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Chicago police take Joliet police officer into custody: cops

William Busse

A Joliet police officer was in Chicago police custody Wednesday night, according to the Joliet Police Department.

Chicago police informed Joliet police that officer William Busse was in their custody, Joliet police Sgt. Dwayne English said.

The Chicago Police Department did not disclose why Busse, 37, was in their custody, English said.

Chicago police did not immediately respond to a request from the Herald-News for information and details on Busse’s case.

Busse was recommended for firing in February 2020, according to a personnel order obtained by the Herald-News. The order did not say why Busse was recommended for termination.

Busse was arrested twice in 2019 and charged with physically abusing his ex-wife. He was arrested by New Lenox police May 31 of that year and again on Dec. 29, 2019.

Both cases remain pending in Will County court.

Joe Hosey

Joe Hosey

Joe Hosey became editor of The Herald-News in 2018. As a reporter, he covered the disappearance of Stacy Peterson and criminal investigation of her husband, former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson. He was the 2015 Illinois Journalist of the Year and 2014 National Press Club John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award winner.