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Glen Carbon seeks to hire Alton officer Charles Bolinger Hearst Newspapers FacebookTwitterEmail GLEN CARBON — A pending medical retirement prompted Glen Carbon Police Chief Todd Link to make an unusual request at Tuesday’s village board meeting. Link proposed allowing Glen Carbon to temporarily hire above its authorized manning and extend an offer of employment to Alton Police Officer Aaron Porter, the top candidate on Glen Carbon’s lateral hire list of police officers. ”Lateral hire candidates are in great demand throughout this region,” Link said in his request. “Hiring them sav...

Cameras that can read vehicle license plates coming to 157, 270 Charles Bolinger Hearst Newspapers FacebookTwitterEmail This photo illustration shows where and how the license plate reader system would work on northbound and southbound Route 157, just south of Interstate 270.Courtesy of the Village of Glen Carbon GLEN CARBON — A technology tool to help Glen Carbon police fight certain types of crimes is a “go” again after village trustees last week unanimously approved paying $29,203 to Utilitra to complete a license plate reader (LPR) project. Police Chief Todd Link requested two camer...

Link EDWARDSVILLE - Patrick Ferrari of Glen Carbon filed suit against the village and police chief Todd Link on Jan. 28, claiming $5,109,640 in damages for harassment, intimidation, false arrests, and malicious prosecutions.  Along with Link he sued village administrator Jamie Bowden, village attorney James Schrempf, administrative assistant Melissa Millard, utility superintendent John Leezy, and mayor Robert Jackstadt.  Ferrari filed his complaint at circuit court without counsel.  He claims he went to village hall because the village turned off his water while his...