PLAINFIELD — In May, veteran Plainfield police Detective Paul Gadue was promoted detective-sergeant, making him the supervisor – and at the time, sole member – of the department’s special investigations unit.
Months later, two seasoned patrol officers, Caleb Schwarz and Hailey Griffin, were granted detective status and moved into the major case unit, a specialized investigative group whose membership over the years has fluctuated wildly and usually toward the low side.
“Then, two days before the new detectives were formally assigned here in October, we just got crushed with cases,” Gadue said. “So they started work early.”
On Thursday, the three detectives tapped away at their computers near white boards listing open cases. Schwarz, a bearded 32-year-old former Missouri state trooper who signed on with Plainfield in 2016, had six sex assault investigations on his plate, the same number as Griffin, a Plainfield High School volleyball player of the year who was hired as a patrol officer five years ago.
