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Receptionist stays positive despite the inhumanity she's exposed to on the job

By Steve Bauer
Sunday June 1, 2008

Vanda Bidwell

Jan Orr at her second-floor desk in the Champaign Police Department, with investigations supervisor Lt. Joe Gallo.

CHAMPAIGN – Jan Orr hears lots of the bad side of humanity. But friends and relatives say that part of her job with the Champaign Police Department hasn't colored the way she leads her life.

Orr, 47, is the receptionist for the Champaign Police Department investigators. Among her duties are transcribing tapes for detectives and helping to disseminate bulletins and information for the Champaign County Crimestoppers organization.

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