Plaintiff:
Terrence T. Milan
Incident date:
09/09/2010
Location:
11444 S. Halsted St.
Allegations:
Milan, a licensed armed security guard with a valid Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) card, had agreed to work an extra shift at a second location and put his handgun into a locked case and then inside a locked floor compartment in the SUV he was driving. On his way to the second shift, Milan picked up two friends. Meanwhile, police were in the area looking for suspects in a gun-related case and pulled Milan and his friends over, took them out of the SUV, handcuffed them and searched the SUV. When an officer who had met Milan recognized him and confirmed his statement that he was a licensed security guard, Sgt. Cascone told Milan he was free to go but one of the passengers had to drive the SUV since Milan's driver's license was suspended. But officers Marcus and Salyers instead arrested Milan on gun charges, had him unlock the floor compartment and took Milan's gun case, security guard credentials, licenses and FOID card. They then drove him to a police station, where he was chained to a wall for hours and Marcus pointed a gun at his head. Marcus and Salyers filed false reports stating that Milan's gun was not secured and he was not employed by a licensed security company. The charges were dismissed. Milan got his security guard credentials back but his gun was destroyed. His FOID card was canceled because of the arrest and he was later rearrested on other gun charges. Those charges were also dismissed.