![]() ![]() “We’ve said it many times before but it’s always is worth repeating. Trustee Sean Kampas reiterated the board’s support of the Orland Park Police Department. “As leaders charged with ensuring public safety in our communities, we cannot ignore the complete disregard for the safety of our residents due to the details of this act that will be put in place by state legislators and the impact it will have on our police department’s ability to reduce and deter criminal activities,” said Pekau. “We all need to take a stand against this, this is a very dangerous bill.” “It’s like they won’t stop until they destroy our communities and our society,” explained Pekau. “I personally do not want to see the city of Chicago become the standard for how we conduct public safety because they have abandoned their police officers, abandoned their residents and created a war zone full of criminals.” The city of Chicago has already done this,” he said. “There is currently a bill in front of the house to remove school resource officers from our schools, which means no school resource officer at Sandburg High School. “This is a massive threat to residents of Orland Park, Cook County and Illinois.” “Someone could decide to live in your shed, and all we could do is give them a ticket,” said Pekau. Officers will no longer be able to remove trespassers from your residence or place of business.Denies victims their constitutional rights.Offenders released on electronic monitoring have to be in violation for 48 hours before law enforcement can act.Including, but not limited to, kidnapping, armed robbery, second degree murder, drug induced homicide, aggravated DUI, threatening a public official and aggravated fleeing and eluding. Abolition of cash bail for almost every offense. ![]() “I can’t even begin to tell you how dangerous this act is.” The mayor listed a handful of provisions that will go into effect on January 1, 2023: “We must not allow this law to stand as passed,” said Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau. The resolution, as presented, demands that state legislators work with public safety representatives and all community stakeholders to fix remaining problems with the SAFE-T Act including, but not limited to, unreasonably limiting the imposition of cash bail, unreasonably limiting police officer discretion to make arrests, imposing unreasonable police certification and decertification standards, mandating unreasonable custodial accommodations unreasonably allowing offenders to violate terms of their release and violating victims’ rights as outlined in Illinois law. Orland Park, IL (September 8, 2022) – At the SeptemOrland Park Village Board meeting, a resolution was unanimously approved expressing concern over the new Illinois law entitled Safety Accountability and Fairness Equity Today (SAFE-T) Act. Orland Park Village Board Speaks Out Against SAFE-T Act ![]()
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