Editing Lindenhurst, Illinois (section)

=== Public Safety ===
The Lindenhurst police force was all-volunteer at first, buying their own uniforms and using their own cars; fundraisers were held to pay for salaries and a patrol car. A full-time police position was created in 1963, and the village acquired a reputation as a "[[speed trap]]", due to radar use by the police. Lindenhurst became front-page headline material on November 27, 2006, when the village's first [[homicide]] in over nine years took place. A [[Burger King]] manager was killed in an apparent robbery at the national fast-food chain's Lindenhurst franchise.

In  1965, the village created its first sanitary district, replacing individual [[septic system]]s with a [[sanitary sewer|sewer system]]. Streets were paved and gutters installed during this period as well. Ted Flanagan was reelected mayor in 1969 and served until 1983.