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Joliet Officer Turned Off Squad Car's Audio As Eric Lurry Died - Joliet, IL - Joliet Police Chief Al Roechner chose not to discipline Officer Jose Tellez, but new chief Dawn Malec has suspended Tellez for his conduct.

UpdatedFri, May 14, 2021 at 1:19 am CT Replies(4) Even though he got a 10-day work place suspension in March and kicked out of the detective unit, Joliet Police Sgt. Chris Schott believes he deserves a promotion and huge raise to a lieutenants rank. (City of Joliet Police Department ) JOLIET, IL — At a December holiday party involving alcohol attended by several off-duty members of the Joliet Police Departments investigations unit, Joliet Police Sgt. Chris Schott slapped a subordinate detec...

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...

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...