After Jesse Barnes graduated from Northern Illinois University in 2000 and gravitated to his first job with the Skokie Police Department at age 22, his goal was to become a detective. He went farther: after nearly 24 years with the department, he was sworn in as chief of police in January.
After two to three months on the job as chief, Barnes said he is focusing on communication with the public as well as recruiting qualified employees to the department, since most police departments are no longer getting the number of applicants they received years ago. To aid those new police officers, Barnes said the police department has implemented changes to help both civilians and first responders. Barnes said the department practices a peer support program, which allows officers to have mental health check-ins with each other and a mental health specialist if they wish to see one.
Barnes succeeds former Chief Brian Baker, who joined the department in 1994, became chief in November 2020 and retired in December 2023. Prior to Baker, former Chief Anthony Scarpelli spent 38 years with the department, retiring in 2020. During his career in the police department, Barnes was on the mission team, joined the investigation team, where he was a detective during the night shift, and was an investigative sergeant and patrol sergeant before becoming a commander.
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