We publish a lot of stories about the good that people do in our communities and schools, but there was something singular in Steve Zalusky’s report Tuesday about the national award presented to Mar.
A little more than three weeks after becoming top cop in Buffalo Grove, Brian Budds and his department were thrust into the national spotlight the morning of Nov. 30, 2022. That s when officers discovered something the new police chief could only describe as "horrific" the slain bodies of a woman, her two young daughters and her mother-in-law by her estranged husband, who then took his own life.
Police departments "face no greater challenge today" than recruiting and retaining qualified officers, according to a law enforcement think tank s new report. The solution? Get creative in reaching out to potential officers, and get them while they re young.