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Riverwoods police report compliance check citation, $5,016 seizure disbursement and hiring of veteran officer
Summary
Riverwoods police cited a server after an underage alcohol compliance check, reported a $5,016.10 disbursement from a prior seized‑property case and announced the hire of veteran Skokie officer Robert Roque.
Riverwoods Police Chief reported the department conducted alcohol and tobacco compliance checks on May 9 at six village businesses; one server in the 2000 block of Milwaukee served alcohol to an underage agent, was cited for unlawful sale of alcohol to a minor and the matter was referred to the village liquor commissioner.
The chief also said the department received a disbursement check for $5,016.10 as Riverwoods's share of property seized in a joint narcotics investigation tied to a search-warrant service noted in the report. The chief said he completed paperwork at the time to make the department eligible for its share and said he had been told such disbursements could take years.
On staffing, the chief said the village offered and the candidate accepted a full‑time police officer position: Robert Roque (last name spelled R‑O‑Q‑U‑E in the department biography). Roque, currently a Skokie Police Department officer with roughly 20 years in patrol and evidence work, will start May 30; a clerk will swear him in on that date and the chief intends to bring him to the first June board meeting for a formal swearing in ceremony.
Why it matters: the compliance‑check citation triggers liquor‑commission review of the licensee; the seizure disbursement is a modest, previously expected sum; the new hire restores patrol capacity with an experienced officer who will be formally sworn in at a future meeting.
