A Blue Island woman who came to the U.S. as a child, and was allowed legal status to work through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, is taking the oath to serve and protect.
Police chief advocated for city to change its rules, so DACA recipients could apply to be officersWhat is DACA? One recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will soon become a Blue Island police officer.
"Some officers, when I'm riding with them, they are like, 'you say hi to everyone.' Well, I know the community, so they know me. They know who I am," Soto-Rodriguez said."She is part of this community. She was part of this community before I was part of this community," Farr said. "It's important to have that relationship with the community, where they feel at ease with sharing, maybe sensitive information.
Chief Farr said he is seeing other departments open their hiring processes, as recruiting new officers has been increasingly hard.
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