A Public-Records Dossier
The Shawn
Apps File
I filed the records requests myself. Twenty-six agencies across two states. What came back was not a rumor, not a tip, and not anybody's opinion. It was the government's own paper — the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board's training history, the employers' own separation forms, a police department's 2002 background investigation, town council minutes, and chiefs writing in their own words.
This page is that paper, all of it, in one place. Every number below comes out of a document a government agency produced to me under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act or the Indiana Access to Public Records Act in October and November 2026. Every quote is the employer's own words, spelled the way they spelled it. Where the record stops, this file says so — out loud.
He is a police officer in Roseland today. This is the career the record shows before he got there.
ILETSB Training History Report, PTB ID 65002485, produced November 2, 2026 under ILETSB FOIA 26-588; Report of Cause, November 2, 2026
This file lives on my Page.
Every update — every new production, every board answer — posts first on A South Bend Crusader. Follow it there so the next document lands in front of you.
These are their words, on their forms.
The original posts break each document down one at a time. Follow the Page and read the series where it was published first.
Twenty-six agencies. This is what came back.
The scorecard below is the whole map — who produced, who answered nothing, and who is still on the clock. New answers post on the Page first.
When the next document lands, it lands on the Page.
The certified disposition, the Elwood production, the board determinations — all of it publishes on A South Bend Crusader first. Follow it and you will not miss a page of this file.
Section 11
The Series on Facebook
This file was built in public, post by post, on my Page. Read the originals where they were published — react, comment, and share them there. That is where this story keeps moving.
Part 1 — “26 RECORDS REQUESTS. TWO STATES. ALL FOR ONE OFFICER'S FILE.”
The launch: the records campaign opens. Read it on A South Bend Crusader.
Reel — “This is how to fire a cop” (#shawnapps)
The short version, on video. Watch and share it on the Page.
Stone Park — “FOUR DAYS… ‘LIED ON EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION.’”
The Stone Park production, broken down document by document.
The Records Coming Back — October 31, 2026
What the agencies returned, and what their answers revealed.
Part 4 — “THE STATE OF ILLINOIS JUST HANDED ME SHAWN APPS'S ENTIRE POLICE CAREER IN ONE FILE.”
The ILETSB production — the full ledger, in one post.
A South Bend Crusader — the Page itself
Every post in this series, the filings coverage, and everything that comes next — in one place.
