Police Department

The Police Department is staffed by 19 full-time and 1 part-time sworn officers, 3 full-time and 3 part-time civilian employees and 1 part-time D.A.R.E. officer.

Police Chief
Andrew Wieteska
awieteska@wdundee.org

Admin Supervisor
Kevin Burke
kburke@wdundee.org

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The Police Department provides 24-hour protection for residents, businesses and the thousands of visitors and patrons who support West Dundee’s business community. The West Dundee Police Department takes a proactive approach to law enforcement by using prevention and education as its primary tools.

Personnel are dispatched to calls for service by the QuadCom Regional Dispatch Center located in Carpentersville. This center is a 9-1-1 emergency dispatch system which serves 5 police agencies and 4 fire agencies. On average, the Department receives approximately 8,000 calls for service throughout the year. A majority of these calls are non-violent crime which includes traffic enforcement, motor vehicle crashes, thefts, deceptive practice and other forms of fraud.

In addition to the normal law enforcement activities, the Police Department sponsors several community-oriented programs including:

• House Watch
  Residents going out of town for an extended period can register with the Police Department for the House Watch program. Under the program, a police officer will check on your house at least once per night and monitor for suspicious activity.

  Police Department House Watch Request



• Neighborhood Watch
  This program is designed to educate residents in the principles of crime prevention and awareness and to coordinate the citizen’s efforts to monitor and report any suspicious activity in the neighborhood.


• Child Safety Seat Inspections
  The department has one certified child safety seat technician that inspects child safety seats to ensure that they are properly installed in vehicles. These inspections are provided free of cost but are done by appointment only.


• D.A.R.E.
  Drug Abuse Resistance Education is a program for grade school and middle school children, which teaches them about the harmful effects of drug abuse. D.A.R.E. gives children several methods they can use to resist peer pressure and drug use.


• Stranger Awareness
  This program is provided to Kindergarteners, First and Second Grade children to help them learn about, identify and teach them to say “no” to strangers.

Dogs over four months of age must be licensed by the Village within 30 days of moving in. Proof of a valid rabies inoculation is required. A one-year tag is available with a one-year rabies inoculation for $10.00, and a three-year tag is available with a three-year inoculation for $20.00. Dog tags may be purchased at the Police Department or at the Village Hall.