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Talk-Line: Dixon Police Patrol Officer Lucas Kammerer · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Wor quarter past the hour. This is Tuesday, It's July
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine, the year is twenty twenty five, and it's
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  Speaker 1: time for another informational edition of talk Line here at
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  Speaker 1: w YAX and Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It
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  Speaker 1: is time to talk to our good friends from your
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  Speaker 1: Dixon Police Department. We get news and information, of course
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  Speaker 1: every other month with our again regularly scheduled Dixon Police
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  Speaker 1: Department Report. But this is a special report from the
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  Speaker 1: Dixon Police Department and we have a representative of DPD
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  Speaker 1: joining us this morning to give us information concerning a
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  Speaker 1: very interesting activity that the Dixon Police Department is putting
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  Speaker 1: together for the first part of August. Our patrol officer
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  Speaker 1: is Lucas Kimer. He represents the Dixon Police Department and
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  Speaker 1: he is live with us at the microphones this morning
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  Speaker 1: here at WIX and Lucas good morning, Good.
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  Speaker 2: Morning, Steve.
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  Speaker 1: Nice to have you with us, so thanks for joining us.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate your visit. Taking you out of I'm sure a
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  Speaker 1: busy day every day for Lucas when he's on the
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  Speaker 1: job with the Dixon Police Department. Before we get to
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  Speaker 1: talking about our special event coming up at the beginning
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  Speaker 1: of August. I'm want to learn a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: about Lucas Kmer because this is a timer for Lucas.
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  Speaker 1: He hasn't been with us before, So I want a
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  Speaker 1: little just a little bit about your background. Lucas, we
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  Speaker 1: talked off air. You hail from the Chicagoland area Aswego.
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  Speaker 1: Is that correct?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir, I grew up in Oswego. I graduated from
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  Speaker 2: a Royal university in twenty eighteen, and then I got
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  Speaker 2: hired by the Mendoda Police Department in twenty nineteen and
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  Speaker 2: transferred to the Dixon Police Department in twenty twenty one.
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  Speaker 2: So I have six years total law enforcement experience.
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  Speaker 1: Good for you, Good for you, and now with the
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  Speaker 1: Dixon Police Department after again work with Mendota, then moving
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  Speaker 1: up north to our DPD and joining the force here. Welcome,
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  Speaker 1: and we thank you so very much for joining us
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  Speaker 1: this morning. Once again, we've got a very important activity
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  Speaker 1: coming up a week from today, and we are going
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  Speaker 1: to spotlight it this morning to kind of kick things off.
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  Speaker 1: Lucas is going to be heard on all three stations
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  Speaker 1: here in our family of stations with his announcements coming
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  Speaker 1: our way shortly he's already put those together. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to talk about National Night Out. This is a well
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  Speaker 1: what the I guess what the phrase say is coined nationally.
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  Speaker 1: It's not just a local event. A lot of law
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  Speaker 1: enforcement agencies are putting this together.
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  Speaker 2: Right, Yes, So the idea behind National Night Out is
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  Speaker 2: all the agencies have an event planned on the same
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  Speaker 2: day at the same time. Whether everybody follows the same
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  Speaker 2: format for the event, that's kind of what makes it unique.
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  Speaker 2: So in our case, we're doing a Touch a Truck event,
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  Speaker 2: and then we're going to also have some other agencies
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  Speaker 2: available for people to meet with and talk to that
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  Speaker 2: maybe they don't see every day. So some examples of that,
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  Speaker 2: it's like the y w C, A office sometimes YMCA,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the gial daycare gym, all that stuff, and
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  Speaker 2: a couple other agencies. And you might see some other
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  Speaker 2: agencies do more of just like a meet and greet,
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  Speaker 2: or they'll drive around and have like a first responder
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  Speaker 2: vehicle parade stuff like that. So it's very it could
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  Speaker 2: be unique to each department.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Again, as Lucas just pointed out, it's not just
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  Speaker 1: one law enforcement agency locally. There are going to be
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  Speaker 1: many different areas of northern Illinois. I know that Oregon
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  Speaker 1: is preparing for one. I believe the Sterling Police Department
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  Speaker 1: is preparing for one as well. It's all kind of
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  Speaker 1: coming together, as I guess, a focus on again connecting
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  Speaker 1: right Lucas pretty much, you know, connecting the public to
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  Speaker 1: the law enforcement. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: One way I like to put it as building that
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  Speaker 2: community partnership with everybody. It gives a feeling of transparency.
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  Speaker 2: You can meet a law enforcement officer or sheriff deputy
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  Speaker 2: in a non official capacity, so you're not necessarily getting
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  Speaker 2: pulled over calling the police. This is an opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: meet us face to face, have a conversation, ask questions,
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  Speaker 2: see our squad cars that we drive day to day,
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  Speaker 2: other special equipment that we have to offer, and get
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  Speaker 2: that hands on experience. I think talking to.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody, I think it's great. I think I think it's
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  Speaker 1: a wonderful or organized event. And Lucas is putting together
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  Speaker 1: our event for the Dixon Police Department. Now, let's kind
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  Speaker 1: of go to the nuts and bolts first of all,
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  Speaker 1: before we kind of expand on a little bit further.
