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The Illinois Law Enforcement Coalition has drafted a trailer bill which claims to clear up problematic language in the massive police reform bill that becomes law on July 1. (Shutterstock)
OAK LAWN, IL In his first order of business as the newly sworn-in mayor of Oak Lawn, Terry Vorderer penned a letter May 13 to residents, addressing Illinois House Bill 3653, also as the SAFE-T Act. Vorderer, a longtime Oak Lawn police officer who achieved the rank of division chief of patrol upon his retirement, is encouraging residents to reach out to their respective state lawmakers to request a trailer bill be developed in collaboration with the law enforcement community before HB 3653 before it takes effect July 1.
By Joe Boyle
An Oak Lawn trustee said that backers of legislation calling for police reform have forgotten one important group the victims.
“I don’t know about you, but it concerns me that legislators can talk about police reform but say nothing about the victims,” said Trustee Alex Olejniczak (2nd) during the Oak Lawn Village Board meeting Tuesday night. “If there is such a demand for police reform, why not get information from the police? But now we have multiple criminals who come into our village and pull a gun on our victims.”
Olejniczak asked Police Chief Dan Vittorio during the meeting if legislators had asked for any input regarding police reform? Vittorio replied that he was not notified.