Jason Lawler has been a Rockford police officer since 2018.

2011-TR-0015944 - Failure to reduce speed

2012-TR-0022413 - Disregard stop sign

Guilty on both counts.

On December 30th, 2018, Lawler with Irvin Benitez and Brandon Wells responded to a welfare check saying a black man was moving furniture from his house to the street.

The three officers noted in their reports Kerry Blake’s “diminished mental capacity.”

Kerry Blake’s mental health crisis continued throughout the day. Hours later, Kerry would allegedly take a neighbor’s vehicle that was the same make, model and color as a family member’s vehicle.

Unbeknownst to Kerry at the time, there were children in the back of the vehicle. Kerry drove little more than a block away before stopping the vehicle and letting the children go.

Kerry returned to his house were his crisis spiraled.

When officers responded to the 911 call Lawler and Wells returned to the Blake household. Lawler and Wells informed officers of the earlier incident as well as past instances of Kerry Blake and his struggles with mental health.

In 2019, Lawler made $59,703 in salary + $11,539 in overtime = $71,242 + $8,060 in health insurance + $30,497 pension pay.

In 2020, they made $66,315 in salary + $18,231 in overtime = $84,576 + $8,450 in health insurance + $33,025 in pension pay.

In 2021, they made $79,050 in salary + $14,317 in overtime = $93,367 + $8,320 in health insurance + $34,932 in pension pay.

In 2022, they made $76,817 in salary + $19,429 in overtime = $96,247 + $8,450 in health insurance + $39,700 in pension pay.

In 2023, they made $86,242 in salary + $25,589 in overtime = $111,831 + $8,450 in health insurance + $46,059 in pension pay.

In 2024, they made $79,847 in salary + $21,419 in overtime = $101,266 + $8,775 in health insurance + $52,059 in pension pay.

If you or anyone you know has been abused, harassed or otherwise mistreated by this officer please email us with the officers name in the subject.