Glenview to Pay $95K to Settle Case of Cops Accused of Lying on Stand

The Village of Glenview has agreed to pay $95,000 to settle a lawsuit that centered around Glenview police officers’ testimony in a drug case that was contradicted by video from a squad car, the Glenview Announcements reports.

The lawsuit was based on a June 2013 drug arrest in Glenview, in which a Glenview man who Chicago police had under surveillance was pulled over by a combination of Glenview and Chicago officers, the article says.

On the stand at the drug trial, all five officers said they stopped the man for a traffic violation, checked his license and registration, and had him stand uncuffed by the back of the car while officers searched it and found a bag with marijuana in the back, according to an article in the Journal & Topics. Yet the video from a police car camera showed that a Chicago officer approached the car, reached through the open window to open the car door and then cuffed the man immediately.

The judge in that trial stated that all the officers had lied on the stand, the article states. The two Glenview officers, Teresa Urbanowski and Jim Horn have been on administrative leave. The settlement admits no wrongdoing by them or the village

You can read the full Journal & Topics article here.

You can read the full Glenview Announcements article here.