Police claimed that “fake Facebook pages published comments on the village of Orland Park social media sites, while also requesting friendship requests from Orland Park police personnel and other citizens, which cites the examples of police deputy chief Brian West” and said that both of them are misconduct and misconduct.
The West was allowed to launch a criminal investigation from its owner, which soon turned into a search warrant, which came out: Retired and Land Park Sergeant Kane Covak, who left the department in 2019 after two decades of service. Kovak was charged, and on April 7, 2024, he surrendered himself to the Orland Park Police Department.
The police then released his press release, and told his community that the West had observed the comment on social media from the posts of Coakov, regarding his caretaker location within the department. Intonation Like any kind of crime. He also wanted to tell the concerned citizens that the West is a “symbol of public service principles” and that the deputy chief West’s concerns were very seriously presented and was fully investigated. “
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Despite the “extreme seriousness” of this serious investigation, a judge had nothing to do. In January 2025, Cook County Judge Mohammad Ahmed Thrown out of both charges against Covak.
Cowak, of course, was very excited. His lawyer told a local patch reporter, “The allegations should never have been brought. Ken Covak created a Facebook account that made fun of the Deputy Chief of the Orland Park Police Department. The deputy chief did not like and even tried to use a criminal legal system.”
Orland Park was not behind, however, the loss was accused. The village manager told the patch, “Despite the compulsive evidence in this case, the Coke County State Attorney’s office failed to get a prosecution, and failed to protect the deputy chief of the West, who was the victim of these malicious acts.” “The village of Orland Park is deeply disappointed with the results and the former deputy chief is unstoppable in support of the West.”
The play made this week’s recent, completely predicted, turned this week when Covak prosecuted the officials who arrested him. They Told Chicago Sun Times That he was ashamed of fingerprint and action “in the police department in which I used to work with people with whom I worked and worked for it.”
Orland Park told the paper that it “stands with its actions and its employees and is confident that they are appropriate and fully in accordance with the law.”