The police claimed that “the fraudulent Facebook pages posted comments on Village of Orland Park social media sites while also soliciting friend requests from Orland Park Police employees and other citizens, portraying the likeness of Deputy Chief of Police Brian West”—and said that this was both Disorderly Conduct and False Personation, both misdemeanors.
West got permission from his boss to launch a criminal investigation, which soon turned into search warrants that surfaced a name: retired Orland Park sergeant Ken Kovac, who had left the department in 2019 after two decades of service. Kovac was charged, and he surrendered himself at the Orland Park Police Department on April 7, 2024.
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