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By Kim Howard - IIS Radio
The Illinois State Police is graduating a new cadet class. The class of 39 cadets began last October, and after 26 weeks of training is ready to hit the road.
State Police Director Brendan Kelly referenced tensions with the public across the country and had this message for graduates:
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That oath contains the words: I pledge to be honest in thought, word, and deed and to maintain unimpeachable integrity.
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Willis said she wouldn’t compromise on mandating fingerprints or universal background checks before all gun sales except for those between immediate family members.
“We have to have a better way to do background checks and fingerprints are the best way to do that,” Willis said. “Same thing with universal background checks. If we don t do that, there s a loophole in the law, and people that have shady backgrounds will continue to do personal sales and not go through gun dealers.”
Competing legislation
The new proposal combines more progressive elements backed by gun control groups with ideas introduced by the Illinois State Police carried in a separate piece of proposed legislation. That bill is aimed at reducing Illinois’ massive backlog of FOID and concealed carry license applications, which grew so large during the COVID-19 pandemic, a gun rights group filed suit against Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration over it in federal court last month.
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