Sunday, 31 July 2016
Sauk Village Police Department Report - July 26, 2016
Sauk Village Police Department
Board Meeting Report 07/26/2016
By Chief Robert Kowalski
-Police Service
Case Summary: During the period of 07/01/2016 thru 07/26/2016 the Sauk Village Police Department had a total of 39 arrests.
-CalCom Report: For a period between 07/01/2016 and 07/26/2016 the police department received 1002 calls for service.
-Cases of Note:
-On 07/01/16 Officers received
a call from a battery victim explaining she had been battered and threatened
with a knife by her husband. Officers
located the offender and placed him under arrest.
- On 07/13/16 Officers
were dispatched to south side address to take a battery report. The Officers were met by the victims who said
they had been attacked by a large group of subjects previous day. One of the victims said they received
information that the attack was posted on a social media. Officers viewed the video and had the
subjects identified as the offenders. We
would like to thank those offenders for posting the video on social media which
helped the police make several arrests in this case.
-On 7/20/16 Officers
were dispatched to the 21700 blk of Peterson for a domestic dispute call. The victim explained the offender physically
grabbed her and choked her. The offender
had left the area prior to the officer's arrival only to return. Upon seeing the officers he ran and was
eventually arrested for domestic battery.
-Vehicles: We are having police vehicles
decommissioned by Miner Electronics in preparation for salvage or auction. There are a three more vehicles that need to
be done before they can be sold.
-Training:
Officers will be taking a training course in September offered by Sertoma
Community Mental Health & Counseling Centre, Inc., on Mental Health First
Aid for Public Safety. This is an 8 hour
course that provides officers with more response options to help them
deescalate incidents and better understand metal illnesses in order to respond
to mental health related calls appropriately without compromising safety.
-Investigation: On July 21st a
request letter was provided to the Cook County States Attorney's Office to
consider opening an investigation in the mishandling of expungement police
records. Prior to my appointment records
which were to have been destroyed via a court order had been provided to the
public. This is a violation of a court
order and jurisdiction of the States Attorney's Office and the investigative
branch of that office has indicated they are interested in this matter.
-Illinois Speed Awareness Day: Tomorrow
July 27th is Illinois Speed Awareness Day. The Sauk Village Police Department is
taking a proactive approach to promote safety for motorists, pedestrians, and
cyclists through both education and enforcement. In Illinois during 2014, speed
was the reason for 32.4% of all traffic fatalities. That’s 348 deaths for the
year, or one life every 25 hours. These lives can be easily saved by being
aware of our speed and understanding how speeding impacts a crash. Let’s all do
our part by taking a proactive approach to prevent fatalities and reduce
injuries on the roadways by being aware of our speed and obeying the speed limit
signs ALL the time. If you would
like more information about Illinois Speed Awareness Day,
please visit www.illinoisspeedawarenessday.org.
-Gratitude: I
received a letter of thanks from a citizen for our Records Department (see the
letter below).
This Day In History - July 31st
1875
Former President Andrew Johnson Dies
On this day in 1875, former President Andrew
Johnson, the man who had become president upon the tragic assassination of
Abraham Lincoln in 1865, dies of a stroke while visiting his daughter in
Tennessee.
Johnson’s career took him from mayor of
Greeneville (1834) to the Tennessee legislature (1835) and then to the U.S.
House of Representatives (1843). He went home to serve as Tennessee’s governor
from 1853 to 1857, but then returned to Washington as a U.S. senator in late
1857. In 1864, he accepted Abraham Lincoln’s offer to run with him as vice
president for Lincoln’s second term. Lincoln was shot on the night of April 14,
1865, and died the next day, making Johnson the 17th president of the United
States.
In addition to inheriting the presidency in a
dramatic way, Johnson’s presidency itself was marked by spectacle. In February
1868, the House of Representatives charged him with 11 articles of impeachment
for vaguely described “high crimes and misdemeanors.” (For comparison, in 1998,
President Bill Clinton was charged with two articles of impeachment for
obstruction of justice during an investigation into his inappropriate sexual
behavior in the White House Oval Office. In 1974, Nixon faced three charges for
his alleged involvement in the Watergate scandal.) The main issue in Johnson’s
trial was his staunch resistance to implementing Congress’ Civil War
Reconstruction policies. The War Department was the federal agency responsible
for carrying out Reconstruction programs in the war-ravaged and socially disrupted
southern states and when Johnson fired the agency’s head, Edwin Stanton,
Congress retaliated with calls for impeachment.
