Crime & Safety

Village of Cary Hires Former Lake Zurich Police Chief

Patrick Finlon, 53, of Cary, will serve as Cary's new police chief.

The village of Cary has hired Lake Zurich's former top cop to oversee the Cary Police Department.Β 

Patrick Finlon, 53, of Cary, will become the village'sΒ new police chief, the Northwest Herald reports. Finlon is a 23-year resident of Cary, and retired as Lake Zurich's police chiefΒ on Nov. 25.Β 

Finlon is expected to take over as Cary's chief on Jan. 6, and will receive aΒ $110,000 annual salary, the Herald reports. The Cary Village Board is expected to vote on his contract agreement this Tuesday.Β 

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Finlon is replacing Cary's formerΒ policeΒ chief Steven Casstevens, who resigned in May to become Buffalo Grove's police chief.Β 


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