The Board of Education for Flossmoor School District 161 approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Flossmoor Police Department during its May 11 meeting formalizing how the two agencies will share information related to student safety, criminal activity and emergency response. According to the district’s action report, the agreement updates an[Read More…]
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Flossmoor, District 161 formalize police-school reporting agreement
Flossmoor village officials have approved an intergovernmental agreement with Flossmoor School District 161 that formalizes how school administrators and police share information related to student safety, criminal activity and truancy, as permitted under state and federal law. The agreement establishes a reciprocal reporting system between the district and the Flossmoor[Read More…]
Flossmoor police urge motorists to drive sober during holiday season, release Thanksgiving enforcement results
To make sure holiday celebrations don’t end in tragedies, the Flossmoor Police Department is joining with law enforcement agencies across Illinois in a major traffic safety effort this season. From Friday, Dec. 12, through Monday, Jan. 5, Flossmoor officers will take part in the statewide Drive Sober or Get Pulled[Read More…]
Pedestrian beacon lights to be put up in Flossmoor for community safety
The Flossmoor Police Department is a recipient of the 2025 Powering Safe Communities Grant Program through ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. The grant will finance five additional intersections flashing pedestrian beacons in the village. The program is in its 11th year, and $165,000 was awarded throughout 23 local municipalities. [Read More…]
Flossmoor Police Department announces traffic enforcement results
The Flossmoor Police Department conducted a focused traffic safety campaign from July 8 to Aug. 1 to remind area motorists that “Speeding Catches Up with You” and to encourage safe driving habits. The campaign was part of a state-wide effort involving multiple law enforcement agencies, the Illinois Department of Transportation[Read More…]
Flossmoor Police Department steps up enforcement of speed limits
The Flossmoor Police Department is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police and more than 200 local law enforcement agencies this month to step up traffic-safety efforts across the state to reduce speeding. Throughout July, motorists can expect to see increased patrols looking for speeding, as[Read More…]
Flossmoor police urge installation of license plate reader cameras on 2 private properties
Acting Flossmoor Police Chief Keith Taylor sent Village Manager Bridget Wachtel a memo urging the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways approve permits to continue the placement of license plate reader cameras (LPR). The memo states that the police want to install cameras at the intersections of Vollmer Road[Read More…]
Flossmoor police investigate business burglaries
The Flossmoor Police Department has received reports that two businesses in the 3000 block of Vollmer Road were burglarized. The initial burglary occurred during the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 11, while the second incident occurred during the early morning hours of Friday, April 14. The offenders forced entry[Read More…]
Flossmoor Police report rash of vehicle thefts
The Flossmoor Police Department received reports of multiple vehicles being stolen in the 3800 block of Vollmer Road during the weekend of April 1. The vehicles primarily consist of Kia models and a Hyundai model, in which the offender used forced entry to gain access. Flossmoor officers reported recovering each[Read More…]
Flossmoor trustees welcome new police chief Jerel Jones
Flossmoor has its first Black police chief. It’s not the first time Jerel Jones has broken new ground. He was the first Black police chief in Macomb, his previous position. But his race was not the focus of comments from trustees at the board meeting Monday, March 27. They lauded Jones’s[Read More…]
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