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From YouTube: Criminal Justice Committee Meeting 5/10/2023
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Criminal Justice Committee Meeting 5/10/2023 7:30 AM
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Judge,
okay,
good
morning,
a
couple
of
things
to
report
on
this
morning
tomorrow,
at
four
o'clock,
we're
going
to
be
swearing
in
our
newest
associate
judge,
that's
Andy
Purcell
who's.
Currently
with
the
Spiros
law
firm
down
the
block
on
Court
Street.
Here
he
will
be.
That
will
be
his
first
day
as
as
a
judge,
we're
really
excited
to
have
him
back
on
board,
and
this
is
a
result.
If
you'll
recall,
of
special
legislation
that
was
passed
in
in
in
Springfield.
C
That
basically
said,
the
results
of
the
2020
census
would
not
be
effective
with
regard
to
the
associate
judge
Act,
and
what
that
means
is
that
the
2020
census
which
for
Kankakee
County
was
lower,
resulted
in
a
loss
of
one
of
our
associate
positions
and
that
now
was
changed
and
we
we
got
that
position
back.
Basically.
C
So
we're
swearing
in
that
new
judge
tomorrow,
four
o'clock
in
our
ceremonial
courtroom,
300
at
the
courthouse
and
you're
all
more
than
welcome
to
attend
and
there's
a
a
short
reception
afterwards
at
the
Depot
Justice
Mary
Kay
O'brien
is
going
to
do
the
swearing
in
and
then
Justice
Albrecht,
who
retired
from
our
courthouse
for
about
a
week
and
then
was
promoted
to
the
the
Appellate
Court
in
Ottawa.
So
she
will
also
be
in
attendance.
C
Our
basement
renovation
is
moving
along.
We
are
99
completed,
we've
started
moving
employees
back
into
the
basement,
I
think
we
have
about
eight
or
nine,
maybe
10
employees
down
there.
Now
the
we
are
waiting
on
furniture
waiting
on
the
the
new
chairs
for
the
jury
assembly,
room,
which
is
just
looks
fantastic.
We
will
have
room
for
160
or
so
jurors
on
three
out
of
four
weeks
three
out
of
four
Mondays
a
month
and
they
will
be
in
comfortable
chairs.
C
There
will
be
cell
phone
lockers
computer
lockers
that
are
already
installed,
so
they
will
have
a
much
better
experience
there
in
the
basement.
If
you've
ever
served
on
a
jury
before
it
was
very
uncomfortable,
it
was
hot,
it
was
noisy
and
you
couldn't
bring
your
phones
in.
So
we've
made
it
a
lot
more
comfortable.
They
do
sit
there.
They
one
of
the
disadvantages,
I
guess
of
our
jury
system
is
that
there
is
waiting
involved.
C
Most
cases
don't
go
to
jury,
even
though
the
people
initially
asked
for
a
jury
when
it
gets
right
down
to
the
door
of
the
courtroom.
A
lot
of
cases
get
settled,
that's
just
the
nature
of
the
the
system
so
we're
waiting
on
on
the
chairs.
Those
are
due
by
June
1st
and
then
we're
also
waiting
on
the
furniture
for
the
Circuit
Clerk's
portion
of
the
basement,
which
is
going
to
house
about
10
minute
clerks
plus
a
supervisor.
They
will
be
moving
down
there
once
that
furniture
is
in
place.
C
Let's
see
each
I
think
there
was
one
other
thing:
I
was
going
to
say,
yeah
our
case
management
system.
I,
don't
have
a
lot
to
report
on
that.
It
is
moving
along
with
Tyler
Technologies.
We're
still
expecting
that
in
about
a
year.
Yet
is
what
it's
going
to
take
to
convert
just
the
the
tons
of
data
that
needs
to
be
converted
and
then
all
the
training
and
the
the
installation
of
the
equipment
that
we
have
to
have,
and
then
we
have
one
thing
actually
on
the
agenda.
C
It's
the
opening
of
bids
for
the
evidence,
modules
that
are
are
evidence.
Podiums
I,
should
say
that
are
coming
into
the
courtrooms
OR
at
least
three
three
courtrooms.
So
we
we
applied
for
a
grant
through
the
administrative
office
of
Illinois
courts.
They
gave
us
the
grant,
they
paid
us
the
money.
The
money
is
sitting
here
in
the
county
and
we
have
we
decided
it
was.
C
You
know
we
should
bid
that
project
there,
because
they
run
about
30,
40
000,
a
piece
I,
don't
know
what
the
bids
are
gonna
say,
but
that
was
kind
of
an
estimate
that
we
got
so
that
we
need
to
open
that
and
then
I'll
review,
that
with
Mr
Rowe
and
come
back
at
the
next
meeting
with
the
recommendation.
But
we
do
have
the
money
in
hand,
it
doesn't
cost
the
county
anything.
So.