Of the 11 counts, several went to the core of
the conflict between Johnson and Congress. The House charged Johnson with
illegally removing the secretary of war from office and for violating several
Reconstruction Acts. The House also accused the president of hurling libelous
“inflammatory and scandalous harangues” against Congressional members. On
February 24, the House passed all 11 articles of impeachment and the process
moved into a Senate trial. The Senate trial lasted until May 26, 1868. Johnson
did not attend any of the proceedings and was not required to do so. After all
the arguments had been presented for and against him, Johnson waited for his
fate, which hung on one swing vote. By a vote of 35-19, Johnson was acquitted
and finished out his term.
When Johnson’s presidency ended, he and his
wife Eliza moved back to their home state of Tennessee. In 1869, they suffered
tragedy: their son succumbed to alcoholism and committed suicide. In early
1875, he launched a political comeback and was re-elected to the Senate in June
of that year, but was never able to assume office. He suffered a stroke and
passed away on July 31, 1875.
This Day In History - July 30th
1956
President Eisenhower Signs “In God We Trust” Into Law
On this day in 1956, two years after pushing
to have the phrase “under God” inserted into the pledge of allegiance,
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a law officially declaring “In God We
Trust” to be the nation’s official motto. The law, P.L. 84-140, also mandated
that the phrase be printed on all American paper currency. The phrase had been
placed on U.S. coins since the Civil War when, according to the historical
association of the United States Treasury, religious sentiment reached a peak.
Eisenhower’s treasury secretary, George Humphrey, had suggested adding the
phrase to paper currency as well.
Although some historical accounts claim
Eisenhower was raised a Jehovah’s Witness, most presidential scholars now
believe his family was Mennonite. Either way, Eisenhower abandoned his family’s
religion before entering the Army, and took the unusual step of being baptized
relatively late in his adult life as a Presbyterian. The baptism took place in
1953, barely a year into his first term as president.
Although Eisenhower embraced religion,
biographers insist he never intended to force his beliefs on anyone. In fact,
the chapel-like structure near where he and his wife Mamie are buried on the
grounds of his presidential library is called the “Place of Meditation” and is
intentionally inter-denominational. At a Flag Day speech in 1954, he elaborated
on his feelings about the place of religion in public life when he discussed
why he had wanted to include “under God” in the pledge of allegiance: “In this
way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America’s
heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual
weapons which forever will be our country’s most powerful resource in peace and
war.”
The first paper money with the phrase “In God
We Trust” was not printed until 1957. Since then, religious and secular groups
have argued over the appropriateness and constitutionality of a motto that
mentions “God,” considering the founding fathers dedication to maintaining the
separation of church and state.
Friday, 29 July 2016
National Night Out
National Night Out was established in 1984 with funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice. The program is administered by the National Association of Town Watch, a nationwide organization dedicated to the development, maintenance, and protection of community-based, law enforcement affiliated crime prevention activities.
National Night Out was developed as a crime prevention program that emphasizes building a partnership between the police and the community. Community involvement in crime prevention is generated through a multitude of local events, such as block parties, cookouts, parades, contests,
youth activities, and seminars. With continued funding from BJA, participation in National Night Out crime prevention activities has increased from 2.5 million people in 400 communities in 1984 to more than 32 million people in 9,530 communities in 1999. Project 365, which helps communities target specific problems over the course of the year, was also developed through BJA funding.
National Night Out’s objectives include refining the nationwide crime prevention campaign, documenting successful crime prevention strategies, expanding Project 365, disseminating information about successful community-based strategies, providing technical assistance on crime prevention program development, and developing the National Night Out Web site. With continued support from BJA,
National Night Out is making communities across the nation safer places to live.
