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Commanders
Commander of Operations
Commander Brian Galske
Brian started his law enforcement career
with the Chicago Ridge Police Department in April 1988. Brian
served as the Juvenile Officer and Drug Abuse Resistance
Education (DARE) Officer from 1994-2002. In 2002, he was
promoted to Patrol Sergeant. Brian held this position until 2008
when he was promoted to his current position at Command of
Operations. Brian is also currently assigned to the 5th
District SWAT unit as a Crisis Negotiator.
Since Brian’s employment with the Chicago
Ridge Police Department in 1988, he has received many awards and
department commendations. In 1994, Brian revitalized the police
department’s Crime Prevention Unit that led to state
recognition, including Brian being prestigiously awarded the
State of Illinois “Officer of the Year” in 1996 by the Illinois
Crime Prevention Association. Brian has received extensive
training in the field of crime prevention and detection, crimes
against children, and police procedures in juvenile matters from
various police training institutes. Brian attended Moraine
Valley Community College and Fox Valley Community College for
applied studies in Criminal Justice. He is currently enrolled at
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois in the Law
Enforcement Senior Management Leadership program.
Brian is a Certified Instructor with the
Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board,
Springfield, Illinois. He is an instructor for area police
academies and mobile training teams in Illinois; he also speaks
on a national platform to criminal justice professionals.
Brian is a member of the Fraternal Order of
Police, the Juvenile Officers Association, the Illinois Police
Instructors Trainers Association, the National Juvenile Justice
Trainers Association, National Tactical Officers Association,
Illinois Tactical Officers Association, and the Illinois Crisis
Negotiators Association.
Commander of Investigations
Commander Jim Jarolimek
Jim, like the Chief and Deputy Chief, was raised in Chicago
Ridge where many of his family still reside. He attended Ridge
Central, Finley Junior High and he graduated H. L. Richards High
School in 1987.
Jim was hired by the Village of Richton Park as a police
officer in September of 1993. He was assigned to Investigations
as a Detective in January of 1996, where he worked until he left
in 1998 to work for the town he grew up in, Chicago Ridge. Jim
has held the ranks of Patrol Officer, Corporal, Detective, Sgt.
Detective, and is currently the Commander of Investigations,
promoted to that rank in 2006.
Jim has also been an evidence technician, field training
officer, and a member of the bike patrol unit since it began in
2001. In addition to being an investigator for Chicago Ridge,
Jim is assigned to the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force.
He has been a member of the task force since January 2004 and
was a group supervisor for them. Jim has been involved in over
fifty homicide investigations for one of the most highly
regarded task forces in the country.
Jim thanks the Village of Chicago Ridge for all of the
opportunities and experiences he has been involved in since
coming to work for them. He believes that the strong values of
the community are directly related to the time that the police
department dedicates in/to the schools. Jim was the juvenile
detective/officer assigned to the school liaison program from
November 2003 until May 2006 and is still a member of the Risk
Watch Program.
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