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Police unions and law enforcement organizations from across Illinois were united on Saturday in opposition to a broad criminal justice overhaul the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus is pushing during the General Assembly’s lame-duck session, while Cook County’s top prosecutor weighed in with her support.
Canton Daily Ledger
SPRINGFIELD – A coalition representing Illinois law enforcement leadership and rank-and-file officers has issued a statement in opposition to House Bill 163 as amended that was unveiled on Tuesday:
“The so-called ‘reforms’ that are part of House Bill 163 as amended would destroy law enforcement s ability to keep communities safe. The authors of this legislation are not law enforcement professionals with hundreds of years of combined experience and this bill was drafted without law enforcement input, and because of that the long-term unintended consequences of this legislation would be dire. The Illinois Law Enforcement Coalition recently enumerated its Safe Communities plan, a sensible approach to modernizing Illinois law enforcement, but House Bill 163 as amended would lead to unsafe communities in Illinois. We urge the Illinois General Assembly to avoid making a sudden, rash decision in the Lame Duck Session and instead work carefully with all stakehol
CHICAGO (WLS) The Illinois attorney general s office is partnering with the FBI to create a task force on unemployment insurance benefits fraud.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Friday the Attorney General s Task Force on Unemployment Insurance Benefits Fraud would allow state and federal resources to be deployed on a large scale to combat unemployment insurance benefits fraud for the first time.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Raoul s office has received and investigated complaints related to unemployment insurance benefits fraud. The aim of the task force is to enhance collaboration among state and federal agencies investigating and prosecuting forms of unemployment benefits fraud, Raoul s office said.
WBGZ Radio 1/8/2021 |
By Doug Jenkins - WBGZ Radio
Lawmakers will be taking up as soon as this weekend a bill that could have massive implications for the future of law enforcement and communities in Illinois. A 600-plus page bill, House Bill 163 would - according to the Illinois Sheriff s Association - eliminate law enforcement as we know it from every community in the state to invalidate constitutionally protected due process of officers .
What started as a prescription drug monitoring bill introduced by local State Representative Katie Stuart (D-Glen Carbon) has morphed into a bill that would – among other things - allow officers to be punished or fired based on anonymous and unsubstantiated or unverifiable complaints. Wood River Police Chief Brad Wells feels this is an awful bill.