Sauk Village Administrative Services Report - July 26, 2016
Sauk Village Administrative Services Board Meeting Report
July 26, 2016
By: Director Sherry Jasinski
The Code Enforcement night court call for July was 324
tickets
7 were found not guilty
- 15 were found guilty
- 10 were paid prior to court
- 292 were found guilty for failing to appear and fines were doubled
I have placed night court procedures on the web page so
everyone is clear on the process and time of court
The part time employee for the administrative office started
on July 11, 2016 she has been working on entering Village Stickers and filing
them, helping answer the phones and is observing the cash register procedure.
This Day In History - July 29th
1958
President Eisenhower Authorizes Creation of NASA
On this day in 1958, President Dwight D.
Eisenhower signs an act that creates the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). He called the signing an [sic] historic step, further
equipping the United States for leadership in the space age.
Since the end of World War II, the United
States had worked to make breakthroughs in rocket science. This particular
legislation expanded the original National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
(NACA) into NASA. NASA research, which was generously funded by Eisenhower’s
successors, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, was responsible for successful
and groundbreaking American achievements such as the Apollo 11 lunar
landing in 1969 and the development of the space shuttle, first launched in
1981. More recently, NASA has sent robotic exploratory missions to Mars and
launched a spacecraft to view Pluto. NASA’s research has also contributed to
advances in consumer-oriented goods such as telecommunications satellites and
computer technology.
Although NASA currently engages in cooperative
projects with other nations, Eisenhower at the time had to add a cautionary
note when signing the legislation that created the new agency. He warned that
NASA’s research into peaceful projects could be shared only when international
treaties outlining such projects were authorized first by the president and the
U.S. Senate. Ike, the former Army general who oversaw the Allied invasion of
Normandy in World War II, wanted to ensure that NASA would not share
information that was vital to national security.
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Sauk Village Senior Committee Report - July 26, 2016
Sauk Village Senior Committee Report
July 26, 2016
Fraud Alert! Scams can happen to anyone. If you have Medicare,
you are a target for scammers. Remember that Medicare never calls you for
personal information, they already have it. Scammers play on emotions,
including your love for your cats and dogs. If you are scammed, do not be
embarrassed, report what happened. Call Illinois SMP (Senior Medical
Patrol) at AgeOptions (800)699-9043.
Senior Committee Open Senior Activity - Fridays 12:30-3:30 p.m. with
coordinators Steve Shymkus and Frank Williams. No meeting, no membership
and no dues, just come and join the fun with your peers. Light
refreshments and bottled water served. The Rummikub game (a tile game
similar to the rummy card game) is very addictive. Other games are
available plus computer, TV and our library program. Watch for a detailed
flyer on a monthly Saturday Open Senior Activity with a potluck meal.
The Bloom
Township annual senior picnic is on Thursday, August 5th at Veterans Memorial Park, 19101
Halsted St., Glenwood from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Tickets ($4.00) are
only on sale at the township office, NO tickets will be sold on the day of the
picnic. FREE transportation to the picnic for township seniors only, call Bloom
Township Senior Wheels at (708) 754-8200.
The SV Blue Grass resumes this
Sunday, July 31st from
6:00-10:00 p.m., and for vacation Sundays, July 17th and 24th.
This Day In History - July 28th
1868
14th Amendment adopted
Following its ratification by the necessary
three-quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, guaranteeing to African
Americans citizenship and all its privileges, is officially adopted into the
U.S. Constitution.
Two years after the Civil War, the
Reconstruction Acts of 1867 divided the South into five military districts,
where new state governments, based on universal manhood suffrage, were to be
established. Thus began the period known as Radical Reconstruction, which saw
the 14th Amendment, which had been passed by Congress in 1866, ratified in July
1868. The amendment resolved pre-Civil War questions of African American
citizenship by stating that “all persons born or naturalized in the United
States…are citizens of the United States and of the state in which they
reside.” The amendment then reaffirmed the privileges and rights of all
citizens, and granted all these citizens the “equal protection of the laws.”
In the decades after its adoption, the equal
protection clause was cited by a number of African American activists who
argued that racial segregation denied them the equal protection of law.
