Riverside Chief To Co-Lead Child Advocacy Group

Press release from Riverside Police Department:

Sept. 26, 2020

Fight Crime, Invest in Kids Illinois Executive Director Tim Carpenter this past week asked Chief Weitzel to serve as the co-chair for Fight Crime Invest in Kids Illinois.

Chief Weitzel would be taking over for Granite City Chief Rich Miller. Chief Miller recently retired and a new co-chair was needed.

Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel stated, "I am honored to be asked by Executive Director Carpenter to serve. I have been affiliated with Fight Crime, Invest in Kids for over 10 years and have actively lobbied in Springfield on behalf of child advocacy issues at the local, state, and national levels. I have long been a proponent that our tax dollars allocated for child care should not be swept, taken, or commandeered by any other state agency. I have also testified in Springfield on many occasions on bipartisan legislation that would benefit programs like Early Childhood education, Redeploy Illinois, Home Visiting, and other evidence-based child welfare programs for Illinois."

Chief Weitzel's appointment as co-chair is immediate and his term runs for two years.

Chief Weitzel’s co-chairs are; Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, Union County State’s Attorney Tyler Edmonds, and Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Nerheim.

This press release was produced by Riverside Police Department. The views expressed here are the author's own.