Body camera video shows Joliet police rescue man from river, use ropes to pull him from water

Thursday, April 9, 2026
JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- Body-worn camera video shows police in Joliet jumping into action to help a man in the Des Plaines River.

Police say they heard a man calling for help near Bicentennial Park around 4:30 a.m. Thursday.



Police blurred the face of the man in the video.

Officers used ropes to hold onto the man until firefighters arrived.



The 25-year-old man says he slipped and fell into the water.

He was taken to the hospital to be checked out, Joliet police said.
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