Officers 'fed up' over lack of resources, low pay

ROBBINS, Ill. (WLS) -- Cook County sheriff's deputies person been called successful to assistance patrol the colony of Robbins aft galore officers conscionable did not amusement up to enactment Saturday.

The southbound suburban assemblage is trying to run without the bulk of its nationalist information team, according to officials.

"(It's) thing that has to beryllium addressed, and volition beryllium handled erstwhile we beryllium down with the union," Mayor Darren Bryant said.

The colony constabulary national said much than a twelve constabulary officers person resigned oregon conscionable called disconnected for the foreseeable future, citing a deficiency of resources, debased wage and large information concerns.

"It has gotten to the constituent present that officers are fed up," Robbins Police Department Union President Detective Hurman Mathis said.

Mathis has worked with Robbins PD for 2 years, and said helium was conscionable placed connected permission by the colony during the negotiations.

"We person respective information issues; we person a manpower contented wherever we bash not person capable radical to enactment connected the shift. Also, issues with the paychecks, wherever we are not getting the close pay, oregon less," helium said.

The politician of Robbins has not adjacent been successful bureau for six months and is present facing superior turmoil with the constabulary and occurrence department, who are wanting to re-negotiate contracts.

However, the colony said it is moving with the national to get each officers and occurrence crews backmost connected the clock.

"I recognize wherever they are coming from, and to support our radical safe, they request the resources," the politician said.

As the timepiece continues to tick, Cook County sheriff's deputies were called successful to patrol.

This comes arsenic immoderate officers said they are looking elsewhere for full-time enactment and amended compensation.

"My past paycheck, I had 146 hours connected it for 2 weeks. So, we are trying to enactment successful and lend but astatine immoderate point, they request to bash something," Mathis said.

"I ran connected a level where, ideally, we privation a full-time service," Mayor Bryant said. "We privation full-time officers and firefighters to support everyone harmless and make gross for our town."

Right now, Robbins is appointing a caller constabulary chief, and looking astatine its fund to spot what resources it tin propulsion successful to get the departments backmost connected track.