Special Assignments

Northern Illinois Police Alarm System

The Police Department participates in a mutual aid emergency services team called the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System. N. I. P.A. S. consists of 60 communities throughout Northern Illinois. Officers from Deerfield who have volunteered to serve in addition to their regular duty assignment are trained for service in potentially violent situations, disasters, dignitary protection and other tactically demanding times. The N.I.P.A.S. team provides a high level of professional response and resources for the protection and safety of Village residents. In 1987 the Alarm System developed the Emergency Services Team, a full service tactical team designed to handle high risk incidents. The Emergency Services Team is administered by a coordinator and six assistant coordinators. The Team has four tactical units; an Entry Unit consisting of ten officers and a supervisor; a Containment Unit consisting of fifteen officers and a supervisor; a Marksman Unit consisting of eight officers and a supervisor and a Command Unit, consisting of the seven coordinators.

The Emergency Services Team provides services to 29 member agencies. The Northern Illinois Police Alarm System has developed a ready reaction force capable of providing up to eighty (80) riot equipped police officers.

For more information visit the N.I.P.A.S. homepage.

Special Assignment Units

Lake County Major Crimes Task Force:
One officer is assigned to a multi-jurisdictional group of officers who work on major crime scenes such as murders, officer involved shootings and any other crimes participating agencies do not have the resources to investigate. The unit is staffed by the Lake County Sheriffs Department and contributing communities.

Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group:
One officer is assigned to a multi jurisdictional group of officers who work undercover to combat drugs and gangs. This unit is staffed with police officers from the State Police and contributing communities and provides an effective means of combating narcotics and other drug related activity in the North shore area.

For more information visit www.lakecountymeg.org