However, in 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson
that states could constitutionally provide segregated facilities for African
Americans, so long as they were equal to those afforded white persons. The Plessy
v. Ferguson decision, which announced federal toleration of the so-called
“separate but equal” doctrine, was eventually used to justify segregating all
public facilities, including railroad cars, restaurants, hospitals, and
schools. However, “colored” facilities were never equal to their white
counterparts, and African Americans suffered through decades of debilitating
discrimination in the South and elsewhere. In 1954, Plessy v. Ferguson
was finally struck down by the Supreme Court in its ruling in Brown v. Board
of Education of Topeka.
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Sauk Village Beautification Committee Report - July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016
The Beautification Committee will soon tour our village in search of Hootsie Award candidates to be awarded in August.
The committee meets on the third Wednesday each
month at 10 am.
The committee is always in need of volunteers and/or
committee members and welcome those who wish to join us in our goal to add and
maintain beautiful images to view.
If interested join us at our
regular meeting or contact us at: svbeautification@svillage.org
Sauk Village Public Works Report - July 26, 2016
by; Director Kevin Weller
July 27, 2016
: PUBLIC GROUNDS & BUILDINGS – Cutting
on going all village locations, slowing down due to weather and some
emergencies. Staff started to cut vacant homes going through the list, checked
102 homes 20 that needed cutting. Received quote for fence to go around
detention pond AT Village Hall.
:
STREET LIGHTS – Staff repaired 3 street light faults 22256 Peachtree
new wire, 1826 Sauk Trail and 1836 215pl tree removal. Lights still need power
to be reconnected by Com Ed. ALL CALL HAVE BEEN MADE.
: DAY TO DAY REGULAR OPERATIONS AND
EMERGINCIES - All job direction
changes, dept. ordering ,special seasonal event prep setup, vender calling work with all departments and public
complaints AND LAST MINUTE CHANGES. Received quote from A better door for
window repairs Jeffery ave.
: BUILDINGS
– Work performed on 2 HVAC units at P.D. 1 unit still needs work. Found sump pump float stuck at P.D. repaired.
Damage to memorial spot light again waiting to replace with some direction.
: WATER
- Day to day schedules & EME CALLS. Completing all tests required by
IEPA per month. 2 Extra staff members started south side shut off list
totaling 214 still on going. Staff has had 4 main breaks in July 21813, 21793
Peterson, 22336 Yates and 22242 Cornell, rough month.
: GARBAGE – Day to day cleanup. IF YOU
SEE ILLIGAL DUMPING PLEASE CALL POLICE, HELP KEEP OUR TOWN CLEAN. All regular
trash pickup will be completed as regular mowing and summer upkeep resumes. I
will as code to ticket resident who dump garbage or grass debris from there
parkway into the street. This is the main cause of storm sewer backup and
flooded streets.
: HYDRANT & VALVE REPAIRS/REPLACED -
Staff replaced the hydrant and main valve located 2000 223 St. Staff also
repaired the hydrant located across from 2450 Sauk Trial broken 4” port.
: VEHICELS/
EQU- Public works staff is doing their best to keep
all vehicles within the department running safe. We are also trying to help
each department with their repairs to keep moving forward.
: SANITARY SEWER COMPLAINTS – P.W.
received 2 sewer complaints 1 HOMEOWNER, 1 BACKUP, line were cleaned and back
in service. Also staff from R.E. started smoke testing on July 19th
on the north side all affected residents were notified.
: TREE REMOVALS – Staff started and
completed ash tree removal in deer creek, several trees were left at this time,
still in good condition. Staff will continue removals village wide.
: PARKS – Staff started working on several
parks repairing the fence at 218st, and wood chips at Village hall more to
follow as fund are available.
:
LANDSCAPE WORK – Staff also started landscaping last year’s
digs from b box, main breaks, and any other digs, slow going. Residents will
have to wait for concrete work to complete final dirt work. Funding is slow
going.
