Law Enforcement

The new police chief for the Town of Normal is the current assistant chief, Steve Petrilli.

Normal Police Chief Rick Bleichner, who's led the department for the last 11 years, said Monday he plans to retire next month.

The Normal Police Department is down between 13% and 20% in officers, depending on how you count available bodies. Some are still in training at the police academy but cannot yet patrol.

Lawyers for Jamie Snow and the state have reached an agreement on a portion of the police records the defense is entitled to view in their efforts to exonerate Snow of the 1991 murder of a Bloomington gas station attendant.

A 24-year McLean County Sheriff’s Deputy said Monday he will run for Sheriff. Lieutenant Matt Lane is the Support Services Commander of the Department.

Mclean County Sheriff Jon Sandage said Tuesday he'll call it quits after his second term is over at the end of next year. He was last elected in 2018.

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