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F
It's
not
semantics,
I
I
think
it
should
be
responsive
better
because
if
you
put
out
a
bid,
the
options
may
not
be
something
that
was
put
on.
The
bid
is
something
that
we
I
think
that's
what
she's
getting
at
okay,
so
the
if,
if
we
have
to
just
make
sure
that
the
the
bid
we
take
is
responsive
to
what
we
put
out
there
and
then,
if
there's
options
and
bells
and
whistles
after
that,
then
I
guess
unless
it
goes
over
thirty
thousand
dollars,
it
really
doesn't
matter.
The
total
are.
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C
We
have
well,
as
as
of
tomorrow,
we'll
have
10
judges
in
Kankakee
County.
We
have
two
down
in
Iroquois
as
part
of
our
circuit.
We
have
we'll
have
10
judges
in
nine
courtrooms,
so
the
judge
Purcell,
then,
will
be
what
we
call.
The
floater
judge
he'll
take
various
courtrooms
on
various
days
for,
like
a
half
a
day,
a
week,
various
courtrooms
and
then
his
call
will
move
around.
So
we
we
are
short
one
courtroom.
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H
Violations
of
order
of
protection,
so
felony
domestic
offenses
continue
to
unfortunately
lead
the
way
for
those
of
you
who
are
newer
to
the
board
or
haven't
heard
it
before
a
felony
domestic
battery
means
it's
a
second
offense,
second
or
more,
so
they
have
a
prior
conviction,
not
too
open
cases
pending,
but
actually
been
convicted
previously
and
reoffended.
It
can
be
a
strangulation
incident
or
it
can
be
a
domestic
battery
that
results
in
great
bodily
harm.
Our
definition
of
great
bodily
harm
in
the
legal
definition
is
probably
pretty
different.
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G
A
H
That
does
start
tonight,
yeah
that
starts
tonight.
Five
o'clock,
Bourbonnais
Municipal
Pond.
We
provide
the
fishing
poles
tackle
bait
everything
it's
through
our
office,
but
it
is
funded
in
large
part
by
the
community
and
some
Grant
funds
we've
received.
We
don't
use
in
government
dollars
for
that,
and
we've
got
a
great
sponsor
in
Elliot's
bait
shop.
So
if
you
do
fish
go
to
Elliott's.
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H
I'm
sure
we've
had
that
I
think
this
would
be
our
sixth
year
if
their
sixth
year
with
the
interns
everyone's
welcome
to
apply.
We
have
high
school
through
college
grad,
school
law,
school
students
high
school,
it's
great
for
them
in
the
summer.
We
let
them
pick
their
schedules
if
they
want
to
come
in
for
a
couple
hours
one
day
a
week
or
if
they
want
to
come
in
full
time.
H
We
try
to
pair
them
up
if
they're
interested
in
social
work,
more
Community
side
of
the
office,
we'll
put
them
in
our
either
our
community
division
or
with
our
victim
witness
Advocates.
If
they're
interested
in
being
a
prosecutor,
you
know
criminal
putting
with
a
Criminal
Division,
we'll
put
them
with
our
Civil
Division.
E
A
short
time
ago,
you
did
that
luncheon
for
a
bunch
of
churches
in
the
area
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
our
church
was
interested
in
was
going
back
to
the
fishing
for
just
a
second.
Do
you
have
all
the
supplies
that
you
guys
need
like
tackle
and
lures
and
polls,
and
or
would
you
take
donations
of
those
items
or
what
yeah.
H
We
would
definitely
accept
donations,
that's
how
the
program
has
been
funded.
To
this
point.
We
did
get
some
grant
money
from
the
state,
so
we're
pretty
stocked
up
now
on
tackle,
but
we
always
need
fishing.
Poles,
I,
think
we're
up
to
about
50
to
60
fishing
poles
and
we're
expecting
to
have
more
anglers
in
our
program
than
that
this
year.
For
sure,
okay,.
E
A
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I
A
I
As
of
right
now
we
have
481
cases
open
for
a
total
of
66
a
little
over
66
000
hours,
but
the
right
now
we're
hitting
that
time
of
season
where
a
lot
more
job
sites
open
up
with
the
weather,
breaking
they're,
reaching
out
to
municipalities
and
public
works
and
different
things
like
that.
Obviously,
festivals
and
things
like
that
start.
So
we
should
start
chipping
away
at
those
hours
and
now
we're
in
that
season.
So
I'll
keep
you
up
on
that.
So
questions.
G
A
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A
Ninety
thousand
six
hundred
and
eight
miles
take
a
motion
to
declare
that
Surplus
Mr
long
you've
worked
on
them.
Second,
by
Mr,
Fairfield,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
opposed
same
sign.
Motion
carries
up
next
coroner's
office
in
the
past,
you
have
a
copy
of
the
monthly
report
and
the
monthly
receipts
or
money
take
a
motion
to
combine
and
approve
them
by
Mr
Scanlon.