Sauk Village Police Join Forces with Agencies Statewide for 2016 Illinois Speed Awareness Day Campaign
Sauk Village, IL – During Illinois Speed Awareness Day this July 27th, the Sauk Village Police Department is taking a proactive approach to promote safety for motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists through both education and enforcement. In Illinois during 2014, speed was the reason for 32.4% of all traffic fatalities. That’s 348 deaths for the year, or one life every 25 hours. These lives can be easily saved by being aware of our speed and understanding how speeding impacts a crash.
On Interstates speeding can have the following
consequences:
- The probability of death, disfigurement, or debilitating injury grows with higher speed at impact. Such consequences double for every 10 MPH over 50 MPH.
- When a vehicle crashes it undergoes a rapid change in speed. However the occupants keep moving at the vehicle’s previous speed until they are stopped, either by hitting an object or by being restrained by a safety belt or airbag.
- The effectiveness of restraint devices like airbags, safety belts, crumple zones, and side beams decline as impact speed increases.
- 37.4% of the speed-related crashes result in injuries.
- Speeding extends the distance required to stop a vehicle in emergency situations.
- Crash severity increases with the speed of the vehicle at impact.
- Speeding reduces a driver’s ability to navigate safely around curves or objects in the roadway.
- Speeding can lower gas mileage by 33% at highway speeds.
Let’s all do our
part by taking a proactive approach to prevent fatalities and reduce injuries on
the roadways by being aware of our speed and obeying the speed limit signs ALL
the time. If you would like more
information about Illinois Speed Awareness Day, please visit www.illinoisspeedawarenessday.org.
This Day In History - July 27th
1974
Nixon Charged With First Of Three Articles Of
Impeachment
On this day in 1974, the House of
Representatives charges President Richard M. Nixon with the first of three
articles of impeachment for obstruction of justice after he refused to release
White House tape recordings that contained crucial information regarding the
Watergate scandal.
In June 1972, five men connected with Nixon’s
reelection committee, the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP), had been
caught breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the
Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. A subsequent investigation exposed illegal
activities perpetrated by CREEP and authorized by senior members of Nixon’s
administration. It also raised questions about what the president knew about
those activities. In May 1973, the Senate convened an investigation into the
Watergate scandal amid public cries for Nixon’s impeachment. Nixon vigorously
denied involvement in the burglary cover-up, most famously in November 1973
when he declared, “I am not a crook.” Although Nixon released some of the tapes
requested by the Senate in April 1974, he withheld the most damning of them,
claiming executive privilege. On July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court rejected
Nixon’s claim of executive privilege and ordered him to turn over the remaining
tapes. When he refused to do so, the House of Representatives passed the first
article of impeachment against Nixon for obstruction of justice. On August 5,
with the impeachment process already underway, Nixon reluctantly released the
remaining tapes.
On August 8, 1974, Nixon avoided a Senate
trial and likely conviction by becoming the first president to resign.
This Day In History - July 26th
1775
Congress Establishes U.S. Post Office
On this day in 1775, Congress establishes the
United States Post Office and names Benjamin Franklin the first United States
postmaster general.
William Goddard, a Patriot printer frustrated
that the royal postal service was unable to reliably deliver his Pennsylvania
Chronicle to its readers or deliver critical news for the paper to Goddard,
laid out a plan for a Constitutional Post before the Continental Congress on
October 5, 1774. Congress waited to act on the plan until after the Battle of
Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Benjamin Franklin promoted Goddard’s
plan and served as the first postmaster general under the Continental Congress
beginning on July 26, 1775, nearly one year before the Congress declared
independence from the British crown. Franklin’s son-in-law, Richard Bache, took
over the position on November 7, 1776, when Franklin became an American
emissary to France. Franklin had already made a significant contribution to the
postal service in the colonies while serving as the postmaster of Philadelphia
from 1737 and as joint postmaster general of the colonies from 1753 to 1774,
when he was fired for opening and publishing Massachusetts Royal Governor
Thomas Hutchinson’s correspondence.
