Trainings, community engagement, specializations
Trainings
Community Engagement
Community Engagement
Every Glendale Heights Police Officer receives approximately 96 hours of training every year. This annual training includes approximately 56 hours of hands-on scenario based exercises covering concepts such as:
- Use of Force
- Search & Seizure
- High Risk Traffic Stops
- Active Shooter
- Emergency Medical Care
- Crisis Intervention
- Defensive Tactics
- Firearms
- Taser
- Expandable Batons
- OC Spray
- Less Lethal Shotgun
Community Engagement
Community Engagement
Community Engagement
For the past 20 years, the Glendale Heights Police Department has embraced the philosophy of Community Oriented
Policing (COP). COP is an approach to policing that creates a partnership between a police department and the community it serves.
Some of the initiatives of COP include:
- Monthly Neighborhood Watch Meetings
- "Get a Clue with the Blue"- monthly lunch and learn at the Linda Jackson Center for Senior Citizens
- Visits with Comfort Dog Benjamin
- Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics
- National Night Out
- Movie Nights with a Cop
- Park Parties
- Glendale Heights Fest
- Concerts in the Park
- Citizens Police Academy
- Junior Police Academy
- Safety Town Classes
- Heroes and Helpers (Shop with a Cop)
Specializations
Community Engagement
Specializations
Looking to pursue a specialization? Here at the GHPD we have numerous opportunities to grow your career. Here are some of the specializations we have:
- School Resource Officer (SRO)
- Investigations Officer
- Field Training Officer
- Truck Enforcement
- ICAC Task Force
- Evidence Technician
- Juvenile Officer
- K-9 Officer
- Drone Operator
- Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)
- Crisis Negotiations Team (CNT)
- MERIT SWAT Team
- Major Crash Team
- Major Crimes Team
- DuPage Metropolitan Enforcement Group (DuMEG)
Organizational Structure of the GHPD
The Police Department is organized into two Divisions, Operations and Support. It has an authorized strength of 57 full-time sworn officers. The Support Division responsibilities include School Resource Officers, Safety Town, CALEA, Community Outreach, budget and grant funding, records management, E911 ESDA and evidence management. The Operations Division responsibilities include Community Oriented Policing, police training, firearms range, accident investigation, animal control, patrol, traffic citations, service calls and crime prevention. The Department is charged with the duty of protecting the lives and property of the Village’s 33,176 residents by providing 24-hour emergency and non-emergency service. Total full-time employees 73, part-time 19 for a grant total of 109 employees: 17 of which are volunteers.