Southern Illinois police chief leaves to take casino job

SAUGET, Ill. (AP) - The longtime police chief of a southern Illinois village has resigned to become the director of security at a casino.

Former Sauget Police Chief Patrick Delaney joined Casino Queen in East St. Louis on Jan 1. The 57-year-old Delaney held the top law enforcement job in the St. Louis suburb for 31 years.

Delaney said it was time for a change in his career. Sauget has a 12-person police department, but he oversees 70 employees at the casino.

The Belleville News-Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/1JPh2Ld ) former Cahokia Police Chief James Jones will take over Monday as the chief in Sauget. Jones was set to retire Friday as a Cahokia police captain.

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Information from: Belleville News-Democrat, http://www.bnd.com