FHPD Press Releases

On Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 10:30 p.m., officers were sent to Skyzone, 10850 Lincoln Trail, for a disturbance inside the business.  While officers were arriving, they were advised that the disturbance had ended but there were over 200 patrons, mostly juveniles in...

On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 1 pm, it was reported to the Fairview Heights Police Department that a male employee at Lynn Nails, 4600 block of North Illinois, Fairview Heights had touched a customer inappropriately during a visit on June 20th.  The female victim, who...

On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at approximately 7:30 p.m., the Fairview Heights Police Department was notified by a caller on 9-1-1 of a serious motorcycle crash with injuries on Union Hill Road at Knob Hill.  When officers arrived, they found several bystanders providing...

Now, through Memorial Day weekend, the Fairview Heights Police Department is stepping up enforcement to remind motorists to “Click It or Ticket.” Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, a popular time for traveling to visit family and friends....

On Thursday, May 6th, 2021, the Fairview Heights Police Department learned that the victim from the April 30th stabbing had died. Thomas L Turner, 39 years-of-age was being treated at a St. Louis area hospital from a stab wound he received after a fight between he and...

On Friday, April 30, 2021, at 7:30 p.m., officers responded to a house on Potomac Drive for a physical altercation between two males.  When officers arrived, they found that one of the males had been stabbed and witnesses were applying pressure to the stab wound in...

The Fairview Heights Police Department announced it conducted (79) traffic stops and issued (49) hands-free law violations during the April distracted driving enforcement period. In addition, the FHPD issued (41) other citations for Speeding, License Violations, and...

      Join Us! Do you want to make a difference?  The Collinsville, Fairview Heights, and O’Fallon Police Departments have teamed up to bring you one test and one process to be hired as a police officer. The Requirements: In order to be considered for...

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at approximately 2:30 p.m., one of the FHPD School Resources Officers (SRO) was made aware of a student, who reported that they had been touched inappropriately by an adult. The FHPD, in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Children...

On Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021, a 15-year-old female, accompanied by her parents, reported that while she was working at Wings and Things Restaurant, 5201 N. Illinois Street, Fairview Heights, one of her bosses began to touch her inappropriately.  The first instance was...