🌱 Patch AM: Channahon Police Officer Busted For Flock Camera Technology Violations: Department Reveals

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• Channahon officer benched amid alleged misuse of Flock camera system

Also on today's calendar: Sontag Speed Supplies Car Show and 9 more events.

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📰 News we're reading

• Channahon Police Officer Busted For Flock Camera Technology Violations: Department Reveals (patch.com) — Residents in Channahon are learning that a local police officer has been placed on administrative leave after an internal audit found alleged misuse of the department's Flock camera technology. Village officials say Illinois State Police are also reviewing the case, and the department has added new audit tools to reassure the community about oversight and accountability.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Channahon

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Sontag Speed Supplies Car Show →
  Sontag Speed Supplies, 1931 Donmaur Dr, Crest Hill
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday August 29
• Coverlicious at Big Bason Saloon On The Water →
  Big Basin Saloon on the Water, 24045 W Front St, Channahon
  6:30 pm
Monday August 31
• Mobile Food Pantry →
  The Village Christian Church Minooka, 8965 Bell Rd, Minooka
  9:00 am
• Cross Country Practice →
  Nettle Creek CCSD Morris, IL 60450
  3:30 pm
• School Board Meeting
  Channahon SD 17 Channahon, IL 60410
  6:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• đľHomeschool Learning Lab
  Morris Area Public Library Community Space
  9:30 am
• mahjong Society Pam
  Morris Area Public Library New Community Room
  2:00 pm
• Cross Country Meet vs. Channahon, Millbrook, & Reed Custer →
  Nettle Creek CCSD Morris, IL 60450
  4:15 pm
Wednesday September 2
• đBingocize / Allan / Catholic Charities
  Morris Area Public Library Community Space
  1:00 pm
Monday September 7
• Labor Day Specials at Channahon Lanes & Mini Golf →
  Channahon Lanes and Mini Golf, 25306 W Eames St, Channahon
  12:00 pm
Friday September 11
• In Memory of our Fallen Heroes 5K →
  801 N Chicago St, Elwood
  6:00 pm
Monday September 14
• Bark In The Park →
  Veteran's Dog Park, E Wapella St, Minooka
  5:00 pm

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• Fred C. Dames Funeral Home and Crematory
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• Not Another Pizza Joint — 815-828-5298
• Meals on Wheels for Northern Illinois — (312) 207-5290

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Obituary: David L. Stephenson —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
• Obituary: Hildegarde June Schildgen —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
• Obituary: Raul Gutierrez —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
• Obituary: Gretchen M. (Grote) Mayall —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Assistant Restaurant Manager in Channahon. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

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• Mobile DMV Is Coming To Troy Township (wjol.com)

Shorewood

• FBI: '6ixers' gang from Wilmington robbed influencer, taunted victim on social media (whyy.org)

Joliet

• Terry D'Arcy's Joliet: These 8 PowerPoint Slides Are Everything You Need To Know About His City's State (patch.com)
• Thief Steals Sports Cards From Joliet's Walmart Store, Officers Arrest Him At Crime Scene: Police (patch.com)
• Joliet Driver With No Valid License Flees Joliet Police, But He Gets Caught Eventually: Cops (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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