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Clifton Police Department

THE VILLAGE OF CLIFTON ENJOYS DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL POLICE PROTECTION PROVIDED BY CHIEF RICHARD WILKEN AND PATROLMAN JIM LEHMKUHL AND PATROLMAN TIM KENT. THE CLIFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES SEVEN DAY A WEEK PROTECTION FOR OUR CITIZENS, AND ARE ON-CALL 24 HOURS A DAY.

THE TYPICAL DUTIES OF THE CLIFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE TO INTERACT WITH THE CITIZENS AND YOUTH OF OUR VILLAGE ON QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO CURB TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, AND TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY AND LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS. IN OUR CONTINUED EFFORT TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF OUR VILLAGE, WE RELY ON THE PUBLIC TO NOTIFY US OF ANY PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.

CHIEF OF POLICE RICHARD WILKEN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DANFORTH, ILLINOIS AND IS A GRADUATE OF ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS POLICE ACADEMY IN BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS. RICHARD WAS INSTALLED AS POLICE CHIEF IN EARLY 2002. PATROLMEN LEHMKUHL AND KENT ARE ALSO AREA NATIVES AND BOTH ARE GRADUATES OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS PART-TIME POLICE ACADEMY. ASSISTING THESE OFFICERS ARE ANIMAL CONTROL TECHNICIAN JAMES TAYLOR.

THE VILLAGE OF CLIFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT STRIVES TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS WITH STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING, AND TO CONSISTENTLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE VILLAGE.

CITIZENS WISHING TO CONTACT CHIEF WILKEN OR AN OFFICER MAY CALL:

OFFICE (815)694-2273 NON-EMERGENCY
DISPATCH (815)432-4918
EMERGENCY 911

CITIZENS MAY ALSO SEND MAIL TO:

CLIFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
PO BOX 472
350 EAST FOURTH AVENUE
CLIFTON, IL 60927

ANIMAL CONTROL ( JAMES TAYLOR) MAY RE REACHED AT: (815)694-2079 EVENINGS AFTER 6PM