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Gurnee officials review proposed police apprenticeship to fill dispatch and records gaps
Summary
Deputy Police Chief Jeremy Gaughn presented a plan to hire eight full‑time police apprentices through a College of Lake County partnership; the board voiced support and staff said the program would be considered in next year’s budget.
Deputy Police Chief Jeremy Gaughn presented a proposed police apprenticeship program to the Gurnee Village Board on Feb. 3 that would hire eight full‑time apprentices to cover 24/7 communications, records and community‑service duties while they complete criminal‑justice coursework at the College of Lake County (CLC).
Gaughn said the apprentices would be paid roughly $40,000 a year and that the village would cover tuition, which he said is about $3,200 per semester. “The police apprentice is kind of a hybrid, with responsibilities from community service officers to records clerks to communications operator and a police officer all combined into one,” Gaughn said.
The program is designed to address…
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