Gurnee, IL – On Wednesday evening, 01/25/2012, officers responded to a report of a car theft and hit and run accident in the parking lot at 6120 Grand Avenue.

Gurnee, IL – On Thursday, 01/12/2012 at 11:34 AM, the Gurnee Police Department received a call of a burglary that had just occurred at a home in the 400 block of Belle Plaine Avenue on Gurnee’s east side. Officer’s discovered that a rear door window had been damaged and the door was unlocked by the offenders to gain access to the home. No residents were in the home at the time of the burglary. Taken were electronic game consoles, games and various home electronic devices.

Gurnee, IL – Officer Matthew Bendler will receive a Valor Award from the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), presented at the Gurnee Village Board meeting on Monday, January 9, 2012.  The meeting begins at 7:30 PM at the Gurnee Village Hall, 325 N. O’Plaine Road.

Gurnee, IL – The Gurnee Police Department is seeking any information that may assist in identifying the suspects in an armed robbery that took place on Grand Avenue near US Rt. 41 in the afternoon of January 4, 2012. A sketch artist from the Cook County Sheriff’s Police constructed a composite sketch of one of the suspects based on the victim’s description.

Gurnee, IL— The Gurnee Police Department conducted a holiday special traffic enforcement campaign that began on December 19, 2011 and ran through January 1, 2012. The program focused on increased impaired driver and safety restraint enforcement activities throughout the village. 

[Gurnee, IL] – The proceeds from the 18th annual Jon Callaghan Memorial Turkey Trot were distributed this morning to the local recipients at the Gurnee Police Department. Present for the event were Gurnee Police Chief Kevin Woodside and members of the Gurnee Turkey Trot Committee, including Mike and Kim Callaghan, Jon’s parents.

Gurnee, IL-- The Gurnee Police Department recently secured a traffic enforcement grant through the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Traffic Safety. This is the second of 15 campaigns that will be conducted during the 2011-2012 grant year.

Attached is a newsletter created by the co-coordinator of the Country Trails neighborhood watch. It contains valuable information for all. This is a great example of a collaborative effort between citizens and their police department, which is a core value of neighborhood watch programs village-wide.