Kane County to name top cop Thursday night

The Kane County Police Officer of the Year will be named at the Kane County Chiefs of Police Association banquet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Lincoln Inn, 1345 S. Batavia Ave. (Route 31) in Batavia.

Dinner is at 7 p.m. and the ceremony follows. State's Attorney John Barsanti will speak.

Tickets are $30. Call the Batavia Moose Lodge at (630) 879-7887.

The following police officers have been nominated to receive the award.

• Officers Andrew Dykstra and Charles Gibellina, Algonquin Police Department.

• Officers Glenda Van Horn, William Sullivan, Donald Flowers and Michael Townsend, Aurora Police Department.

• Detective G. Anthony Gramme, Batavia Police Department.

• Officer Matt Ostrem, Carpentersville Police Department.

• Detective Brian Gorcowski, Elgin Police Department.

• Officer Victor Valdez, Forest Preserve District Police of Kane County.

• Officers Lance Pahle and Jim Burton, Geneva Police Department .

• Cmdr. Michael Gillette, Kane County Major Crimes Task Force.

• Sgt. Thomas Gartner and Trooper Jason Heinzl, Illinois State Police District 15.

• Inspector David Eggers, Kane-Cook Auto Theft Task Force.

• Deputy Ron Hain, Kane County Sheriff's Department.

• Sgt. Gary Fenili and officers Jim Rust, Steven Kurzawa and Richard Heller, Sugar Grove Police Department.