Crime & Safety
Chief Thomas Weitzel (Ret.) to be on WBBM Radio “At Issue” Roundtable
Weitzel has been opposed to many of the issues that are being characterized as reform that he feels are really nothing more than dismantling
Chief Thomas Weitzel (Ret.) to be on WBBM Radio “At Issue” Roundtable on “No Cash Bail”
CHICAGO, IL — Former Riverside Police Chief Tom Weitzel will be a guest on WBBM News Radio's 780 AM "At Issue" program that will air on August 14, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. and again at 9:30 p.m.
Chief Weitzel (Ret.) has been invited as a guest to review and discuss his views on the SAFE-T Act, which will be fully in effect in January of 2023. The program will have a main focus on the full implementation of the “No Cash Bail” provision of the SAFE-T Act.
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Chief Weitzel will be joined on the program by Chief James Kruger, East Dundee Police Chief and former Oak Brook Police Chief, and Chief Steven Husak, Lake Zurich Police Chief.
Weitzel has been opposed to many of the issues that are being characterized as reform that he feels are really nothing more than dismantling the criminal justice system for political ideology.
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Additional airings of this program take place on WXRT (93.1 FM) at 6 a.m. and on WSCR (670 AM), "The Score", at 11:30 p.m. The program will also be available as a podcast www.wbbmnewsradio.com and www.audacy.com
Tom Weitzel retired from the Riverside, Illinois Police Department in May of 2021 after 37 years in law enforcement, 13 years as Chief of Police. Opinions are his own.
