Crime & Safety
Olivia Cobbins Quits Harvey Police Department In Disgust Over Corruption
"I couldn't stand — in the position that I was in, as a woman, and as a police officer — and see the level of corruption and misconduct."
HARVEY, IL (CBS) — Cobbins talked exclusively Wednesday to CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov about what she claims is rampant, ongoing misconduct in the south suburb. “My passion is police reform,” she said.
And that passion is why Cobbins said she signed on in August as the head of internal affairs for the Harvey Police Department. The former Chicago Police officer said she had Mayor Christopher Clark’s blessing to clean up misconduct. But this week, with less than three months on the job, Cobbins handed in her letter of resignation. “I couldn’t stand — in the position that I was in, as a woman, and as a police officer — and see the level of corruption and misconduct in Harvey,” Cobbins said. “I couldn’t stay.”
