Sauk Village Police Department Report
By: Police Chief Robert Kowalski-Police Service Case Summary: During the period of 01/26/2016 thru 02/09/2016 the Sauk Village Police Department had a total of 24 arrests. Of the arrests reported 4 were felony arrests and 20 were misdemeanor arrests.
-CalCom Report: For a period between 01/26/2016 and 02/09/2016 the police department received 510 calls for service.
-Cases of Note:
On 02/01/2016 the detective
division received approval from the Cook County States Attorneys Officer to
charge 2 subjects with armed robbery. In
addition the detectives were able to link the same subject to several vehicles
thefts that have occurred in the village in the past several months.
On 02/02/2016 the police responded to carjacking on the 1300 block of Sauk Trail the Victim stopped for a disabled vehicle and the occupants/offenders took the victim's car. Shortly after there was an armed robbery on Pomo Court with a description that matched the disabled vehicle from earlier. The vehicle in the carjacking has been recovered and the investigation continues.
On 02/04/2016 the police were called to the 2100 block of 217th street for a complaint that a subject who was stabbed by a roommate. The victim was treated and released and the subject involved who stabbed the victim was arrested. The States Attorney was contacted and felony battery charges were approved.
On 02/04/2016 the Police
Department along with the South Suburban Emergency Response Team (SSERT)
executed a search warrant at a residence located on the 22400 block of
Straussburg. The execution of the warrant occurred without
incident. The alleged subjects are being investigated for selling drugs
from the house and to be in possession of firearms.
-Housing
Commission: The Police Department is working with the Sauk
Village Housing Commission on identifying a house slated to be demolished to be
used for training by the South Suburban Emergency Response Team (SSERT). This is a unique opportunity to use skills
that are not often used until an arrest situation arises. A special thanks goes out to Gary Holcomb for
his help in this matter.
-EOC MOU: On 01/28/2016 the Cook County Department
of Homeland Security (CCDHS) gave a presentation on the County Emergency
Operations Center (EOC) located in Oak Forest, Illinois. The department has made available to the
south suburban Police Departments this location as a resource in case of an
emergency situation. We have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) allowing CCDHS to have our dispatch radio frequencies
to receive and dispatch transmissions when we would use the facility. This preemptive measure ensures continuity of
service at no cost to the village if there is ever a catastrophic
emergency situation and an alternate command center site location is needed. Lastly, we will be looking for assistance
from CCDHS to replace the ESDA radios.
-GIS
Consortium: On 02/03/2016 I attended a
meeting with the Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, School of Public and
Environmental Affairs from Indiana University-Northwest in reference to
partnering with them to use their mapping program as an intelligence tool. The school/program has about 30 agencies in
the consortium (public and private, police, probation, parole, etc.) and
welcomed us aboard as the first Illinois Law Enforcement Agency. The program is
free they will build a specialized internal Geographic Information System (GIS)
applications for us to use as well as the public map if we so desire.
-Job
Well Done: On 1/20/16 Officers responded to an armed robbery with the victim
relating several individuals robbed him of his cell phones at gun point. The investigation led to the recovery of the
cell phones and the identification of an 18 yoa subject who was arrested and
charged with felony armed robbery. Two
juvenile subjects were also identified and petitioned to court. The victims mother in this matter was appreciative
of the work all the officers did in this case that she sent a letter of
appreciation (see below).
