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Resident says village alert was too vague after police search; police chief apologizes
Summary
At the May 12 Villa Park Board of Trustees meeting, resident Lynn Smith criticized a community alert that described a woman only as 'a black woman with a black puffer coat.' The police chief apologized and said officers had limited information while responding to a violent incident in another community.
A Villa Park resident told the Village of Villa Park Board of Trustees on May 12 that a recent community alert describing “a black woman with a black puffer coat” left her feeling vulnerable and urged the police department to include more detail in future messages.
"It just literally had a black woman with a black puffer coat. There was no height. There was no hair color. There was no size," said Lynn Smith of 2100 Ovaltine…
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