River Grove Police Department

Residents and business owners in River Grove, Illinois can enroll their private surveillance cameras in a free, voluntary registry kept by the village's police department. Officers never gain direct access to the cameras; a registrant is contacted to share video or stills only when a crime has occurred nearby, and anyone can withdraw at any time. Since May 2022, online modules have let residents request overnight parking permission, ask for a vacation watch, in which officers make periodic physical checks of an empty home, and register pets and bicycles. Pets entered in the Pet Management database can be looked up by officers from their squad cars, and owners have 14 days to pick up a village tag that renews for $5 a year. The village and its dispatch center, NORCOMM, are compatible with Smart911, a free service that shows 911 call takers a caller's medical, household, pet and vehicle details. Traffic and parking enforcement has been stepped up, Fullerton Avenue west of River Road is designated a no-truck route, and red-light cameras watch selected intersections. The department also reports Gold-level Lexipol Connect recognition for policy maintenance and training.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), River Grove village, IL has an estimated population of 10,482.