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New Lenox Police Chief Retiring

 


By John Raspante

            New Lenox Police Chief April DiSandro will make her final call on Friday morning as she retires from the New Lenox Police Department.

            DiSandro was recognized at a village board meeting on Monday, October 26 for her years of service. “She is a lifelong resident and has given to this community in more ways than being a police officer,” Mayor Tim Baldermann said on her behalf. “April is somebody, who truly, despite being in a difficult profession, has always been compassionate with those she works with and even those she didn’t know. She is an excellent role model for those in law enforcement and a role model for human decency.”

            Before becoming police chief, DiSandro had been with the New Lenox police since 1990. She started out as a patrol officer before working her way up through the department. She worked every position and was deputy police chief for 11 years.

Former Police Chief Bob Sterba retired in April 2020, with DiSandro taking over for six months before her own retirement. “I am just thrilled to have come to this point in my career,” she said when being sworn in as new police chief. “I don’t know what I’m going to do without [Sterba]. I’m going to miss him, and I just hope I can do a fraction of the job that he’s done.”

            Now, six months later, DiSandro is leaving the force and Mayor Baldermann went on to say that she has made the department better, and the village is a safer, kinder and more compassionate place because of her.

            DiSandro spoke during the board meeting and thanked her family for supporting her throughout her long career and the last six months as chief. “I don’t even have words after that,” she said. “You have always believed in me and supported me, and I loved being a police officer and I think I always will be. It was an honor to serve here because I grew up here, and work with all the citizens.”

Image courtesy of the New Lenox Police Department

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