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City of Palos Heights Public Safety Committee met August 24.

Here is the agenda as provided by the committee:

CALL TO ORDER

1. ROLLCALL

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - July 27th, 2021

3. POLICE ACTIVITY REPORT-684 calls for service for July, 2021.

4. TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT

      Hit & Run                     7

      Property Damage      22

      Personal Injury          10

      TOTAL                       39

5. MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS

      a. Police Department Budget Report - see attached

      b. SafeSpeed Report - 138 violations issued

      c. MSI Report - 38 citations issued

      d. Training Report - 140 Hours

6. DUI SUMMARY - 4 Arrests

7. OLD BUSINESS:

8. NEW BUSINESS:

9. CORRESPONDENCE/EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION

•   We received a thank you note from Olympian Kendall Coyne for supporting the Schofield Family Foundation. They had a fundraiser at Top Golf and several PHPD policemen participated, she was extremely grateful and appreciative.

•   Officer Joe Carlson received an email thanking him for his guidance and continued support from a family that is dealing with alcoholism and trying to get a family member into rehab. Joe's efforts made a huge impact and hopefully a successful outcome.

•   The Village of Palos Park and Chief of Police, from Palos Park, wrote a letter to extend their thanks to the PHPD for assisting them with a gas main leak. The incident required the closing of Rt. 7, Rt. 83, 119th street and 80th Ave, which involved re-routing of thousands of vehicles. Without their help they would not have been able to manage this incident safely.

•   On behalf of AAIM(Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists) they wanted to acknowledge 3 officers from the PHPD- Officer William Moritz, Officer Forrest Marcinowski, and Officer Michael Moritz for their exceptional DUI enforcement, by awarding a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of these life-saving efforts.

•   Carol Heffernan, a resident from Palos Heights, expressed her gratitude to Officer Tony Delaney, she had a flat tire near 135th and Ridgeland, and Office Delaney offered assistance and she was very much impressed with his patience and kindness.

10. QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE* Procedure for addressing the Committee: be recognized by the Chairman, rise, and give your name and address. Discussion is limited to 10 minutes, unless an extension is granted by a majority vote of the Committee. All meetings are tape recorded

11. ALDERMEN'S COMMENTS

12. ADJOURNMENT

https://palosheights.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08242021-545