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UpdatedSun, Apr 25, 2021 at 10:47 pm CT Reply The city of Joliet s board of police and fire commissioners rejected Police Chief Dawn Malec s recommendation to promote Sgt. Chris Schott to a lieutenant last week. (City of Joliet) JOLIET, IL A Joliet police supervisor being recommended for promotion to lieutenant was rejected in a 3-0 vote at last Thursday s meeting of the city s board of police and fire commissioners. Joliet Police Sgt. Christopher Schott was turned down in his bid to become elevated to the rank of lieutenant after the board learned Schott recently received a 10-day suspension from work for conduct unbecoming of an officer, according to board chairman Todd Wooten. ....
UpdatedMon, Mar 15, 2021 at 11:48 am CT Replies(10) Joliet Police Officer David Blackmore has remained home from work, collecting his regular paycheck since appealing Al Roechner s firing from Dec. 27, 2019. (Image via city of Joliet ) JOLIET, IL For the past 15 months, Joliet Police Officer David Blackmore has stayed home from work, collecting his regular paycheck, after he appealed Police Chief Al Roechner s decision to fire him. At no point in 2020 did Roechner present his evidence to the city s police and fire commission to justify why he and his upper command staff chose to get rid of Blackmore. All the while, Blackmore remained off-duty while his police job remained in limbo. Now that there has been a housecleaning within the Joliet Police Department administration, Patch has learned that Blackmore s termination is not being pursued by the new administration of Police Chief Dawn Malec and Deputy Chief of Administration Sherrie Blackburn. ....