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Lyons Appoints Veteran Law Enforcement Leader as New Police Chief
The Village of Lyons Board of Trustees welcomed the appointment of former Chicago Police Commander James M. Keating as the village’s new Police Chief at its board meeting on February 2.
Keating served 35 years in public safety service including as Deputy Patrol Chief for the Chicago Police Department, as Chief of Security for the CTA, and as Director of Security at Navy Pier.
Mayor Christopher Getty, who touted the appointment of Keating as a great acquisition for Lyons, said the village is extremely fortunate to have such a strong individual with vast knowledge and experience with Jim Keating.
“Chief Keating comes to Lyons with a lot of experience and training and great ideas to help keep Lyons one of the safest communities in the Chicago suburbs,” Mayor Getty said.
Lyons Mayor Christopher Getty and new Police Chief James M. Keating, appointed Feb. 2, 2016
“We’re all very excited to work with him and develop programs to further improve our community, raise public awareness, and develop programs to educate and engage our residents more.”
Keating said that his priority is the safety and support of the village’s residents.
“That is the number one goal. Working with the community is the most important thing a police chief can do,” Keating said.
“I serve the community and I want to help be a problem-solver for them. The community is looking for someone who is pro-active and I intend to reach out and develop relationships with the community for the betterment of the community. I also want to set a good, professional example for the people I work with. This is a good department, but my philosophy is we can always do better.”
Keating, 61, is married. He and his wife Jeanne have four children.
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Hanania covered Chicago political beats including Chicago City Hall while at the Daily Southtown Newspapers (1976-1985) and later for the Chicago Sun-Times (1985-1992). He published The Villager Community Newspapers covering 12 Southwest suburban regions (1993-1997). Hanania also hosted live political news radio talkshows on WLS AM (1980 - 1991), and also on WBBM FM, WLUP FM, WSBC AM in Chicago, and WNZK AM in Detroit.
The recipient of four (4) Chicago Headline Club “Peter Lisagor Awards” for Column writing. In November 2006, Hanania was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New American Media;In 2009, he received the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. Hananiaalso received two (2) Chicago Stick-o-Type awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild, and in 1990 was nominated by the Chicago Sun-Times for a Pulitzer Prize for his four-part series on the Palestinian Intifada.
Hanania writes columns for the Southwest Community Newspaper Group including the Des Plaines Valley News, the Southwest News-Herald, the Regional News and the Reporter Newspapers.
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