K-9 Hank

 

As a continuation of the Antioch Police Dept. canine program it is our pleasure to introduce to the public our newest working patrol dog, Hank. Hank is paired up with Officer Chad McCameron and they began working as a K9 team in April of 2016.
Hank was born on April 7, 2015 in the Czech Republic. Hank comes from a distinct heritage of working dogs and at birth displayed the characteristics and temperament of a good police work dog. Hank arrived in the United States in January of 2016 and was immediately paired with the trainers at TOPS Kennels in Grayslake Illinois with the purpose of doing K9 police work. Hank began pre-training with TOPS personnel including all aspects of routine police duties. This training includes basic and advanced obedience, narcotics detection, articles searches, tracking of human scent, building searches, aggression training, suspect apprehension and handler protection. Once the dog had a basic introduction to all areas he was paired up with Officer McCameron who was selected to be his handler.

Citizen Police Academy

Meet and interact on a personal level with members of the Antioch Police Department by participating in the Citizen Police Academy. Classes are held Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and will run for 10 weeks. Participants will experience many facets of law enforcement with class topics that are both interesting and informative covering patrol, investigations, support services and training. The C.P.A. is a 10 week program designed to open the lines of communication between the Antioch Police Department and the community. For additional information, contact Administrative Sergeant Fendel at afendel@antiochpd.com

CPA Application

CPA release waiver

Explorer Post

The Antioch Police Explorer Post is an interactive program co-sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America designed for young men and women between the ages of 14 and 21.
The program teaches the basics of Law Enforcement to those interested in a future career in the Law Enforcement field and allows them to give back to the community by using some of their skills at different events in the Village such as assisting with traffic control during parades and attending Shop with a Cop.
Explorer Post Members regularly perform ride-alongs with various Officers, which further enhances their understanding of Law Enforcement. Many Law Enforcement topics are covered in the program including: traffic stops, traffic accidents, building searches, SWAT tactics, drill & ceremony, evidence collection, and control tactics.
Explorer Post meetings are held every Thursday at 7pm and further training is held on various dates throughout the year.
For further information on the Explorer Post, please contact Post Advisor Officer Garcia at 847-395-8585 or ngarcia@antioch.il.gov

Coffee with a Cop

 

“Coffee with the Cop” will provide a unique opportunity for community members and officers from the Antioch Police Department to come together in an informal, neutral space to discuss community issues, build relationships, and drink coffee.

Kids Korner

Parents – teaching your children about 911 can not only save their lives, but yours too!  Numerous times throughout the year small children dial 911 when their parents, guardians and/or care takers are sick or injured.

To assist you to properly educate your children on the invaluable features of 911 please visit the follow links –

http://www.911forkids.com/

http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/er/911.html

Vacation House Watch Requests

Planning your next vacation or business trip?

One important step in that process should be to notify the police department that you will be away from home by requesting a vacation house watch. Doing so alerts patrol officers to your home’s unoccupied status so that they may conduct periodic checks of the perimeter and verify that there is nothing unusual occurring on or about your premises. Please note that checks are performed as manpower, call volume, and time constraints permit. This program is meant to enhance existing security measures you should have in place.

In order to receive this service, please download and complete the  Vacation House Watch  and return to the Records Department in person or email to apdrecords@antioch.il.gov .  If you have any questions or need to amend a submitted request, please call the police department at 847-395-8585.

Offender Watch

The Village of Antioch Police Department is proud of their partnership with a sex offender registration and public notification program called OffenderWatch®. Antioch is part of a nationwide network of over 5,000 law enforcement agencies which includes 120 Illinois agencies. The service is a citizen-friendly, easy to use website that enables citizens to search for potentially dangerous sex offenders and predators, which may be in close proximity to their homes, places of work, schools, churches and day care centers.

 

The information is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week and is updated in real time by the Village of Antioch Police Department as offender information changes and is reported. As part of this innovative service, citizens may enter any address of interest to them, and see a map and listing of all offenders within a user defined radius (.25 miles out to 2 miles) of that address. Citizens can then register the address to be continuously monitored by the Village of Antioch Police Department, who will send to them an e-mail alerting them if an offender or predator should register an address within their specified radius of their address. Citizens may confidentially register as many addresses as they like, at no cost to them.

 

The purpose of the program is to lessen the anxiety of citizens by proactively alerting them should an offender/predator move within proximity to them, and to provide the highest level of security and safety to all Antioch citizens. The program also enables the police department to verify that offender addresses do not violate any safety buffers that may be implemented around protected institutions in the village, such as schools, day care centers and parks, and helps law enforcement schedule compliance checks for verifying information provided by offenders.