The Partner | August 2022
Living Room Wellness Center Mid Summer Barbeque
The Living Room Wellness Center recently hosted their mid-summer barbeque. Staff, volunteers, and community members all came together to celebrate the new 24-hour programming now provided by the Wellness Center. In addition to now providing 24-hour Crisis Care, the Living Room Wellness Center and Independence Center offer Adult Outpatient Services, Health & Wellness, Psychosocial Rehab -PSR, Supportive Housing, Vocational Training, Substance Abuse, Telehealth Services, and more to our community’s most vulnerable members. To learn more about the Living Room Wellness Center, please visit icwaukegan.org/the-living-room.
Cop on a Rooftop
Earlier this month. Sheriff John D. Idleburg and his crew visited four Dunkin’ locations for Cop on a Rooftop, supporting Special Olympics of Illinois! Thanks to the generous donations of our outstanding community participants, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office was able to raise $10,140 for the Special Olympics of Illinois organization! The Sheriff's Office is proud to be able to participate in continual outreach efforts such as this one to make our community brighter and better for all who reside here.
Sheriff’s Office Asking Youth to Name Two New Canines
Sheriff John D. Idleburg is pleased to announce the Lake County Sheriff’s Office will be adding two new canines to the sheriff’s canine unit.
The sheriff’s office is in the final process of selecting the newest canines, which will be male German Shepherd’s between the ages of 18 and 24 months.
Lake County Sheriff’s Canines Axel, Boomer, Danno, Dax, Duke, Echo, Ryker, Tera(byte), and their handlers have a proven track record of success for the Lake County community. Combined, they locate missing people, fleeing suspects, numerous discarded firearms or other evidence, hundreds of pounds of illegal drugs, sniff for explosives, and search for illegal digital evidence.
In keeping with the tradition, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office is again asking for our youth’s help in naming our two newest colleagues. Lake County youth currently enrolled in kindergarten through senior year of high school are invited to participate.
The rules of the naming process are as follows:
• Public, private, and homeschooled students are invited to participate
• Children must have the permission of their teacher/school and/or parent/guardian
• Children must be sponsored by their teacher or parent/guardian
• Children must be currently enrolled (or homeschooled) in grades K-12
• One entry per student is allowed, per dog (two entries total)
• All of the information on the form is required for vote to be counted
• The winning name will be selected by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office
• Students who selected the winning name will be invited to participate in the new canine’s swearing-in ceremony
• Name submissions are due by 12:00 p.m., September 9, 2022
Sheriff John D. Idleburg said, “Our canines are an incredibly valuable asset to everyone who lives or works in Lake County. Our goal is to have at least one of our canines on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to assist our sheriff’s deputies and municipal partners. I am very excited to again ask our youth to participate in the naming of our two newest canines and I look forward to seeing their selections.”
Link for participating in the naming: https://bit.ly/3pvaTvK
CJCC Quarterly Meeting
Our quarterly Criminal Justice Community Council meeting is taking place on Wednesday, September 14th. Please visit lakecountycjcc.org/agendas for further details and to register to attend!
Lake County Suicide Prevention 5K
Please join us in supporting the wonderful work of the Lake County Suicide Prevention Task Force!
Veteran Crisis Support
We’re pleased to be able to present the attached information regarding resources for veterans and their loved ones. Please save and share to support our bravest community members in their time of need.
You can help inform and engage the community about this work by forwarding this newsletter to three friends and encouraging them to sign up here.
The Safety and Justice Challenge strategies at Lake County, IL are proudly led and supported by:
Lake County Sheriff's Office
Lake County State's Attorney Office
19th Judicial Circuit Court
Lake County Public Defender's Office
Nicasa Behavioral Health Services
This project was created with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as part of the Safety and Justice Challenge, which seeks to reduce over-incarceration by changing the way America thinks about and uses jails.