Car dealerships in Orland Park, Tinley Park and Orland Hills are receiving information from the police about preventing crime at their businesses.
Jeff Vorva, The Times
Orland Park Police Chief Joseph Mitchell said he and police from Tinley Park and Orland Hills are becoming proactive in light of increasing crime at car dealerships in the Chicago area.
Jeff Vorva, The Times
“If they commit a crime in our jurisdiction, they will be caught and they will face consequences for their crimes,” Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau said of criminals.
While crime at car dealerships hasn’t become a huge problem in the South Suburbs yet, the Orland Park, Tinley Park and Orland Hills police forces have banded together to prevent it in those three towns.
MoneyGeek has named Orland Park the eighth safest U.S. city in 2021 among communities of 30,000-100,000 residents. There were 952 cities ranked.
That comes on the heels of Orland Park being named the safest city in Illinois for 2020 by safety.com.
“Winning these awards speaks volumes of the effort of out police department,” Orland Park Trustee Joni Radaszewski said of the rating by the financial and technical corporation.
The MoneyGeek rankings were based on a combination of cost of crime as well as violent and property crime rates.
Three Illinois cities in the Chicago suburbs made the top 10 with Buffalo Grove earning the top spot and Bartlett coming in at No. 5.
Police Chief Joe Mitchell cited the support of the board of trustees plus cooperation from residents and businesses for the high honors. He also said the Youth Supervision program at Orland Square mall has helped reduce property crime.
Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau said this should send a warning out to potential criminals.
“If they commit a crime in our jurisdiction, they will be caught and they will face consequences for their crimes,” he said. “The results speak for themselves.”
Orland Park Police Chief Joseph Mitchell said he and police from Tinley Park and Orland Hills are becoming proactive in light of increasing crime at car dealerships in the Chicago area.
“If they commit a crime in our jurisdiction, they will be caught and they will face consequences for their crimes,” Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau said of criminals.