While postmaster, Franklin streamlined postal
delivery with properly surveyed and marked routes from Maine to Florida (the
origins of Route 1), instituted overnight postal travel between the critical
cities of New York and Philadelphia and created a standardized rate chart based
upon weight and distance. Samuel Osgood held the postmaster general’s position
in New York City from 1789, when the U.S. Constitution came into effect, until
the government moved to Philadelphia in 1791. Timothy Pickering took over and,
about a year later, the Postal Service Act gave his post greater legislative
legitimacy and the service more effective organization. Pickering continued in
the position until 1795, when he briefly served as secretary of war, before
becoming the third U.S. secretary of state. The postmaster general’s position
was considered a plum patronage post for political allies of the president
until the Postal Service was transformed into a corporation run by a board of
governors in 1971.
Monday, 25 July 2016
This Day In History - July 25th
1832
The First Railroad Accident
The first recorded railroad accident in U.S.
history occurs when four people are thrown off a vacant car on the Granite
Railway near Quincy, Massachusetts. The victims had been invited to view the
process of transporting large and weighty loads of stone when a cable on a
vacant car snapped on the return trip, throwing them off the train and over a
34-foot cliff. One man was killed and the others were seriously injured.
The steam locomotive was first pioneered in
England at the beginning of the 19th century by Richard Trevithick and George
Stephenson. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad began operation in 1828 with horse-drawn
cars, but after the successful run of the Tom Thumb, a steam train that
nearly outraced a horse in a public demonstration in 1830, steam power was
added. By 1831, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad had completed a line from
Baltimore to Frederick, Maryland.
The acceptance of railroads came quickly in
the 1830s, and by 1840 the nation had almost 3,000 miles of railway, greater
than the combined European total of only 1,800 miles. The railroad network
expanded quickly in the years before the Civil War, and by 1860 the American
railroad system had become a national network of some 30,000 miles. Nine years
later, transcontinental railroad service became possible for the first time.
This Day In History - July 24th
1969
Kennedy’s Goal Accomplished
Kennedy’s Goal Accomplished
At 12:51 EDT, Apollo 11, the U.S.
spacecraft that had taken the first astronauts to the surface of the moon,
safely returns to Earth.
The American effort to send astronauts to the
moon had its origins in a famous appeal President John F. Kennedy made to a
special joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961: “I believe this nation
should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of
landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.”
Eight years later, on July 16, 1969, the world
watched as Apollo 11 took off from Kennedy Space Center with astronauts
Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin Jr., and Michael Collins aboard. After traveling
240,000 miles in 76 hours, Apollo 11 entered into a lunar orbit on July
19. The next day, at 1:46 p.m., the lunar module Eagle, manned by
astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, separated from the command
module, where a third astronaut, Michael Collins, remained. Two hours later,
the Eagle began its descent to the lunar surface, and at 4:18 p.m. the
craft touched down on the southwestern edge of the Sea of Tranquility.
Armstrong immediately radioed to Mission
Control in Houston a famous message: “The Eagle has landed.” At 10:39
p.m., five hours ahead of the original schedule, Armstrong opened the hatch of
the lunar module. Seventeen minutes later, at 10:56 p.m., Armstrong spoke the
following words to millions listening at home: “That’s one small step for man,
one giant leap for mankind.” A moment later, he stepped off the lunar module’s
ladder, becoming the first human to walk on the surface of the moon.
Aldrin joined him on the moon’s surface at
11:11 p.m., and together they took photographs of the terrain, planted a U.S.
flag, ran a few simple scientific tests, and spoke with President Richard M.
Nixon via Houston. By 1:11 a.m. on July 21, both astronauts were back in the
lunar module and the hatch was closed. The two men slept that night on the
surface of the moon, and at 1:54 p.m. the Eagle began its ascent back to
the command module. Among the items left on the surface of the moon was a
plaque that read: “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the
moon–July 1969 A.D–We came in peace for all mankind.” At 5:35 p.m., Armstrong
and Aldrin successfully docked and rejoined Collins, and at 12:56 a.m. on July
22 Apollo 11 began its journey home, safely splashing down in the
Pacific Ocean at 12:51 p.m. on July 24.
There would be five more successful lunar
landing missions, and one unplanned lunar swing-by, Apollo 13. The last
men to walk on the moon, astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt of the Apollo
17 mission, left the lunar surface on December 14, 1972.
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