New Harper College police chief appointed

Claude Casaletto, a 32-year law enforcement veteran, has been tapped as Harper College's new chief of police.

Casaletto, who had been deputy police chief in Northfield since 1999, replaces Paul LeBreck at the Palatine-based community college. LeBreck retired last December after 12 years there.

Casaletto started his career in 1986 as an officer at Oakton Community College, before his hiring two years later in Northfield, where he rose through the ranks as an officer, corporal, sergeant and deputy chief.

He will be paid $90,000 a year at Harper.