FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (WSIL) The Illinois Criminal Justice Reform Bill was signed into law earlier this year, but faced strong opposition from law enforcement agencies who argued the language created hurdles in effective policing practices.
The General Assembly passed a new bill during the Spring Session in hopes to address some of those concerns, with support from both law enforcement agencies and legislatures who say more work is still to come.
The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police opposed the original Criminal Justice Reform Bill as it was written, but now say they are encouraged by the law’s sponsors in negotiating the much needed changes.
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(WSIL) -At the end of February, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Criminal Justice Reform Bill, that saw support from those calling for reform but also pushback from opponents. The state of Illinois did a really, really bad thing to our police officers earlier this year they took away their safety, said US Representative Mike Bost.
Now, a bill has passed through the US House of Representatives that is very similar to Illinois bill. It basically defunds a lot of the police. It takes away their safety for liability and things like that. It makes it to where they can t protect the people the way they need to protect them, said Bost.