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  Speaker 1: When and where.
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  Speaker 2: So our event's going to be on Tuesday, August fifth,
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  Speaker 2: from five pm to eight pm. It's going to be
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  Speaker 2: at the New Dixon Park District office up on Washington
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  Speaker 2: Avenue and the address is thirteen to twelve Washington Avenue.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, all right. The facility is what they call it,
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  Speaker 1: the facility in Northeast Dixon, again just off of Washington.
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  Speaker 1: As Lucas mentioned, can't miss it. There's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: activity going on around that area with the splash pads,
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  Speaker 1: with wooden winderland, all of that area. But again it's
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  Speaker 1: at that facility, huge parking area. That's where you're going
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  Speaker 1: to kind of take center stage.
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  Speaker 2: Right, It's going to be outdoors, so yes, o weather permitting,
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  Speaker 2: our events is going to take place outdoors. We are
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  Speaker 2: going to use the entire parking lot for the Touch
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  Speaker 2: of Truck event just for safety reasons. We don't want
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  Speaker 2: people trying to park while people are walking around, so
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  Speaker 2: you're gonna have to park on the street or elsewhere.
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  Speaker 2: But we will be there and easy to find, easy
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  Speaker 2: to be, and we have spaces inside. If it does
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  Speaker 2: the weather does.
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  Speaker 1: Not cooperate, let's hope that. Let's hope for nice weather. Now,
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  Speaker 1: you planned the event last year, you were on hand
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  Speaker 1: for the event last year, and according to what we
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  Speaker 1: found out from Dixon Police, pretty successful. Last year. We
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  Speaker 1: had a good turnoutt.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, last year was the first event in many years
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  Speaker 2: that we had National Night Out. Again. From my knowledge,
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  Speaker 2: it sounds like we used to do it a while
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  Speaker 2: ago and then just kind of got away from it.
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  Speaker 2: So when I started working here, I started asking questions,
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  Speaker 2: started wanting to plan it. This year's our second event.
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  Speaker 2: We hope it's bigger than it was last year and
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  Speaker 2: continues to grow every year from here on out.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, well, let's hope. So you know again public invited,
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  Speaker 1: free event, right, I mean you know you walk onto
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  Speaker 1: the grounds with the facility or walk onto the parking
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  Speaker 1: lot grounds and there's no cost.
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  Speaker 2: Right, It's a free, family friendly event. Come out see
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  Speaker 2: what we have to offer. There'll be a couple vendors
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  Speaker 2: that might have some snacks and stuff available, but otherwise
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  Speaker 2: it is a free event for every ready to come
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  Speaker 2: out and enjoy.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Now, you mentioned touch a truck mention, So there's
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  Speaker 1: going to be vehicles. Let's talk about the vehicles that
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  Speaker 1: are going to be located in the parking lot. You
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  Speaker 1: mentioned touch a truck, So how's this you know, is
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  Speaker 1: this through the police department that this is going to
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  Speaker 1: happen or is this as another organiza? I mean, how's
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  Speaker 1: that going to work.
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  Speaker 2: Well, there's gonna be multiple organizations. So, for example, the
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  Speaker 2: Dicks And Police Department, we primarily drive tahos. We'll have
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  Speaker 2: one of those up there for people to see. It'll
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  Speaker 2: be open for you to look into, see how it's
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  Speaker 2: set up, See the backseat, the front seat where we
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  Speaker 2: sit do all of our work. The Sheriff's Office will
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  Speaker 2: have one of their Ford Explorers there along with the
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  Speaker 2: m WRAP vehicle that the Tactical Response Team uses, so
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  Speaker 2: you'll be able to see that it's a retired military
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  Speaker 2: vehicle that we have access to for that tactical response team.
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  Speaker 2: And then on top of that, and it's not just
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  Speaker 2: going to be emergency vehicles, there will also be trucks, tractors,
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  Speaker 2: tow trucks, and some other things available for people to
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  Speaker 2: see and you know, talk to those people too. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean usually people only see these things when there's
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  Speaker 2: an emergency or your car breaks down. So this is
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  Speaker 2: one of those opportunities again to meet these people and
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  Speaker 2: form those partnerships.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, you know, and ask questions. I mean this is
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  Speaker 1: this is a great opportunity to to you know, kind
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  Speaker 1: of take a look at the insights of you know,
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  Speaker 1: what is used during a regular day with you know,
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  Speaker 1: organizations like Dixon Police fire Departments.
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  Speaker 2: Both Dixon Rural and Dixon City Fire departments will be there.
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  Speaker 2: We will also have a couple of fire engines and
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  Speaker 2: ambulances present that you can experience and talk to them about.
