In 2007, the LaSalle-Peru Township High School requested a meeting with local police agencies and wanted to explore the possibility of assigning a full time police officer to their school. As a result of this meeting, one police agency alone rose to the challenge of this request. Recognizing the needs of the community, the LaSalle Police Department assigned a full time police officer to the LaSalle-Peru Township High School as a full time School Resource Officer.
Ptl. Scott Samolinski, an 18 year veteran of the LaSalle Police Department personally took on this challenge to serve as the full time School Resource Officer of the LaSalle-Peru Township High School, which serves students from the Cities of Peru, Oglesby, Utica and surrounding communities. Ptl Samolinski has been instrumental in the initiation and success of their current truancy program, which began through the creation of a City of LaSalle Truancy Ordinance.
Ptl. Samolinski can be reached via e-mail (ssamolinski@lphs.net)