Year in Review: New Police Chiefs Make an Impact
Ken Boehm and Ernest Brown took different paths to their roles as police chief, but both took the reins in Woodridge and Darien this year.
Both Darien and Woodridge welcomed new police chiefs in 2012, bringing new leadership to the towns' departments. Ken Boehm, Woodridge Boehm has served with the Woodridge Police Department for 24 years, first serving as a patrol officer in Feb. 1988. He was promoted to sergeant in June 1999 and then to deputy chief in June 2005. While he had opportunities to go to other communities, Boehm stayed in Woodridge, he said, because he found a home here. "It's a great department," Boehm said. "There's a comrarderie that exists here. It's very warming, like meeting old friends. They greeted me with open arms." He served as interim chief following the retirement of former Chief Steve Herron on Nov. 11, and was selected after 116 people applied …
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