EMS Official Parts Ways With Clarendon Hills Fire Department

CLARENDON HILLS, IL – Clarendon Hills has "parted ways" with its emergency medical services coordinator, the fire chief announced to his staff earlier this month.

John McReynolds was the coordinator and had been with the department for more than a dozen years with the village; he has held the same post with the La Grange Fire Department for more than two decades, according to his LinkedIn page.

In Clarendon Hills, Fire Chief Dave Godek indicated in his message that McReynolds had been on leave. According to village records, McReynolds made nearly $66,000 in 2024 as a part-time, on-call employee.

In late April, McReynolds was listed as a victim in a police report.

The incident occurred when an ambulance showed up late the night of April 27 at the apartment complex at 285 N. Richmond Ave., police said.

Luis U. Rodriguez, 52, was taken to the hospital, but was released a couple of hours later, police said.

Rodriguez was charged with felony aggravated battery against a medic and then taken to the DuPage County Jail, according to the police report. No trial date has been set.

Much of the incident's narrative was blacked out in the report.

Patch left messages for comment Monday with McReynolds, Godek and Paul Dalen, the village's interim manager.