CAMPTON HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT

The 911 call will still go to the Kane County Sheriff dispatch center.  The Campton Hills Police Department has entered into an agreement with the Sheriff to provide dispatch services for the Village.  This is a similar agreement that the Sheriff’s office has with other departments including Elburn, Hampshire, Pingree Grove, the Kane County Forest Preserve District, and the Fox Valley Park District.

The call will be dispatched over the radio to the Campton Hills Police who will then respond.  This is the same as it is currently with Sheriff patrol cars or with other towns.

You may call the non-emergency number of 630-584-0330 for the Campton Hills Police Department.  There may not be someone there to answer your call but you may leave a message.  Our officers check messages frequently and will respond as soon as they can. 

Generally, these would be types of calls that do not require an immediate response.  Some of these types of calls can include: damaged property where the offender is not in the area, parking violations or abandoned vehicles, accident reports where neither car is still at the crash site, animal problems that are of a recurring nature, found property, identity theft such as someone used your credit card number, and illegal dumping of garbage on your property. 

Campton Hills has officers on duty 24-hours every day, not only waiting to respond to calls, but also being proactive to address issues and concerns that are on-going.  The residents of Campton Hills can see the same officers working in the community and have become familiar with them.  The officer that responds to your concerns will be the same officer patrolling your area in the future.  In essence, the goal of the Campton Hills Police is to provide a more personal response and follow-up to issues.  Many of the issues that residents have expressed include traffic concerns in specific locations, damage to property including graffiti, and child safety concerns.  Officers will be addressing these issues on a regular basis not only with enforcement, but also with crime prevention and community policing initiatives.

In essence, community policing involves the police department and the residents working together to solve issues and concerns in their neighborhoods.  Community policing is not just crime prevention, Neighborhood Watch, or extra police patrols.  It is employing a variety of strategies by the police and the community, to not only solve issues, but also to improve or maintain conditions.  Community policing has worked in many communities and builds a bond between police departments and the communities they serve.  

The Campton Hills Police Department will respond to handle the incident.  As with many smaller villages, the Campton Hills Police Department will utilize agreements with other agencies to assist us.  For example, the police departments in Kane County have banded together and formed a “Major Crimes Task Force” to respond to such incidents.  This task force brings experienced investigators and evidence personnel to assist.  This task force would work under the direct supervision of the Campton Hills Police.  The Campton Hills Police will also volunteer an officer to this task force to reciprocate and may assist other towns in their investigations.  In addition, the Illinois State Police will respond and provide evidence services to Campton Hills when requested.  In addition to the Major Crimes Task Force, the Kane County Chiefs of Police has established a Mutual Aid Resource List for all departments to draw from.  The State of Illinois has also instituted an Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System in which resources can be drawn from local towns. 

The Campton Hills Police Department will handle all investigations and evidence processing for crimes committed within the Village.  Our officers will be experienced and trained to handle a variety of investigations. 

Currently there are 11 police officers with the Campton Hills Police Department.  Our officers have a variety of backgrounds and experiences they bring to our department.  In the future, CHPD will institute our own Field Training program when we hire new officers without police experience for us to train.   

This is a common concern that is heard by all police departments.  Proper asset management and planning dictates that you must have more squads than you can have patrolling.  There are many reasons for this.  We must be prepared as squads require constant maintenance and officers must have vehicles available if one is taken out of service for any length of time.  Another reason is that with shift changes and calls for service, it is not uncommon for officers to be late coming in at the end of their shift, and the officer just starting needs a vehicle available to get out and patrol and handle calls.  What many outside of police work are unfamiliar with is that there are a lot of administrative duties that officers must perform which requires them to be at the station.  In fact, these administrative duties can make up about a third of a police officers time. 

Most property crime can be easily prevented by utilizing some simple crime prevention methods.  The majority of crimes that have occurred in Campton Hills are thefts from vehicles and entry to open garages.  Almost none of these involved any type of force to gain entry such as breaking a window.  Residents must close their garage doors when not outside or able to watch the garage.  The majority of garages have been entered at night, often just after dark.  This has occurred even with parties occurring in the backyard or people home and awake.  Vehicles have been left unlocked with valuables such as wallets, GPS systems, credit cards, computers, etc. in plain sight.  For younger offenders, we must take the temptation away from them.  Lock your vehicles as most thieves do not want to draw attention by breaking glass and making noise.  Hide you valuables in your car if you cannot take them into the house.  Put items in the trunk where they are not visible.     

The Fire and Police Commission is based on Illinois State Law and have open meetings that the public may attend.  The Fire and Police Commission is generally an independent body that will work closely with the Police Department.  The Commission is tasked with hiring all officers of the police department and discipline decisions of officers.  The Commission sets the hiring rules and criteria as well as weighs candidates’ abilities and experiences. The members of the Commission are all Campton Hills residents: 

Dennis Nowicki:  Mr. Nowicki is the Chairman of the Commission who retired as Chief of Police for Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina as well as Chief of Police for Joliet, Illinois and served 26-years with the Chicago Police Department where he attained the rank of Deputy Superintendent. He currently is a consultant to the Department of Homeland Security, providing technical assistance to states and major cities developing strategic and tactical interoperable communications plans.  

Emad Eassa:  Mr. Eassa is currently the Chief of Police for Elgin Community College and was the former Chief of Police for the Kane County Forest Preserve Police and retired as a Captain from the Illinois State Police. 

Christian Boissonnas:  Mr. Boissonnas is a retired Assistant Fire Chief from the State of New York and also serves on the Campton Township Board.   

In an EMERGENCY, call 911. 

The Campton Hills Police Department telephone number for non-emergencies is 630-584-0330.  There is voice mail on this number and someone will get back in touch with you as soon as possible. 

The fax number for the Campton Hills Police Department is 630-584-7890. 

You may also email the Campton Hills Police Department at: chief@villageofcamptonhills.org. 

You are also encouraged to visit the web site at: www.villageofcamptonhills.org.

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