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Talk-Line: Dixon Police Chief Ryan Bivins discussing Halloween safety tips · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Excent.
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  Speaker 2: We are quarter past the hour. This is Friday, It's
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  Speaker 2: October thirty one, the year is twenty twenty five, and
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  Speaker 2: it's time for another informational edition of Tukline here at
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  Speaker 2: WIXN Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It is time
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  Speaker 2: on this Halloween Friday. Tradition holds that we have the
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  Speaker 2: Dixon Police Department join us for our traditional look at
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  Speaker 2: Halloween safety rules and regulations. We're going to talk about that,
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  Speaker 2: We're going to talk about trick or treat times across
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  Speaker 2: our Shock Valley area, and we're going to talk about
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  Speaker 2: more with your Dixon Police Department. And who better to
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  Speaker 2: handle the chorices from the Dixon Police Department than our
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  Speaker 2: good friend, the Dixon Police Chief. It joins us live
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  Speaker 2: at the microphones this morning. Ryan Bivins is live with
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  Speaker 2: us on w ACCENT. Good morning to you, morning, Steve.
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  Speaker 2: I am fine, sir.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome, Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry, I'm just a part of the plan I guess
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  Speaker 2: here going on today. Yeah, there is, and I understand
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  Speaker 2: that Chief is going to talk a little bit about
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  Speaker 2: that at the end of our broadcast today here at Wixon.
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  Speaker 2: We'll hold that until the end of our gathering today.
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  Speaker 2: But it's it's good to have chief on board because,
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  Speaker 2: as I mentioned, it is tradition that we have our
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  Speaker 2: friends from the Dixon Police Department come in and join us.
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  Speaker 2: This is Halloween, this is Friday. It is time for
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  Speaker 2: again safety rules and you know, you know, talking about
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  Speaker 2: safety and Dixon Police's kind of extra effort, right Chief,
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  Speaker 2: you know, to make things safe for the kids to
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  Speaker 2: enjoy obviously, you know, everybody to enjoy for Halloween, So
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  Speaker 2: preparing for the.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, we've got our candy stocks and go. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So five to seven thirty tonight, it's a busy night
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  Speaker 3: for Dixon. We like as you mentioned in the playoff game. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: so we've got officers spread out all over all over town.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, just some safety rules that we like to reiterate.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we post this on our social media to
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  Speaker 3: get it out there to the community. But one of
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  Speaker 3: the biggest things is with the young kids. Parents, just
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  Speaker 3: be aware where your kids are at. You know, it's
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  Speaker 3: hard with the costumes right to wear light colored clothing
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  Speaker 3: and things like that, but just as long as you're
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  Speaker 3: being aware of where your kids are at, keeping them
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  Speaker 3: somewhat close by, that's one of the biggest things. Every
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  Speaker 3: now and then, you know, over the years, we'll get
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  Speaker 3: a call of a missing child and they just wander
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  Speaker 3: off with some friends or to another house or ahead.
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  Speaker 1: And so just be aware. And that's on the parents.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 3: Parents, don't be on your phones, pay attention, be alert,
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  Speaker 3: look out for traffic, you know, some of those basic things.
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  Speaker 3: Sure right, we tell parents check the candy and and
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  Speaker 3: that still holds true today because there's so many things.
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  Speaker 3: And you'll see articles even published today about you know,
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  Speaker 3: drugs being interlaced psychedelics and THHC and relaced with candies.
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  Speaker 1: So check the packaging.
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  Speaker 3: I know some people say that's not realistic, but you
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  Speaker 3: know it's worth it just to take a few seconds
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  Speaker 3: and do it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, there's nothing wrong with taking a look at
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  Speaker 2: the kids, you know, gathering after they're done with their
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  Speaker 2: rounds across our Dixon areas. Chief mentioned five until seven
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  Speaker 2: thirty trick or treat time again, Dixon Police will again
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  Speaker 2: be out extra forces, I understand, right.
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  Speaker 3: So, yeah, we have our night shift, they come in
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  Speaker 3: actually about an hour early, and then we have our
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  Speaker 3: day shifts stay over an hour and a half. All
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  Speaker 3: our administration I'll be out tonight. Our detectives will be
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  Speaker 3: out tonight, our deputy chiefs. I mean, so it's all
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  Speaker 3: hands on deck.
