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.”
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