois State Police, Program Administration Bureau on Sauk Village's Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS). Chief Kowalski wanted to know the status of the department as Sauk Village's newly appointed Chief.
While the results were surprising since the board was lead to believe the department was in compliance it also confirmed my decision as Mayor that change and a fresh set of eyes were needed to lead this department.
The results of the audit were that the department was not in compliance prior to Chief Kowalski's appointment however, that has been reversed and Chief Kowalski worked with the Illinois State Police to resolve non-compliance issues.
The report disclosed that of the 30 rules, regulations and procedures they rated in the report 27 of them applied to the Sauk Village Police Department. The police department was found to be in non- compliant with 15 of the points and compliant in the other 12.
I'm able to inform the residents of Sauk Village that under the direction of Chief Kowalski the 15 non-compliant issues have been addressed and he continues to work with the Illinois State Police on making sure the Sauk Village Police Department and our officers are and remain compliant.