Moline Police Department PoDcast

The crisis negotiator, its high stakes drama in uncontrolled environments. The Moline Police Department has had a crisis negotiations team for over 30 years. Sgt. Kluever is the Commander of the Moline-East Moline Crisis Containment Unit-Crisis Negotiations team

On January 9th, 1994, Steven Asplund went to his friend's house to borrow a caulking gun for a home remodeling project. After Steven left the friend's house in the 500 block 20th Avenue, Moline he was never seen again. 28 years and several hundred miles away, the mystery was solved.  This is the Steven Asplund missing person case. 

The next two podcasts will cover the Steven Asplund missing person case.  This week episode one will feature Dr. Lindsay Trammell, a Board Certified Forensic Anthropologist from the St. Louis County Medical Examiner's office. Followed by next week's episode featuring Detective Griffin Tune in Monday at 6am as we join you on your Monday morning commute.

On this week's episode we welcome QComm 911 Director Scott Ryckeghem who discusses the world of being a 911 telecommunicator and how advancements in technology help dispatching in emergencies. 

On November 17th, 2020 Moline Police Officers were dispatched to an unknown problem in the 400 block 17th Avenue.  Officer Cesar Lopez arrived on scene and observed a figure in black clothing down the block obscured by shadows as he walked up to the residence at 10:46pm.  Officers went inside the upper portion of the duplex to find a horrid crime scene and the deceased body of Kerry Dyer.  11-minu...

This week, we welcome Deputy Chief Andrew Raya into the podcast studio where he talks about growing up in Moline, attending Moline Schools and his journey to becoming a Deputy Chief at the Moline Police Department. 

This week we welcome Chaplain Tim Perry into the podcast studio to talk about Officer wellness and his path to starting 1041 Incorporated designed to provide mental health counseling and coaching to First Responders across the Midwest 

Today we welcome Rock Island County State's Attorney Dora Villareal into the podcast studio to talk about what the State's Attorney's office does for Rock Island County. 

On Friday, May 5th, Eric Boyd walked out of his apartment in the 700 block of North Dearborn in Chicago, Illinois. He took a set of stairs up to the top of a parking ramp adjacent to his apartment building and began to walk across the lot to his black Mercedes GLE 350. It was approximately 0650 am when Special Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigations Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force advi...

Lt. Derrick Cullison is the Tactical Commander of the multi-jurisdictional Crisis Containment Unit and Lieutenant of Criminal Investigations. 

Rock Island County Drug Court is a diversionary court that is designed to help low level criminal defendants suffering from substance abuse problems from becoming repeat offenders.

This week's episode features Officer Jenna Robbins. Officer Robbins grew up in rural Ohio and played D1 softball at Eastern Illinois University before being hired at the Moline Police Department.  Officer Robbins will share her experiences on how playing high level team athletics translates into being a successful member of a law enforcement team. 

On this week's episode we welcome Detective Jeremy McAuliffe into the podcast studio. Detective McAuliffe will cover his 28 years of law enforcement including building a state of the art computer forensic investigations program and the cases he has worked as part of the Illinois Crimes Against Children Task Force and the United States Secret Service Task Force. 

Get an inside look at what the Rock Island County Coroner does as Brian Gustafson sits down in the podcast studio with us to discuss what his job entails and how he serves Rock Island County. 

On Thursday, November 21st, 2019 the Moline Police Department began an investigation into the disappearance of Jordan Burroughs.  Jordan, a 37-year-old had not been seen since October 23rd, 2019 but text messages from Jordan's phone seemingly indicated that she had moved to Des Moines, Iowa but thanks to the keen eye of Jordan's daughter and best friend they didn't believe Jordan ha...

Meet Detective Mamadou Diallo and hear his story from Conarky, Guinea in Africa to the United States as a young child and how interactions with Community Oriented Police Officers drove him to become a Moline Police Officer himself. 

Welcome to the Moline Police Podcast where you will hear conversations about our people, our cases and our community. 

Today we welcome retired Moline Police Chief Gary Francque to talk about the evolution of law enforcement and how its changed from his start in the 1970s to today.