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Large Suburban Chiefs Embrace Community Policing Shift
Police chiefs from Oak Lawn to Homewood emphasize three drivers behind rising duties: high profile cases, greater service expectations, and prevention efforts for youth. Community policing fosters face to face contact, trust, and quicker crime prevention, with programs like DARE and EDGE expanding, while drug offenses strain resources even as violent crime shows mixed trends nationwide.
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Orland Park
Timothy McCarthy
Robert Smith
Oak Lawn
Rodney King
O.J. Simpson
Los Angeles
Abner Louima
New York
Highland Park
Mount Prospect
Eric Lymore
Markham
Lymore
Mokena
Steve Pollak
Park Forest
Robert Maeyama
Maeyama
Dan McDevitt
Homewood
DARE
EDGE
Smith
Colorado
Arkansas
Blue Island
Joseph Kosman
Chicago Heights