There are a lot of entities that work together to help keep the peace in Christian County and in Taylorville. The Christian County Sheriff’s Office, Taylorville Police, Assumption Police, Pana, and many other city police work together to help provide emergency services and support for smaller communities to fight crime and to help keep people safe. One of those entities is the Emergency Response Team.  Taylorville Police Chief Dwayne Wheeler explained a little about what the ERT is and how it helps Taylorville and these smaller communities.

Chief Wheeler says they are all trained for SWAT school so that they are ready to go and that helps keep liability down. The villages and Taylorville work very closely together. 

Not to be confused, Chief Wheeler also discussed the Community Action Team and the differences between them and the ERT.

Chief Wheeler says that if you are interested, Taylorville is always looking for new officers especially since there is a good chance that they will lose some officers next year. However, that won’t stop TPD from doing its job. 

Safe Passage Coordinator Denise Evans along with Debbie Prince will be sworn in for Safe Passage Coordinators at the City Council Meeting Monday evening.