A member of a prominent family in metro-east emergency services has been decertified as a police officer.
Last month, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board adopted the recommendations of an administrative law judge and a certification review panel by decertifying Jerame Simmons Jr.
Judge Sarah Carlson concluded that Simmons Jr. falsely claimed on job applications he submitted to police departments in Dupo, Cahokia Heights and Sauget in 2024 that he graduated from Dupo Junior/Senior High School, according to board documents…