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  Speaker 4: You know.
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  Speaker 1: We want to make sure it's a fun, safe event
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  Speaker 1: for everybody.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, and I think it's great that Dixon Police again
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  Speaker 2: again protects and again takes care of our Halloween trick
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  Speaker 2: or treat time, especially with the extra patrols that are
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  Speaker 2: going to be out and about, and if a person
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  Speaker 2: is in need, all they have to do is you know,
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  Speaker 2: find you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you can flag an officer down.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: If you see something, call Yeah. Sometimes people call us
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  Speaker 3: twenty thirty minutes later. Don't hesitate the call. We want
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  Speaker 3: you to call. If you see something that feels off,
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  Speaker 3: call and we'll come check it out. A lot of
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  Speaker 3: times it's nothing, but you just you never know.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. But I understand too that, as you mentioned at
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  Speaker 2: the top of our program, Chief, you're getting your vehicles
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  Speaker 2: stocked with some goodies, is that right?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, So Sergeant Chris Scott and another officer they went
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  Speaker 3: to Walmart and we've got bags of candy. So you know,
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  Speaker 3: you'll see some officers out park their lights on and
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  Speaker 3: usually all the kids just kind of swarm.
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  Speaker 1: There you go, and it's kind of every kid for
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  Speaker 1: themselves at that point. But we're handing candy.
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  Speaker 2: Out and it's a good I think it's great, you know,
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  Speaker 2: And again, you know, brings us closer to the Dickson
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  Speaker 2: Police brings the community closer to the Dickson Police Department.
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  Speaker 2: And I know this is one of your missions in
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  Speaker 2: your tenure as Dixon Police Chief, is to bring the
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  Speaker 2: community closer to law enforcement here in our Sock Valley area.
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  Speaker 2: And this is one of the ways that we're doing
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  Speaker 2: it again, just you know, kind of you know, intertwining
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  Speaker 2: with the tricker treaters and making sure that things are
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  Speaker 2: right for trick or treat time. As Chief mentioned, you
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  Speaker 2: see something out of the norm, don't hesitate to call police. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the patrols will be out, but if you don't see
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  Speaker 2: any of the patrols and you think something is a miss,
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  Speaker 2: please give the Dixon Police Department a call. All it
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  Speaker 2: takes is the phone call. They'll come and check it
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  Speaker 2: out and and hopefully things will run smoothly. During this
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  Speaker 2: Halloween Friday. It is a friday too, you know. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's so it's you know, the start of the weekend,
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  Speaker 2: so that kind of plays a part right chieving basically.
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  Speaker 1: A weekend nights are a little busy.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, more people you know, kind of dress up, celebrate,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and there's another reason you know that the
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  Speaker 2: extra patrols are out as well. I'm sure there's going
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  Speaker 2: to be a lot of celebrations, you know. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: think about it, friends, you know, with the extra patrols,
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  Speaker 2: don't want to you know, be out and about, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and get yourself a little bit too celebratory.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, and this call for ride, yeah, call
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  Speaker 1: for rid there or.
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  Speaker 2: Have a designated ride, yeah, designated drivers or I think
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  Speaker 2: you know, a great thing to have, you know, for
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  Speaker 2: celebrations like this. And there's going to be more, let's
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  Speaker 2: face it, because it is a friday into the weekend
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  Speaker 2: that we're going to experience. So again, make sure that
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  Speaker 2: you take care of yourselves during this Halloween Friday and celebrate,
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  Speaker 2: you know, properly, and you know, let the kids go
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  Speaker 2: about their business as well. I think it's great that
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  Speaker 2: we have the trick or treat times established for Halloween.
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  Speaker 2: Our Dixon Police Chief Ryan Bivins's lied with this this morning.
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  Speaker 2: It's the Friday morning talk line here at WIX and
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  Speaker 2: gee if we did have another area that we wanted
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  Speaker 2: to discuss, and that area made the news here just recently,
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  Speaker 2: and that was the fact that we've increased the Dixon
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  Speaker 2: Police Department personnel list talk about this.
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  Speaker 3: So we did get the approval just to increase staffing
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  Speaker 3: to thirty one, and so that gives us an extra officer.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to be hard for us to get there
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  Speaker 3: because we have military deployments or we have you know,
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  Speaker 3: a retirement, and the turnover time I guess for training,
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  Speaker 3: so once you hire an officer, it takes about ten
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  Speaker 3: to twelve months to get them out on their own.
