Deputy Chief Dave Delaney was charged with felonies possession of a controlled substance and theft of government property, according to Kendall County State’s Attorney Eric Weis.
Weis said Delaney is accused of taking prescription drugs from the program for his personal use.
Yorkville Police Chief Rich Hart said Delaney has been put on administrative leave as of Friday. While on leave, Delaney is not allowed to identify himself as a Yorkville police officer or act as a Yorkville police officer.
Delaney is scheduled to be in bond call Saturday morning.
Delaney has been with Yorkville police since April 1999, Hart said. He was promoted to deputy chief in July 2010, after being promoted from sergeant to lieutenant in February 2010, Hart said. He had worked at the Plano Police Department prior to joining Yorkville, Hart said.
Yorkville police also cancelled the medication disposal program on Friday. The program is common to many local departments. It allows police to collect unwanted or unused medication and dispose of them in a safe manner. The goal is to keep the medications from entering the water supply.
For people who still need to dispose of medication, Yorkville police recommend placing water into solid medications or kitty litter, sawdust or flour into liquid medications to keep them from being accidentally ingested by a child or pet.
In 1999, Delaney was named the Optimist Club of Oswegoland’s Officer of the Year. He was selected because he averaged more citations than most other officers, solved a ring of car burglaries, had a dozen DUI arrests, made drug busts and helped the department get grant money to put video cameras in squad cars.
“I just try to stay out on the streets as much as possible,” Delaney said at the time.
He told the Beacon-News he chose police work not only because it’s exciting - “you never know what’s going to happen” - but also because it affords him the chance to see that he’s helping people.
1 comments:
What exactly can one say to this, and why bother? But I will anyway. How does something like this become such a MINOR OFFENSE when it's a police officer offending? Aren't police officers supposed to set examples? This is a great example to set. First the officer should have been FIRED FOR STEALING. Second he should not be out on the streets being paid by the taxpayers of the state of illinois. So he gets a extra paid vacation, some punishment.
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