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UpdatedSun, Apr 25, 2021 at 10:47 pm CT Reply The city of Joliets board of police and fire commissioners rejected Police Chief Dawn Malecs recommendation to promote Sgt. Chris Schott to a lieutenant last week. (City of Joliet) JOLIET, IL — A Joliet police supervisor being recommended for promotion to lieutenant was rejected in a 3-0 vote at last Thursdays meeting of the citys board of police and fire commissioners. Joliet Police Sgt. Christopher Schott was turned down in his bid to become e...

UpdatedTue, Mar 9, 2021 at 10:51 pm CT Replies(28) Even though he was demoted in January, Marc Reid is now the highest salaried member of the Joliet Police Department. Reid has used his sick leave bank these past six weeks. He is expected to keep doing so until he turns 50 in April. (Image via city of Joliet ) JOLIET, IL — Marc Reid, a second Joliet deputy chief of police who was demoted on Jan. 13, has also received a pay hike of $17,688 to $171,505, Joliet Patch has learned. However, at n...

UpdatedFri, Mar 5, 2021 at 6:02 pm CT Replies(28) Joliet resident Jerry Hervey addressed the Joliet City Council on the issue of pension spikes for Al Roechner and Darrell Gavin. He is against it. (City of Joliet ) JOLIET, IL — Al Roechner was a lousy chief at the Joliet Police Department and Darrell Gavin was equally inept as Roechners deputy chief, according to Black Joliet community activist Jerry Hervey. Because Roechner and Gavin were both underachievers, according to Hervey, the Joliet...

UpdatedMon, Mar 1, 2021 at 1:52 am CT Replies(25) Darrell Gavin lasted two years as a deputy chief in the Joliet Police Department. He was regarded as ineffective in his job. (Image via city of Joliet FOIA ) JOLIET, IL — Darrell Gavin had a successful tenure as a detective sergeant at the Joliet Police Department, but his last two years as a deputy police chief were not a success. Rather than be demoted down to sergeant in January, Gavin negotiated a $17,688 raise to spike his pension and bo...

Chief Roechner's Pension Spike Surpassed Joliet's Salary Range - Joliet, IL - Al Roechner negotiated a pay raise of more than $30,000 for himself on his second to last day on the job as Joliet police chief.

UpdatedThu, Feb 18, 2021 at 7:58 pm CT Replies(40) Joliet Police Detective Aaron Bandy was justified to kill Joliet resident Bruce Carter back on Feb. 6, 2019 at the home of Carters mother, 213 Des Plaines St., Will County States Attorney Jim Glasgow concluded. (Image via FBI) JOLIET, IL —Two years after Joliet Police Detective Aaron Bandy fatally shot 38-year-old Joliet bank robber Bruce Carter inside Carters mother house, Grace Vann has filed a federal lawsuit against the police department...

UpdatedTue, Feb 16, 2021 at 9:23 pm CT Replies(58) Al Roechners two-year run as the permanent chief of police in Joliet came to an end in January. He accepted a $19,847 raise in exchange for submitting his retirement notice the next day. (Image via John Ferak/Patch ) JOLIET, IL — The city of Joliet gave Joliet Police Chief Al Roechner a salary increase of nearly $20,000 during his final days on the job in January as an incentive to retire, Joliet Patch confirmed through a series of Freedom o...

UpdatedTue, Feb 9, 2021 at 11:33 pm CT Replies(14) In December, Joliet police officer Tyler Bayles fatally shot a 19-year-old Naperville man on Second Avenue. There is no body camera footage of the deadly encounter. (Image via John Ferak/Joliet Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — The Chicago Police Department uses about 8,000 officer worn body cameras. Elgin utilizes 157 body cameras for officers and supervisors. Molines Police Department has 84 body cameras. Then, theres the Joliet Police Departme...

UpdatedTue, Feb 2, 2021 at 11:08 pm CT Replies(20) Pastor Warren Dorris previously served 24 years on the Joliet City Council. Now, hes making a political comeback. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — The Dock at Inwood was busy Tuesday night and most of the crowd was coming for Warren Dorris political fund-raiser. Dorris served on the Joliet City Council from 1987 until 2011 when he lost his bid for mayor. Now, a decade later, Dorris is back, and hes energized about the Apri...

UpdatedWed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:46 am CT Replies(37) Joliet deputy chief of criminal investigations Marc Reid is being demoted back to lieutenant. Reid previously ran the police departments internal affairs unit. (Image via city of Joliet ) JOLIET, IL — On his first day at City Hall, new City Manager Jim Capparelli named Lt. Dawn Malec as Joliets new police chief, replacing Al Roechner, who lasted two years on the job. On Tuesday, Malec issued an order announcing that three of Roechners deput...