Peoria Standard

FOIA Request to Pekin Police Department regarding active employee roster on November 13, 2025.

A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was submitted to the Pekin Police Department by Peoria Standard, a media organization focused on local governmental affairs. The request seeks access to various records that detail the current employees of the department. Specifically, the request asks for any roster, directory, staffing list, payroll record, or personnel summary that identifies all current police department employees.

The requested information includes each employee's name, job title or rank, sex or gender (if available in existing records), date of hire or appointment, and age or year of birth (only if this information is part of existing public-facing records). If multiple versions of such rosters exist—such as HR rosters, payroll rosters, sworn-officer rosters, and civilian-staff rosters—the most recent version of each is requested.

The Peoria Standard has emphasized its role in gathering and reporting news to the public as a basis for requesting a fee waiver. This request is made under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), with a preference for receiving the information in electronic format.

The requester is affiliated with The Coalition Opposing Governmental Secrecy, a non-profit organization that assists media companies and advocacy groups in investigating governmental agencies through FOIA and Sunshine Laws. More details about this coalition can be found on their website: https://stopsecrecy.org/about/.

Our team will continue to keep you updated as we gather and report news related to this request and other matters of public interest. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need further clarification regarding this matter.