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Fox Lake Explorer Post 300 attends a candlelight vigil Wednesday in Fox Lake for police Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz, who was fatally shot Tuesday morning.

Legacy of Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz reinvigorates local police explorers By ALLISON GOODRICH agoodrich@shawmedia.com

Fox Lake Police Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz

The realities of law enforcement work are sharp in the mind of 19-yearold Alex Gockenbach. That’s what the Crystal Lake teen, who also goes by “Captain” in his role within the Woodstock Police Explorers Post 765, said only days after the tragic, on-duty shooting death of 52-year-old Fox Lake police Lt. “G.I. Joe” Gliniewicz. “It makes you think,” Gockenbach

mourning since Gliniewicz was shot Tuesday. As a manhunt wears on for three men suspected in the shooting, evidence Alex Gockenbach, Crystal Lake man in Woodstock Police Explorers Post 765 and testimony of Gliniewicz’s legacy has spread nationwide – not just of his 30 years in law enforcement, but his said, referring to the sometimes dangerYouths involved in police Explorer dedication to the Fox Lake community ous nature of police work. “But at the end programs across McHenry County – the and especially his passion for training of the day, it definitely doesn’t sway my programs offer experience and training young people who were interested in poopinion about joining law enforcement. to those contemplating a career in law lice work. “If anything, it reinforces it.” enforcement – are feeling the loss those See LEGACY, page A7 On this thought, he’s not alone. in the neighboring county have been

“It makes you think. But at the end of the day, it definitely doesn’t sway my opinion about joining law enforcement. If anything, it reinforces it.”

Thousands expected for funeral Village appoints By EMILY COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com FOX LAKE – The funeral Monday of Fox Lake Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz is expected to draw large crowds, including police officers from across the country. In the days leading up to Gliniewicz’s funeral, police departments from as far as New York have reached out, Lake County Detective Chris Covelli said. At least 3,000 to 5,000 people are expected to attend, said Terry Roderick with Illinois Concerns of Police Survivors, a group that helps agencies and families plan after an officer’s death in the line of duty. “Everyone in the country wants to pay tribute to a murdered police officer,” Covelli said. Gliniewicz, 52, was fatally shot Tuesday morning after he went to investigate three suspicious men shortly before 8

See FUNERAL, page A7

Honoring Fox Lake Police Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz A funeral procession will begin after visitation ends at 1 p.m. Monday at Route 83 and Chestnut Street in Antioch, and will continue as follows:

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West on Depot Street to Hillside East Cemetery For updates, check NWHerald.com.

Funeral info More information about Fox Lake Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz’s funeral can be found on page A7.

FOX LAKE – Two Lake County Sheriff’s Office officials will step into leadership roles at the Fox Lake Police Department, just days after a Fox Lake police lieutenant was fatally shot and just over a week after its police chief retired amid an investigation. Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Chief Michael Keller was appointed as the department’s interim police chief, and Lake County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scot Kurek was named interim deputy chief, the village announced in a news release. The village had begun a nationwide search to replace now retired Fox Lake Police Chief Michael Behan, who

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retired Aug. 28 after being placed on paid administrative leave along with a Fox Lake police officer, pending an investigation into a verbal and physical altercation involving the officer and a 36-year-old man arrested for public intoxication. The decision to appoint an interim chief came after Tuesday’s fatal shooting of Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz in an effort to “keep the Fox Lake Police Department functioning properly in a very challenging environment,” the release said. “As we mourn the loss of Lt. Gliniewicz, we need to enable the members of the police department time to recover and heal from the

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