Two weeks after being named Oak Park’s first ever woman police chief, Shatonya Johnson was sworn in Friday, her mother at the ceremony to pin the top cop badge on Johnson. Johnson first stepped ...

Oak Park Police Sergeant Derrick Verge has received one of the highest honors in Illinois law enforcement for his actions ...

OAK PARK — Oak Park Police Department Chief Shatonya Johnson was sworn in Friday as the village’s first female police chief. She grew up on the city’s south side and grew up in the Altgeld ...

Oak Park Village Manager Kevin Jackson on April 14 named a 22-year veteran of the Oak Park Police Department, Shatonya Johnson, to be the village’s interim police chief while Jackson oversees a ...

Chicago-area police officer killed in the line of duty. Oak Park Police Chief Shatonya Johnson speaks about the death of Detective Allan Reddins, 40.

Chief Johnson said Reddins, a former Metra police officer, was “a natural” who “closed substantial cases.” Just after 9:35 a.m. Friday, the Oak Park Fire Department responded to a shooting ...

Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins, 40, was allegedly shot and killed by violent career criminal Jerell Thomas, marking the first on-duty death the quiet Chicago village has seen in 86 years.