By WMAY Newsroom
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Springfield Police Chief Kenny Winslow has been named the 2021 Police Chief of the Year by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police.
The organization is saluting Winslow for his work to develop and enforce higher standards for law enforcement, and for his collaboration on “shared principles” with the NAACP. Winslow was also praised for being one of the first chiefs in the state to adopt body camera technology for his officers.
Winslow has been chief since 2013, and has served in the Springfield Police Department since 1995.
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ attorney general and a Southern Illinois state representative have been named Public Officials of the Year by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police.
Those receiving the honor were Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, a Democrat from Chicago; and State Rep. Patrick Windhorst, R-Metropolis. Windhorst represents the 118th District in Southern Illinois.
The selection is made by the board of officers, the association’s governing body.
The association noted in a news release that “Windhorst has the unique distinction of being recognized by the Illinois Chiefs for his outstanding work during his first term as a state representative.”
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A state lawmaker who represents the city’s West Side introduced legislation Monday that would require all police officers in Illinois to be schooled on the intersection of law, race and racism in the hopes of teaching officers “the culture and the lifestyles of different communities and people.”
“If we want to change the behavior of police, we have to educate them,” state Rep. La Shawn Ford said.
The West Side Democrat said requiring officers to be taught critical race theory is about “tackling racism” and “becoming aware of our very own shortcomings and ignorance about our peers.”
Lake in the Hills first female police chief takes helm in July Mary Frake, who has served 27 years with the Lake in the Hills Police Department, will be the town s first female police chief. She takes the helm when Police Chief David Brey retires in July after 29 years with that department. Courtesy of Lake in the Hills Police Department
Susana Mejia, of Bensenville, got her first COVID-19 shot administered Friday by Janeth Lopez of the HR Support group of Harwood Heights in the parking lot at the Gary Methodist Church in Wheaton. I am excited, she said. She was the second person in line to get the vaccine at a free clinic organized by Immigrant Solidarity DuPage for Latinos.
Law enforcement needs greater accountability
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State Rep. Curtis Tarver is a man on a mission to reform Illinois law enforcement by eliminating a special legal protection given cops.
The Chicago Democrat’s Bad Apples in Law Enforcement Accountability Act passed out of committee two weeks ago and awaits a vote in the House.
The measure aims to remove the court doctrine of qualified immunity for officers, which would open them up to civil litigation if they participate in the “deprivation of any individual rights” guaranteed in the Illinois Constitution.
The top priority of Illinois law enforcement groups is to defeat this measure, said Ed Wojcicki, executive director at the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police.