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JULY 10, 2013
Vol. 5 No. 32
Saying Goodbye Retiring Police Chief remembers long career By Jonathan Samples Staff Reporter
Woodridge Police Chief Ken Boehm has only been in his current position atop the Woodridge Police Department for a year and a half, but his total service to the village has spanned a quarter of a century.
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After 25 years in the Woodridge Police Department, Chief Ken Boehm will retire in August.
On June 28, Boehm announced that he would holster his weapon, take off his badge and retire from the police force after 29 years. “It’s been a great career, and Woodridge is a great village,” Boehm said. “I love the diversity here; it’s one of the reasons I’ve stuck around as long as I have. This job has afforded me a lot of great opportunities, and I truly have enjoyed working here.” Boehm first became an officer in the Woodridge Police Department in 1988. He started his career four years earlier as an officer in a suburb of Cook County. Back when Boehm started, Woodridge was much smaller than it is today. Its boundaries didn’t extend much further south than 83rd Street, and Boehm said he’s grateful to have witnessed Woodridge grow into a village he’s proud of. “Geographically,I’ve seen the town change from basically a bedroom community to a much larger community that obviously boasts more retail and industrial space,” he said. “When I reflect back on 25 years here in the village, I’ve seen it grow substantially for the better in many different ways.” However, it wasn’t only Woodridge that changed in those 25 years. Boehm said his time in the department has blessed him See BOEHM, page 4