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On Friday, May 17, from 5 a.m. until noon Forest Park and River Forest Police Departments will be participating and raising funds that go directly to support programming for Special Olympics athletes across the state. This event will take place at the following Dunkin’ location: 7660 W Madison St. Forest Park This event is aRead more

This an alert to increase awareness for residents of Forest Park regarding home repair fraud incidents. On April 23, 2023 at approximately 10:21am a work crew approached the home of a senior resident on the 1100 block of Elgin Ave. advising that they were supposed to perform home repair work for a neighbor, but theRead more

The Police Department welcomed four new probationary police officers to the force. They will start at the Police Academy in the next few weeks. Brendan Reilly was promoted from patrol officer to sergeant. He was joined by his parents and his brother, also a sergeant on the department. Arleta Kochan was named Officer of theRead more

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Forest Park Police Officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, IL on March 10, 2024 at approximately 7:21pm for a call of shots fired. Upon arrival officers located one spent shell casing and learned a dispute among family members resulted in one family member firing a firearm. The offender fledRead more

Forest Park Police Department, Forest Park, Illinois The Board of Police and Fire Commissioners of the Village of Forest Park, Illinois is accepting applications for the position of police officer with the Forest Park Police Department.   Salary: (currently in negotiations) $71,017.18 – $105,495.21 (7 years) Population: 15,000 Sworn Police Officers: 38   All applicantsRead more

Lieutenant Daniel Miller II has graduated from Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety. The Forest Park Police Department is pleased to announce the recent graduation of Lieutenant Daniel Miller II from the School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC) at Northwestern University. Lieutenant Daniel Miller II has successfully completed the ten (10) week Staff andRead more

Forest Park, IL – A joint investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Forest Park Police Department led to the November 28, 2023, arrest of Devan Flax, 20, of Chicago, IL. Flax was identified as a suspect in the November 25, 2023, armed robbery of a letter carrier on the 900 block of BeloitRead more

Forest Park Police Detectives along with US Postal Investigators developed intelligence of the location of a robbery offender responsible for a robbery and an armed robbery of a US Postal Carrier. A recent trend are criminals targeting US Postal Carriers for their mailbox master key to steal checks from the mail. On November 28, 2023Read more

Police responded to a call on the 1100 block of Hannah this morning at approximately 10:50 am for a domestic disturbance related call.  From information received, one party was armed with a firearm, and it appeared that the incident evolved into a hostage/barricade situation.  Given the circumstances, there was a heavy police presence in theRead more