2023 Police Annual Report

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FBI AND DEA TASK FORCES OVERVIEW

The Orland Park Police Department has one member assigned to the FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force (SRA-1). In 2023 SRA-1 made four arrests, executed 17 search warrants, recovered 14 firearms, made 10 drug seizures, and recovered two missing/abducted children. Our continued relationship with the FBI has also allowed us to supercede the limitations in Cook County and coordinate with the FBI to take two firearms cases into the federal courts. The Orland Park Police Department has one member assigned to the D.E.A Task Force. In 2023, this Task Force seized 118.7 kg of Cocaine, 9.53 kg of Fentanyl, 6 kg of Methamphetamine, 5.7 kg of Black Tar Heroin, 20 ounces of cannabis and over $1,178,314.00 of United States Currency.

2023 was the first full year of body-worn camera usage. Specialized redaction software was acquired early in the year to assist with increased FOIA requests. Winning a grant for data storage worth $52,625.00 helped alleviate some of the cost and an additional grant was applied for as reimbursement for the actual camera hardware. This came two years ahead of the state mandates in the SAFE-T Act, exemplifying the Orland Park Police continue to set the example. With the cost of nearly $1 million, the police have outfitted, trained and deployed this equipment in the field for daily use. The immense amount of storage required to maintain this data and the demands of a huge uptick in FOIA requests have taxed the agency beyond their initial scope, however we have continued to exceed expectations. Since the issuance of the Body-Worn Cameras nearly every officer has seen the benefit of wearing them. Not only do they assist officers with recalling specific details of incidents, but also it has directly resulted in only one sustained citizen complaint on an officer for all of 2023. Additionally, after some of the major incidents, Administration is able to review the footage from several officers in order to build a more detailed and thorough debriefing of the incident. The members of the Orland Park Police Department are happy to have this resource available to them.

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2023

NARCOTICS SEIZED Cocaine

118.7kg

Fentanyl

9.53kg

Methamphetamine

6kg

Black Tar Heroin FIREARMS SEIZED

5.7kg

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