Community Service Officer

Unlike the sworn Police Officer, who is empowered to uphold the laws of the State of Illinois and carries a firearm, the Community Service Officer is an unarmed civilian who is empowered to enforce the local ordinances of the City of St. Charles. The Community Service Officer can, by the use of a complaint form, charge someone or assist one citizen to charge another with an ordinance violation and bring him or her in front of a judge at the Kane County Circuit Court. They can also, by the use of a citation similar to a parking ticket, charge someone with an ordinance violation. In this case, the person charged may have the option of paying the fine or appearing in front of an Adjudicator. 

Along with enforcing the local ordinances, the Community Service Officer assists the Patrol Division of the Police Department by taking private property accidents, animal complaints, traffic control for serious accidents and fires, and other miscellaneous duties. They are trained Child Seat Technicians and assist parents in getting the child seats installed correctly in their vehicles. They also enforce parking ordinances and downtown parking time limits. 

The Department's CSO may be contacted via e-mail.

• Ryan Beeter - rbeeter@stcharlesil.gov