Policing the police

Metro East officer Jerame Simmons Jr. was the first officer to lose his badge in a new discretionary decertification process after the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board alleged he didn’t have a valid high school diploma and lied about it on job applications at police departments. But the full picture of the former East Carondelet police officer’s misconduct may be much darker than a lack of educational credentials. Two women, who will be referred to as Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 to protect their identities, said Simmons raped them on separate occasions and then used his position to try to keep them from reporting the attacks to police. “He hurts women that he knows he can control,” said Jane Doe #1. She reported to police that Simmons sexually assaulted her in October 2024. The women alleged at the time Simmons assaulted them he was employed as a part-time East Carondelet police officer. Simmons, who declined to comment, was not charged in either sexual assault.

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