Oglesby’s police officers will soon work 12-hour shifts. The City Council this week approved an agreement to move from ten-hour shifts to 12-hour shifts and to also hire some part time police officers.
The changes are meant to help the officers have weekends off more often. With the way ten-hour shifts rotate, an officer could go more than a month before having a Saturday and Sunday together off. With 12-hour shifts, that could happen every other weekend.
Oglesby also swore in a new police officer this week. Shelby Pellino took the oath of office at the Oglesby City Council meeting.
Shelby Pellino right after taking the oath to be an Oglesby police officer. From the Oglesby City Council Facebook live feed.