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  Speaker 3: So really, I mean, we want to operate at thirty
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  Speaker 3: but if we can get to thirty one, my goal,
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  Speaker 3: you know, is to have a bigger presence in the schools,
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  Speaker 3: the elementary schools, s ro and I've seen some comments
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  Speaker 3: while we you know, Dix' is a safe place, we
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  Speaker 3: don't need more cops on the streets. And the goal
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  Speaker 3: is not to be out making more traffic stops, is
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  Speaker 3: to be available to keep the community safe. Right, So
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  Speaker 3: our presence alone deters that crime. And that's why it's
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  Speaker 3: a safe community because we're out, we're visible, and if
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  Speaker 3: we can have an extra officer in the elementary school.
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  Speaker 3: Is getting to know those kids at a young age
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  Speaker 3: and teaching them, you know, how to interact with police
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  Speaker 3: and just being a role model for him part of
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  Speaker 3: that youth mentorship program that we're going to launch.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that connection at that young age is huge.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, And so we are increasing the personnel at the
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  Speaker 2: Dixon Police Department and as Chief Bivens, just to explain
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  Speaker 2: to you the reasons why. Now, what's the procedure now
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  Speaker 2: now that it's been okay, now, how does this.
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  Speaker 3: So we're currently accepting applications, so you can go on
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  Speaker 3: our social media, you can go on our website and
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  Speaker 3: fill out an application, and we those applications for the
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  Speaker 3: January academy slot.
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  Speaker 1: We need those applications by Monday this month.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, so it's the third of November that we
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  Speaker 2: are looking at. Well, I'm glad we have you on
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  Speaker 2: board then, because we want to get word out. We'll
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  Speaker 2: get word out about that is to have those applications
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  Speaker 2: for those that are interested in joining law enforcement and
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  Speaker 2: joining the additional police department. And obviously this will have
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  Speaker 2: to work its way, as you mentioned, through the academy yes,
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  Speaker 2: for those that need the training. I mean, if there
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  Speaker 2: was an experienced officer chief did still go through that
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  Speaker 2: same procedure.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, so a lateral transfer, they have to have
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  Speaker 3: two or more years of experience in the current agency
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  Speaker 3: and they can absolutely put in an application. They don't
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  Speaker 3: have to take the written test. They just do a
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  Speaker 3: background check and then you know, an oral interview and
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  Speaker 3: make sure that everything lines up and checks out. They
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  Speaker 3: pass that and they can be off for the job
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  Speaker 3: and you know, they don't have to go to the
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  Speaker 3: academy again.
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  Speaker 2: All right, so again may kind of play a part. No,
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  Speaker 2: you know, obviously you know you'll be looking at all
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  Speaker 2: of the applicants that come on board. But those applications
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  Speaker 2: again are due Monday. You need to if you are
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  Speaker 2: interested in joining the Dixon Police Department, you have to
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  Speaker 2: have that work in by Monday in order to be
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  Speaker 2: recognized and again looked at through the Dixon Police Department
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  Speaker 2: for employment with Dixon Police. But again, nice to know
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  Speaker 2: that again we're going to solidify our Dixon our law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement here, but with the addition of an additional police officer,
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  Speaker 2: and that was okay by the City of Dixon recently
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  Speaker 2: at one of their city council meetings. Chief. Before I
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  Speaker 2: let you go, I would like to thank you and
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  Speaker 2: I see you. You know, you've brought along a special
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  Speaker 2: guest to join you here at WIX and just off
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  Speaker 2: the cuff, I mean our former Lee County sheriff and
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  Speaker 2: of course our former statesman here in our northern Illinois area.
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  Speaker 2: Your dad, Tim Ivens is with us this morning here
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  Speaker 2: at w i X And how are you, sir? Just
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  Speaker 2: describe the mic.
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  Speaker 4: I'm wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: It is good to see you. It's good to see you.
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  Speaker 4: And I wanted to stop up this morning until you congratulations.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you you've been. It's nice. Any community likes to
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  Speaker 4: have stabilization consistency, and you've provided that for decades and
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  Speaker 4: we appreciate you. And I just want to let you
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  Speaker 4: know and all the conversations you and I have had,
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  Speaker 4: and even in the neighborhood.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you're right. You're right, living a few blocks away, and.
