When former Marine Gilbert Rivera began patrolling a beat in Round Lake Beach 23 years ago, he was among a minority of Latino police officers in the suburbs and the percentage of the town’s Hispanic population barely had broken into double digits. “As the town has become more diverse, so has our police department,” said Rivera, 50, who retired Friday after nearly six years as the village’s police chief.
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