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Peru native sworn in as new officer

Lindemann previously interned for Peru department, before becoming a Galesburg officer

By Derek Barichello
Peru Mayor Ken Kolowski (left) gives the oath to newly-hired officer Alec Lindemann to recite Monday, March 28, 2022, during the Peru City Council meeting.

Peru Mayor Ken Kolowski (left) gives the oath to newly-hired officer Alec Lindemann to recite Monday, March 28, 2022, during the Peru City Council meeting. (Derek Barichello - dbarichello@shawmedia.com)

Alec Lindemann was welcomed home Monday night by his new colleagues.

He was sworn in at Monday’s City Council meeting as a new officer of the Peru Police Department, scheduled to join the force Monday, April 4.

Lindemann is a Peru native. He graduated from Illinois Valley Community College, obtained a bachelor’s degree in law enforcement and a minor in psychology at Western Illinois University.

He was an intern for Peru and Galesburg police departments.

He worked as a Galesburg police officer from October 2020 to March of this year. While in Galesburg, he received two Blue Max awards — an internal award for outstanding work. One award was for the assistance in locating an armed subject and the other award was for using safe tactics in taking a subject into custody that wanted to harm officers and other subjects.

Lindemann will be moving back to the area with his 2-year-old husky.