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  Speaker 2: You're still active. You know you're you're active. You know
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  Speaker 2: you county board and you know you know do putting,
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  Speaker 2: you know, putting near piece, you know, with.
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  Speaker 4: With I just can't hold down, but it's great.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's wonderful and I thank you so very
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  Speaker 2: much for dropping by today and joining us. It is
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  Speaker 2: a celebratory day, and uh, I know Chief that you
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  Speaker 2: want to do.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So we have a couple of things to present you,
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  Speaker 3: but I want to read this letter from our department
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  Speaker 3: to you.
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  Speaker 1: Mister Marco.
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  Speaker 3: We want to take this opportunity to give you this
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  Speaker 3: letter of commendation for years of service to the Dixon
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  Speaker 3: Police Department and our community. You have been a staple
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  Speaker 3: in our community through many decades and someone who has
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  Speaker 3: been constant in keeping our community informed about the great
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  Speaker 3: things that have happened and that are happening. In my
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  Speaker 3: fifteen years at the police department, I've had the wonderful
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to get to know you. Whether it was as
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  Speaker 3: a young patrol officer giving you a ride to the
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  Speaker 3: radio station in a snow blizzard, or is the new
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  Speaker 3: chief of police providing updates on your morning show. I
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  Speaker 3: have always respected and admired your passion for what you do.
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  Speaker 3: Your unwavering support to.
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  Speaker 1: The Dixon Police Department has been second to.
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  Speaker 3: None, and for that we are grateful. We know the
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  Speaker 3: community is a better place because of your service. On
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  Speaker 3: your profile, you made the statement that you like best
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  Speaker 3: about your job is serving the community and listeners.
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  Speaker 1: Part of our mission.
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  Speaker 3: At DPD is to serve each other in the community,
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  Speaker 3: and you truly embody what we strive for every day.
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  Speaker 3: Our department would like to present you with our challenge
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  Speaker 3: coins and our patch to show our appreciation for your
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  Speaker 3: dedication andmitment to serving DPD in the City of Dixon.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Steve for all you have done for us
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  Speaker 3: in the legacy of service you have demonstrated for the
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  Speaker 3: Dixon Police Department and the City of Dixon. God bless
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  Speaker 3: you and enjoy your retirement.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Chief. It is it is these these again accolades,
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  Speaker 2: and this is this is really the pinnacle when it
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  Speaker 2: comes to again what I'd done. And again this has
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  Speaker 2: been on a routine with me. This is just regular
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  Speaker 2: routine with me. But I'm so very grateful because the city,
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  Speaker 2: the Dixon Police Department, even the state of Illinois. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And this is the high point of my life is
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  Speaker 2: to is to receive these honors and and and the
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  Speaker 2: and the well wishes from organizations like the Dixon Police Department.
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  Speaker 2: In Chief, I thank you so very much for gracing
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  Speaker 2: our airwaves for the short time as our Dixon Police Chief.
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  Speaker 2: Hope that we continue our liaison with the Dixon Police
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  Speaker 2: Department as we move through twenty five into years ahead.
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  Speaker 2: But I would like to thank you, sir for being
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  Speaker 2: a part of my family. I've created a family, I
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  Speaker 2: think and Tim will attest to this. It's been a
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  Speaker 2: family of special people that have come aboard with me
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  Speaker 2: to again inform and make sure that again we do
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  Speaker 2: take care of our community. It's community first, Like you mentioned,
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  Speaker 2: I've always placed that above and I hope that we
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  Speaker 2: just could keep the tradition going. I thank you so
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  Speaker 2: very much for the kind words, and I wish you,
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  Speaker 2: sir well in your tenure as Dixon Police Chief. I
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  Speaker 2: know that it'll be a long one and a healthy
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  Speaker 2: one and a happy one with us here in our community.
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  Speaker 2: And I appreciate you again with the gosh the special
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  Speaker 2: things again, Ryan and our good friends from Dixon Police
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  Speaker 2: have shared with us this morning, and we'll hopefully continue
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  Speaker 2: to share here at WI Accent. To our Dickson Police Chief,
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  Speaker 2: Ryan Bivens to