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  Speaker 2: Last year we put in a request, however the weather
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  Speaker 2: didn't permit. This year we have done the same. Hopefully
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  Speaker 2: we have better luck, but we did request for an
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  Speaker 2: appearance being made from the LSF Life Flight helicopter. So again,
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  Speaker 2: whether permitting, if it allows, we will be able to
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  Speaker 2: have a helicopter land near the facility, hopefully in the
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  Speaker 2: soccer fields. And you can see that that's not something
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  Speaker 2: people typically get to see every day. Right, you might
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  Speaker 2: see a fly overhead, but you know you're not going
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  Speaker 2: to be walking up to it and talking to the
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  Speaker 2: staff that he come. So again that's gonna be wha
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  Speaker 2: they're permitting. Fingers crossed it works out, but again we'll
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  Speaker 2: see how that goes.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, this is all the week from the
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  Speaker 1: day it's August the fifth, again, the Dixon Police DEPOTMED
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  Speaker 1: is organizing the National Night Out event for our Dixon area. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: there'll be other spotlighted areas across northern Illinois that will
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  Speaker 1: be participating in National Night Out, but of course the
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  Speaker 1: emphasis with our area is to head to the facility
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  Speaker 1: and head to that Dixon Park District facility on August
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  Speaker 1: the fifth again, starting at five o'clock. They'll run it
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  Speaker 1: for three hours. This is again a free event. There's
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  Speaker 1: no cost in going up and finding out and taking
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  Speaker 1: a look at all of what the is displayed. This
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  Speaker 1: is this is what is important. A lot of displays
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  Speaker 1: as far as fire equipment, police equipment. You can take
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  Speaker 1: a look at the insides of all these vehicles. That's
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  Speaker 1: what it's gonna fascinate me, because we all know what
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  Speaker 1: the outsides look like pretty much. You know, drive patrolling
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  Speaker 1: and you know driving your own. But it's the insides,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you want to look at the radios and
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  Speaker 1: you know all the items that you know are are
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  Speaker 1: used inside a vehicle that I think is going to
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  Speaker 1: fascinate people.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. It's one of those things that people always ask
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  Speaker 2: questions to see the inside of the squad car. If
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  Speaker 2: you flag one of us down while we're working, we
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  Speaker 2: try to be accommodating so you can see the inside
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  Speaker 2: of the squad car. We can make that part like
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  Speaker 2: individual little partnership if we have time. But this is
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  Speaker 2: an event dedicated to people being able to come out
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  Speaker 2: and see those things.
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  Speaker 1: And again, representatives from Dixon Police, would you included?
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  Speaker 2: Then I'll be there.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, very good. Lucas will be there again with other
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  Speaker 1: representatives of Dixon Police on hand. And again all of
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  Speaker 1: those representatives with all of these connecting agencies are going
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  Speaker 1: to be there to answer questions, you know, get information
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  Speaker 1: out during National Night Out. This is again a one
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  Speaker 1: day event, and it is free, and it is organized
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  Speaker 1: through Dixon Police, and I think it's it's great that
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  Speaker 1: again we embrace the community and learn more about our
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  Speaker 1: law and not just our law enforcement agencies, but our
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  Speaker 1: agencies in general that you know, serve us, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in in areas that we pretty much take for granted. Lucas, right,
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  Speaker 1: Police Fire.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's not just going to be first responder
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  Speaker 2: agencies like I mentioned earlier. There's going to be other
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  Speaker 2: agencies present. So come out, meet and greet and see
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  Speaker 2: what everybody has to offer.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's great and again Lucas camer is organizing
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  Speaker 1: our Dixon Police Department National Night Out event that will
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  Speaker 1: be held a week from today. You're going to hear
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  Speaker 1: announcements running from here on in and we'll be talking
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  Speaker 1: about it all the way up until the time that
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  Speaker 1: it's presented at the facility five until eight on August
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  Speaker 1: the fifth. This is a week from to day Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: right here in our Dixon area a part of the
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  Speaker 1: National Night Out observance served again nationally across the entire nation.
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  Speaker 1: There's going to be a lot of police departments, agencies,
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  Speaker 1: you know, officials out getting the word out about again
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  Speaker 1: and connecting with communities across our entire nation. Lucas, we
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  Speaker 1: thank you so very much for stopping by and telling
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  Speaker 1: us all about it today. We should the best luck.
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  Speaker 1: Let's hope for weather that's dry. Really, let's host us
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  Speaker 1: some nice dry weather so we can get the helicopter in,
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  Speaker 1: we can get all of those vehicles into the parking
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  Speaker 1: lot at the facility a week from the day and
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  Speaker 1: really enjoy a nice National Night Out.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate your visit today, Thanks for the opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: Steve Lucas camer Is, our representative of the Dixon Police Department,
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  Speaker 1: our guest today on the Tuesday morning talk line here
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  Speaker 1: at wy CENT. It's eight thirty. Time to go to press.
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  Speaker 1: Next with Timbley on w ACCENT. Good morning,