PALOS PARK POLICE SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAM
“YOU ARE NOT ALONE” PROGRAM TO CHECK ON SENIOR CITIZENS
POLICE COMMISSIONER DAN POLK WANTS TO REMIND
RESIDENTS ABOUT THE “YOU ARE NOT ALONE” PROGRAM WHICH ASSIST PALOS PARK
SENIOR CITIZENS WHO MAY BE HOME ALONE DURING THE DAY OR WHO MAY LIVE
ALONE.
THE PROGRAM IS GEARED TOWARD PALOS PARK SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ARE
SELF-SUFFICIENT, BUT WOULD WELCOME A PALOS PARK POLICE OFFICER TO STOP
AND CHECK ON THEM PERIODICALLY.
COMMISSIONER POLK STATED, “WE ARE AWARE OF A SIZEABLE SENIOR POPULATION
IN PALOS PARK AND WE FELT THE “YOU ARE NOT ALONE” PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW
OUR OFFICERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER SERVE OUR SENIOR POPULATION AND
UTILIZE THEIR UN-OBLIGATED TIME TO PROVIDE A USEFUL SERVICE.”
PALOS PARK POLICE CHIEF JOE MILLER HAS APPOINTED SENIOR CITIZEN LIAISON
OFFICER ROSS CHIBE TO OVERSEE THE “YOU ARE NOT ALONE” PROGRAM, AND WORK
WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF PALOS PARK .
THE PREMISE OF THE “YOU ARE NOT ALONE” PROGRAM IS FOR PALOS PARK POLICE
OFFICERS TO CHECK ON SENIOR RESIDENTS PERIODICALLY AND MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ARE NOT IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE, THAT THEIR HOME IS
SECURE, THEIR HEAT, WATER, ETC. IS WORKING AND THEY ARE NOT BEING
VICTIMIZED BY PHONE SCAMS, CON ARTIST ETC…
JOE MILLER RELATED, “OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SENIORS AWARE OF POTENTIAL
SCAMS BEING PERPETRATED ON SENIORS, AS WELL AS ENSURING THEY ARE SAFE
AND SECURE IN THEIR HOMES.”
AS THE “YOU ARE NOT ALONE” PROGRAM EXPANDS, ALL MEMBERS OF THE
DEPARTMENT WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND CONDUCT THE WELL-BEING
CHECKS ON ALL FOUR OF PALOS PARK’S PATROL SHIFTS.
ANY PALOS PARK SENIOR INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM IS
ENCOURAGED TO CALL CHIEF JOE MILLER AT 708 671 3770. |
