Two high-ranking former law enforcement officials have taken a well-worn retirement trail from the Chicago Police Department to non-public trade — touchdown on the politically hooked up Monterrey Security.
Anthony Riccio and Fred Waller have grow to be executives on the Chicago-based company, in keeping with an organization announcement Tuesday. Riccio used to be the No. 2 reliable within the police division, overseeing day-to-day operations, and Waller’s process integrated supervising the town’s 22 police districts.
Riccio and Waller will sign up for different former rating Chicago law enforcement officials who have been already at Monterrey.
Hiram Grau, as soon as the Nov. 2 reliable within the police division and director of the Illinois State Police, is a vice chairman at Monterrey. Former Chicago police Cmdr. Bob Klich is the director of particular operations.
Monterrey’s president and CEO Juan Gaytan is assuming the extra position of board chairman. The former Chicago cop began Monterrey with Chicago firefighter Santiago Solis, a brother of corrupt former Ald. Danny Solis (25th). Santiago Solis left the corporate 17 years in the past, an organization spokesman mentioned.
Juan Gaytan’s brother, Steven, has been named leader running officer of the corporate.
Monterrey Security CEO Juan GaytanPhotograph supplied through Monterrey Security
Riccio and Waller are following within the steps of different best Chicago law enforcement officials who’ve entered the protection trade, together with former police superintendents Terry Hillard and Garry McCarthy. Hillard is a co-founder of safety company Hillard/Heintze, and McCarthy used to be employed this 12 months as a safety marketing consultant for MOCA Modern Cannabis.
Waller mentioned he sees the Monterrey place as a possibility to rent other folks from deprived spaces for positions that might lead sooner or later to jobs as cops. He additionally mentioned he sees a chance for Monterrey to extend downtown to lend a hand give protection to companies which have been besieged with thefts and different crime.
But Waller mentioned he’s now not ultimate the door on the opportunity of changing into the executive of any other police division.
“There are a lot of chief jobs out here, and people have asked for my resume,” he mentioned. “This is not something that will prevent me from doing something else.”
Former Chicago Police First Deputy Supt. Anthony Riccio.Ashlee Rezin Garcia / Sun-Times record
Riccio mentioned he’ll follow his anti-terrorism expertise to very large occasions like Bears video games at Soldier Field, the Chicago Marathon and Lollapalooza.
“You have that terrorism threat all the time. It kind of takes a back seat to the pandemic. But Chicago will continue to be a high-value target,” he mentioned.
Monterrey — identified for its red-jacketed guards — isn’t a stranger to controversy.
The corporate began in 1999 and 3 years later, Chicago officers canceled a freelance with Monterrey after studying Gaytan and his co-founder have been at the town payroll, an ethics violation. Later in 2002, Gaytan resigned as a cop after the police division moved to fireplace him over allegations of flawed off-duty habits.
A newer controversy concerned a freelance for Monterrey to offer safety on the Minnesota Vikings’ soccer stadium.
In 2017, the corporate used to be accused of permitting safety guards to paintings in Minnesota with out required coaching or worker screening. Monterrey misplaced its contract, and a state board voted to not renew the corporate’s safety license however mentioned it will reapply after “going back to square one [and] getting all these things cleaned up.” Gaytan has disputed the ones allegations.
Gaytan and others at Monterrey Security are politically hooked up: they’ve made greater than $100,000 in contributions to political campaigns in Illinois over the last decade, data display.
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