Channahon Cadet Program

We especially thank all of our Channahon Officers today! You keep our town and community safe and we all appreciate you.

Thank you to all that serve!

For the last 6 weekday shifts, Officer Ator has conducted patrol in the 1300 block of N. Division Street after school. He has monitored the school buses who are delivering students to residences along Division Street (actual photo below). During the 6 shifts, he caught at least 1 vehicle passing the school bus on each shift. Each offending vehicle was traveling the same direction as the bus and passed in the left lane. The bus stop arm and stop lights were fully activated each time.

Just to clarify any questions regarding this specific situation...Route 47 is a 4 lane roadway. It has 2 lanes going north and 2 lanes going south. THE VEHICLES TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE BUS HAVE TO STOP (yes, this includes turn lanes traveling in the same direction as the bus).

If the road has 4 or more lanes (like Division Street) and you are going in the opposite direction as the bus....you DO NOT have to stop. In fact, if you stop and everyone else keeps going like they are supposed to...you can cause an accident.

A couple people who were stopped stated they did not even notice the bus was stopped with its lights on. We agree, this can happen. There is a lot of traffic and many distractions. Please pay attention!

In addition, if you are on a 2 lane roadway (1 lane in each direction) or one way street, like the rest of the streets in Morris, EVERYONE STOPS!

If you have any questions, please call us at 815-942-2131.

Back by popular demand, the haunted squad car will be in full effect today. Please feel free to bring your trick or treaters over, say hi and also enjoy some popcorn!

Vote for Hutch!

**Sheriff Briley will be speaking at tonight's event. Stop by**

When you’re trying to but your handler gets in the way.

We have a meeting Thursday from 6:30-8:30! Walk ins are welcome!

Our first meeting is coming up very quickly! In just two days! Please share with your friends who might be interested in our program! We hope to see many of you at our first meeting on Thursday at 6:30 at the Channahon Police Department.

Our first meeting is coming up soon! Come check out what the Cadet Program has to offer on September 7th at 6:30 at The Channahon Police Department (24555 S Navajo Dr, Channahon, IL 60410). We look forward to seeing new faces!