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Kankakee Public Safety Committee hears police and fire monthly reports; aldermen approve department bills
Summary
At its Jan. 7 meeting, the Kankakee City Public Safety Committee received December reports from the police and fire chiefs, approved department bills, and heard a resident raise ongoing drug‑activity concerns on South 3rd Street.
Kankakee City’s Public Safety Committee on Jan. 7 received monthly reports from the police and fire departments, approved each department’s bills for December, and heard a resident raise repeated drug‑activity complaints on the 800 and 700 blocks of South 3rd Street.
Police Chief Keith Kidwell told the committee the department was staffed at 67 officers at the start of the week and would drop to 66 after nine retirements that week, with 39 assigned to patrol and nine in investigations. He reported the department recovered 10 firearms in December and said a related unit recovered nine more, for a combined total of 19. Kidwell said the department has about 175 automatic license‑plate reader (LPR) devices tied…
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