Crete Police Department

We wish everyone to have a safe Memorial Day and to take time honoring those who served and sacrificed for our freedoms.

Tomorrow is the annual Memorial Day Parade.🪖🇺🇸

Plan accordingly for temporary road closures.

See the flyer below ⬇️ for further information.

Multiple Fire Departments are working a large structure fire south of our municipal border along Route 1. You will see smoke and haze throughout our village as a result.
TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Route 1 / Dixie Hwy will be closed between Crete-Monee Rd. and Elms Court Ln. Please stay clear of this area to allow fire personnel and equipment to move. Thank you.

Good morning everyone! You may see a gathering of public safety personnel in the area of Sangamon and Exchange St. around 10:00 a.m. for this training. Have a great weekend!

Congratulations to Sergeant Konvalinka and Officer Stokes.

Both were recognized at the Village board meeting on Monday for their assistance to the Steger Police Department in administering life saving measures during a critical incident.

Chief Pieritz presented each officer with commendations honoring their actions.

📷 credit: Cpd Pieritz page

We partnered again with Trinity Lutheran Church for another successful Crete Clean Up and Faith in Action Day.

Thank you to all the volunteers who came out for the annual spring cleaning around town.

Those in attendance were treated to a coffee and donut breakfast then a hamburger and hot dog lunch.

You may see or have seen black trash bags around the Village. Don’t be alarmed. These bags were placed by the volunteers and will soon be picked up by the Public Works Department.

Chief Pieritz and Sergeant Konvalinka recently attended the annual Criminal Justice Luncheon and Career Fair with the Olivet Nazarene University- Criminal Justice Program at Olivet Nazarene University.

We continue to maintain a great partnership with the program as we’ve hosted interns, attended training and served on mock interview boards.

*** UPDATE ***

The dog has been reunited with his owner thanks to your help!

Loose Dog:

The dog pictured was found in the 500 block of Gordon Drive.

The dog is a male with an attached collar and leash.

A chip was not found when scanned.

Please call our non-emergency number at 708.672.0911 for more information.

The members of the Crete Police Department offer our condolences to the Chicago Police Department.

We mourn for the officer who lost his life and pray the second officer recovers while in critical condition.

Please keep these officers, their family, their friends and fellow officers in your thoughts.

🖤💙🖤

Please help us with congratulating Officers Wissler and Chavez on graduating from the Macon County Law Enforcement Training Center yesterday.

Their accomplishment is due to hard work, dedication and a commitment to public service.

Sergeant Konvalinka attended their graduation ceremony.

You will see both soon as they begin their Department field training in the coming days.