Photo: Gang Banger Walter Gator Bradley & Downtown Dirty Ernie Brown...The racial makeup of the city was 90.10% White, 0.97% African American, 0.11% Native American, 9.53% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.97% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.64% of the population.
90% white and they are thinking of making a black guy with a very questionable background the chief of police... There is no limits to the pandering of these liberal Democratic elected officials in Illinois...
A 28-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department has been tapped to lead the Darien Police Department, officials announced.
Deputy Superintendent Ernest Brown is currently in charge of the 8,000 officers in the Chicago Police Department’s Bureau of Patrol, which includes its SWAT teams. He also served as the chief of the organized crime division in Chicago.
Darien Mayor Kathleen Weaver said in a written statement that Brown was her top choice for the job, calling his career “extremely honorable” and praising his experience and leadership ability.
“Although I was presented with an excellent field of candidates, Mr. Brown emerged as my top choice primarily due to his commitment to developing police strategies and his wide range of experience in police operations along with his intergovernmental approach to police services,” Weaver said.
Weaver could not immediately be reached for comment.
City Manager Byron Vana also praised Brown’s selection.
“The City of Darien is fortunate to bring someone on board that has the amount of police experience that (Brown) has attained through his successful career,” Vana said in a statement.
The Darien City Council will be asked to approve Brown’s appointment at its Sept. 19 meeting.
Brown, who is also a veteran of the Air Force, said in a statement he was looking forward to serving the Darien community and working with the department’s 36 officers.
A committee made up of five residents sifted through the 140 applications for the police chief. Ultimately, Weaver, city staff and three members of the committee interviewed 10 semifinalists, picking three finalists.
If the council approves his selection, Brown will replace Robert Pavelchik, who retired in May after nine years as chief and 33 years with the department.
After Pavelchik’s retirement, Weaver proposed eliminating the police chief position and giving Vana control of the department in an effort to save money and streamline operations.
However, that proposal was dropped a few days later after residents and police officers objected to the plan, which would have made Darien the only city without a sworn officer at the helm of its department.
A revised proposal would have given Vana additional authority over the police department, especially its budget, while the department would have been run by a chief and a deputy chief.
However, that proposal was also scrapped, and a nationwide search launched for a new chief.
One of the department’s two deputy chiefs, David Skala and John Cooper, will return to the rank of sergeant in an effort to save money, Weaver said.