Second
bye,
Mr
Fairfield
good
morning
Bob.
Good
morning,
sir.
J
J
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J
We
we
have
two
forensic
Pathologists
which
are
board
certified
and
we
have
three
three
three,
almost
four
backups
forensic
board
certified,
which
is
unusual
because
you
go
south
and
they're
looking
for
they
have
to
go
to
Indiana,
sometimes
to
get
autopsies
there.
We
were
blessed
to
have
that.
That's
why
I
always
say
I
put
the
red
carpet
out
for
him
all
the
time.
The
procedures
we
do
is
is
different.
J
Cases
that
we
have
is
a
is
there's
a
and
determine
whether
the
mode
of
death
is
accidental
suicide,
homicide,
natural
or
undetermined.
That's
what
we
have
to
decide.
It's
decided
by
the
the
doctors
and
myself
and
then
is
signed
off
by
the
corner,
so
I
I
review
a
lot
of
cases.
I
get
a
lot
of
medical
records.
J
We
also
we
deal
with
our.
We
do
our
own
x-rays
out
there,
which,
if
you've
all
been
to
the
hospital
lately
and
how
much
x-rays
are
it's
very.
We
have
a
unique
machine
that
was
which,
which
we
purchased,
that
takes
x-rays.
We
can
get
x-rays
back
within
within
12
seconds
to
maybe
15
seconds.
We
get
them
right
back
that
quick,
so
it's
unbelievable.
J
J
Any
homicide
case
has
to
be
keep
has
to
be
kept
for
forever.
Basically,
we
have
our
our
certains
for
all
our
accidents,
all
our
over
the
oods.
We
have
to
keep
for
a
while
and
then
we
can
dispose
of
them,
but
other
than
that.
We
we
have
a
this,
got
a
new
freezer
out
there
that
we
only
could
hold
two
before
now.
We
can
hold
up
to
possibility
of
10.,
which
is
which
is
good,
starting
Wednesday,
we're
getting
a
whole
new
hvc
system.
J
Basically,
air
hailing
unit
to
give
us
more
fresh
air
inside
have
negative
pressure
in
our
morgue,
which
we
have
to
have.
You
can
almost
not
have
to
wear
a
mask.
If
you
don't
have
you
know
if
you
don't
want
to,
even
though
we
do
and
that's
coming
to
us,
I
have
to
shut
the
morgue
down
for
two
days,
so
we'll
we'll
hold
our
bodies,
we're
not
going
to
ship
them
out
so
other
than
that
that
we
we
do
a
lot
of
Education
throughout
the
county.
J
J
Everything
went
successful
and
knock
knock.
There
was
no
injuries
or
anything
like
that
was
their
Chiefs,
then
I
don't
think
there
was
anything
so
we're
we're
proud
of
that
and
again
that
we
go
out
to
all
the
seniors
and
I
I.
We
go
out
and
do
different
programs
throughout
the
county
to
try
to
knock
these.
The
toxicology
are
basically
the
the
what
we're
dealing
with
right
now
is
fentanyl,
basically
we're
at
17
cases
right
now
of
overdoses.
J
J
Now
we
had
three
basically
overdoses
of
vaping
in
the
eastern
part
of
the
county,
which
is
trying
to
tell-
and
we
talked
to
all
the
young
kids
about,
be
surprised,
the
young,
kids
and-
and
you
know,
they're
not
really
supposed
to
be
vaping
the
18
years
of
age.
This
has
to
be
21
to
do
that
and
you
sure
see
a
lot
of
vaping
going
on
at
schools
which
we're
probably
going
to
head
into
pretty
quickly
of.
We
tried
to
introduce
that.
J
J
J
F
G
H
H
G
J
My
question
to
them
is
these:
are
people
that
die
from
this
here?
It's
not
fit
for
a
human
and
yet
they're
complaining
about
it.
That's
going
to
take
too
much
paperwork
which
I
don't
know
where
it
is
I,
don't
know
where
it
is
right
now,
usually
our
lobbyist.
So,
oh
give
me
a
call
on
that
for
because
it's
our
our
Gemini's
bill
and
Jackie
heisen
and
Pat
Joyce's
work
working
on
that.
So
thank.
D
A
J
That's
about
it
any
other
questions
or
any
questions
anytime.
You
have
any
questions
and
want
to
know
you
don't
have
to
go
to
the
autops.
You
want
to
come
out
and
see
the
facility
we
keep
it.
Top
Notch
out
there,
so
we'd
be
more
welcome
to
have
anybody
step
in
to
see
what
we
do,
as
is
not
only
our
whole
staff
we're
all
paperless
out
there.
They
do
no
longer
more
papers.
Everything
goes
on
the
computer.
There
first
I
think
it's
the
first
County
office
that
did
that
so
great.