He was thinking of a career as a carpenter. His mother, Rosemary, had other ideas. She saw an ad in a newspaper in 1986 that the Village of Orland Park was looking for police officers to serve the growing community. She even filled out an application for him and coaxed him to attend an orientation. Well, 35 years later, Keating, 56, was sworn in as the Village of Mokenaâs new police chief in April, replacing the retired Steve Vaccaro and taking the reins from Interim Chiefs Tim McCarthy and Randal Stumpf. Rosemary Keating died in 1998, and Keating praises her nudging him into law enforcement.