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Flossmoor board approves Estelle as police chief

by Jamilah Lewis on February 22, 2025

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Bonita Estelle, right, pins a badge on husband Carl Estelle’s uniform after he was sworn in as Flossmoor’s new police chief on Monday, Feb. 17. Carl Estelle served as the village’s director of police services since July 2024. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)

Carl Estelle was appointed Flossmoor police chief Feb. 17 at the village’s Board of Trustees meeting on a 4-to-2 vote, making him Flossmoor’s second Black police chief.

Trustees Rosalind Mustafa and Joni Bradley-Scott voted…