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The Channahon Police Department has achieved its third, four-year term of Tier 1 accreditation in the Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Program.
Chief Dean Steigemeier, vice president at large for the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, recognized the department at this week’s Channahon Village Board meeting.
“This accreditation is significant for your police department and for your community,” Steigemeier told trustees. “Tier 1 consists of 67 standards that we believe are essential to be a high-functioning police department. ... We consider Channahon Police Department an outstanding police department.”
CPD first was accredited in 2010 and was reaccredited in 2014.
Steigemeier said the process is a rigorous one, involving several months of police document reviews, department tours and interviewing officers to determine whether they have good understandings of their department policies and if they implement them.
Channahon Police Chief Shane Casey thanked Steigemeier and gave credit to former Police Chief Jeff Wold, who spearheaded the first accreditations, and to Sgt. Jon Jackubowski, who he said played a significant role in this term’s accreditation.
The Village Board this week also took care of several business matters, including approving a contract with an armored car service for village finances.
Channahon has a banking agreement with MB Financial Bank, and with that agreement comes an armored car service that will pick up items from the village hall. MB Financial will pay for the service, Finance Director Heather Wagonblott said.
Trustees also approved a professional services agreement with Azavar Audit Solutions, a firm that reviews fees and taxes that relate to cable franchises, telecommunications, local sales taxes and use and occupation taxes. The village will use the findings to “maximize customer revenues.”
Azavar provides the service at no direct cost to the village, but will receive 45 percent of any new or prospective revenues or retroactive funds it finds. The agreement is for a three-year period.
The Village Board Monday also agreed to buy a 2019 Dodge Charger police patrol squad to replace a 2014 vehicle. The new car will be bought through the Suburban Purchasing Cooperative from Napleton Fleet Group in Oak Brook Terrace for $24,999, plus an estimated $17,000 for upfitting the vehicle with patrol equipment.
Several public works projects were also approved at the meeting, including the purchase of a replacement pump for the Ravine Woods lift station from Xylem Water Solutions of Mokena, in the amount of $10,807.