The Village of Orland Park settled a lawsuit with a former police officer over accusations he was fired after filing a racial discrimination complaint.

The village settled with former Orland Park Police officer William Sanchez for $524,000, the village said in a statement. That’s in addition to its own $460,000 in legal fees, which the court deemed it responsible for.

Sanchez, an officer for nearly two decades, sued after he accused the village’s police department of denying him a promotion to lieutenant due to racial discrimination and then firing him for lodging a complaint about it in January 2024.

Justin Tresnowski, an attorney for Sanchez, said Sanchez has been reinstated as a sergeant, and is “returning to work with a clean record.”

“We are pleased that the current Village admini

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