Zenna Ramos is on track to work as a police officer in Riverside after previously being decertified by a state oversight board.
Riverside police Officer Zenna Ramos hugs Village Manager Jessica Frances next to Village President Joseph Ballerine and becomes emotional as she learns she would receive a requested waiver for reinstatement, Aug. 31, 2023, during a hearing of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board at the Bilandic Building.
Following the board’s denial of Ramos’ certification, Riverside leaders rallied around her, arguing she deserved a second chance. Ramos’ offenses weren’t listed in the SAFE-T’s lengthened list of disqualifying misdemeanors and didn’t count as convictions because of the expungements, Heintzelman said. The new law shouldn’t be retroactively applied, she added.But Patrick Hahn, the training and standard board’s attorney defended the original decision to not certify Ramos, arguing the SAFE-T Act empowered the board to consider Ramos’ expunged conviction and dropped charges.
Buckley acknowledged certain struggles Ramos faced while policing in Cicero, but added that the Cicero department recommended Ramos. The slower-paced Riverside department would be a better fit for the policing skills of Ramos, who excelled in the department’s testing and interviews, he said.Last week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker shared a statement calling on the training and standards board to certify Ramos after Riverside leaders held a news conference drawing attention to her plight.
However, the committee found Ramos’s certification as a police officer wouldn’t threaten public trust in police, as it had previously ruled, Kelly said. Ramos should undergo training designed to address any issues she had while working as an officer in Cicero, Kelly added.
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