Elgin CC Gets New Police Chief From St. Charles

ELGIN, IL — Elgin Community College is getting a new police chief as longtime St. Charles Deputy Police Chief Dave Kintz accepted the position at the college.

Kintz said he's looking forward to the new job, Kane County Connects reported, as he thanked local media for their part in keeping citizens informed. Kintz used to be the St. Charles police department's public information officer, acting as the buffer between the police department and journalists.

Connects reported him as saying the most difficult case of his career was the Coffland shooting earlier in March 2017, in which a man shot and killed his two daughters, shot his wife in the leg then turned the gun on himself.

“I always tell people who watched the coverage and followed the articles that working with all of you was the easiest part of the entire case,” he told area journalists. “I appreciate the patience and professionalism you extended to me knowing that this was a high profile case that garnered national attention. My goal has always been to get you the information you need quickly and accurately.”

“I always tried to be open and responsive to all of your requests, knowing that all of us just had a job to do,” he wrote, Kane County Connects reported. “I hope that came across in my service levels, whether it was an on-camera interview, simply checking on the status of a case, or an after-hours response for crash information, I tried to assist where I could.”

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