December 26, 2024
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Yorkville’s newest police officer a Kendall County native

Tyler Lobdell previously lived in Yorvkille, graduated from Plano High School and Waubonsee Community College

By Mark Foster
Tyler Lobdell takes the oath as the Yorkville Police Department's newest patrol officer on Dec. 14. Mayor John Purcell administers the oath, as Lobdell's wife Mallory looks on, holding the couple's baby Monroe. At right is Yorkville Board of Fire and Police Commissioners Chairman Robert Johnson. (Mark Foster - mfsoter@shawmedia.com)

Tyler Lobdell takes the oath as the Yorkville Police Department's newest patrol officer on Dec. 14. Mayor John Purcell administers the oath, as Lobdell's wife Mallory looks on, holding the couple's baby Monroe. At right is Yorkville Board of Fire and Police Commissioners Chairman Robert Johnson. (Mark Foster - mfsoter@shawmedia.com) (Mark Foster)

YORKVILLE – As Tyler Lobdell begins his new job patrolling the streets of Yorkville, he already will be familiar with the landscape.

Lobdell is the Yorkville Police Department’s newest patrol officer.

The Kendall County native lived in Yorkville when he was very young and currently resides in Plano with his family.

Lobdell is a 2009 graduate of Plano High School and has an associate degree in science from Waubonsee Community College.

Mayor John Purcell administered the oath of office to Lobdell on Dec. 14 during a ceremony at the Yorkville City Council meeting.

Watching her husband take the oath was Lobdell’s smiling wife, Mallory, cradling the couple’s baby, Monroe.

Yorkville Police Chief Jim Jensen said the department is lucky to bring an officer with both local roots and police experience onto the force.

Lobdell comes to the Yorkville department from the police force in Roscoe, a village north of Rockford in Winnebago County, where he served as a patrol officer.

Lobdell begins 20 weeks of intensive training with the Yorkville department’s field operations division, learning from experienced officers on both the day and night shifts, Jensen said.

Pausing for a photo after the swearing-in ceremony of Yorkville police patrol Officer Tyler Lobdell are, from left, police Chief Jim Jensen, Yorkville Board of Fire and Police Commissioners Chairman Robert Johnson, Officer Lobdell, wife Mallory and baby Monroe, Deputy Chief Ray Mikolasek and Mayor John Purcell. (Mark Foster - mfoster@shawmediacom)

Pausing for a photo after the swearing-in ceremony of Yorkville police patrol Officer Tyler Lobdell are, from left, police Chief Jim Jensen, Yorkville Board of Fire and Police Commissioners Chairman Robert Johnson, Officer Lobdell, wife Mallory and baby Monroe, Deputy Chief Ray Mikolasek and Mayor John Purcell. (Mark Foster - mfoster@shawmediacom) (Mark Foster)

Also present for the ceremony was Robert Johnson, chairman of the Yorkville Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, along with Yorkville Police Deputy Chief of Field Operations Ray Mikolasek.

Watching from the audience were Lobdell’s father, Michael; mother, Jaime; and sister Alexis; along with mother-in-law, Lisa Martinez; and grandmother-in-law Garnett Bailey.

With the addition of Lobdell, the Yorkville Police Department now stands at 32 sworn officers, Jensen said, one short of its officially authorized strength of 33.