2023 Police Annual Report

TRU ARRESTS The Orland Park Police Department’s Investigations Division increased to a six person Targeted Response Unit, commonly referred to as TRU. The unit’s primary responsibility is to focus on proactive measures. The chart below illustrates a breakdown of arrests performed by TRU. In 2023, this highly productive unit seized twenty-four firearms, four vehicles and over $30,288 in United States currency. The unit conducted 17 undercover operations, 37 search warrants, and assisted other officers and agencies on over 200 occasions.

INVESTIGATIONS CASES ASSIGNED

INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION ACTIVITIES

JUVENILE INCIDENTS Juvenile related calls for service resulting in a contact or an arrest saw a 7% decrease from 2022 and was at the second lowest in five years. Juvenile arrests saw a 11% increase and is the second lowest in five years.

OPIATE CALLS FOR SERVICE In 2023, the Orland Park Police Department transitioned from needle injected NARCAN to nasal spray NARCAN. Members of the patrol division administered NARCAN to seven subjects in respiratory depression from an overdose of opioids. All but one of the individuals survived due to the dispensing of the lifesaving medication to reverse the effects of opioids.

The department’s D.A.R.E. program continued to reach over 900 students in 2023.

*A contact involves the issuance of a municipal violation citation, a diversion to an alternative to court program or a release to parent/guardian situation (curfew, runaway, etc.)

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