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Kankakee County Criminal Justice Meeting 1/15/2020 7:30 AM
A
B
C
Thank
You
mr.
Hess
and
I.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
this
morning.
I'm
Reverend
Doug
simmerman,
a
board
member
of
the
not-for-profit
organization
connect
Kankakee
I'm
speaking
today
to
address
two
concerns
on
Tuesday
October
23rd
of
2018.
The
sheriff
was
gracious
enough
to
offer
a
tour
to
connect
Kankakee
members.
The
sheriff
said
at
that
during
that
tour,
that
not
all
the
special
specifications
in
the
ice
contract
were
being
met.
Specifically
the
hour
of
outdoor
recreation
is
not
being
provided.
C
I
ask
this
committee:
when
is
the
outdoor
recreation
area
going
to
be
completed
with
the
1.2
million
dollars
received
monthly
from
the
US
Marshal
and
ice
contract
for
housing,
the
criminals
and
ice
detainees?
The
project
can
be
financed
and
finished
in
the
near
future.
What
is
this
committees
plan
to
complete
the
recreation
area?
C
Secondly,
during
the
December
11
2009
teen
criminal
justice
meeting,
the
sheriff
made
comments
about
the
2019
stakeholders
engagement,
the
sheriff
outlined
four
areas
that
ice
Chicago
focused
on
the
sheriff,
gave
a
quote
from
the
field
director
ice
does
not
do
raise.
Is
this
comment
just
for
the
Chicago
area?
I
asked
because
many
news
sources,
including
the
New
York
Times,
reported
on
August
7th
of
2
9
2019,
the
ice
radon
7
chicken
plants
in
Mississippi,
680
workers
were
arrested,
raids
are
being
done
with
this
in
mind.
C
Housing
detainees
from
all
over
the
nation
for
ice
makes
the
County
Board
of
Kankakee
through
its
contract
with
ice
complicit
in
the
this
action
and
all
the
other
cruel
actions
perpetrated
by
ice.
We
yet
can't
connect
Kankakee,
receive
more
accurate
information
about
ice
actions
from
independent
news
sources,
immigration
attorney
and
eyewitness
accounts.
Then
we
feel
is
given
by
ice.
We
continue
to
call
on
the
Kankakee
County
Board
to
end
its
ice
contract.
Thank
you.
A
Everyone
should
have
received
a
copy
of
the
minutes
from
December
11th
2019.
Take
a
motion
to
approve
them.
Mr.
Goff
second
by
mr.
Fairfield,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
opposed
same
sign.
Motion
carries
chief
judge
is
not
here
today
will
go
with
circuit
clerk's
office
misty
on
sea,
in
your
packet,
you
have
a
copy
of
Sandy's
monthly
reports.
I'll.
Take
a
motion
to
approve
mr.
Terry
Co.
Second
by
mr.
cool
good
morning,
sandy
comments.
D
For
mr.
perky,
our
new
member,
my
report,
my
report
is
the
distribution.
All
the
money
that
we
collect
every
month
goes
into
all
these
funds
and
then
they're
dispersed
out
to
all
these
different
agencies
and
police
departments,
etc.
So
after
you
get
a
chance
to
review
it,
if
you
have
any
questions,
just
feel
free.
To
give
me
a
shout,
the
state's
attorney
collection
court
call.
We
did
$5,400
this
last
month,
but
a
grand
total
of
one
hundred
and
twenty
eight
thousand
nine
hundred
eighty
seven
dollars
and
five
cents,
so
that
is
23
years.
D
So
twenty
two
thousand
improvement
from
last
year.
So
that's
a
good
thing.
Any
questions
on
that.
Okay,
the
local
debt
recovery
program
in
Harrison
Harris.
We
brought
in
more
seventy
nine
thousand
thirty
three
dollars
this
last
month,
so
we
increased
a
couple
hundred
thousand
dollars
this
year
with
a
million
three
twenty
three
eighty
five.
So
that
was
a
good
year
for
that
and
then
on
this.
This
next
list
for
Harrison
here
is
the
open
inventory
how
this
works,
the
the
cases
that
we
turn
over.
D
This
last
for
this
year
and
ordinance
buyer
that
this
last
month,
fifty-one
ordinance
violations,
166
misdemeanors,
nine
conservation
tickets
and
a
hundred
and
ten
duis
for
a
grand
total
of
three
thousand
five
hundred
eighty
two
cases
for
the
year
of
2019
in
the
grand
total
for
all
the
years.
The
grand
total
that's
open
at
sixteen
thousand
575.
D
We
took
out
the
felony
designation
case
category
because
those
people
are
usually
in
prison
and
they
don't.
You
know
they're
they're
not
collectible
at
until
they
get
out
of
prison
and
even
then
they
you
know
it
takes
a
little
while
for
them
to
get
back
on
their
feet.
So
we
don't
force
the
issue
on
that
too
much.
D
A
D
D
That
I
noticed
that
there
were
a
lot
of
cases
that
were
either
dismissed
or
the
sentence
term
has
been
done
for
many
years,
so
we're
logging
that
all
in
right
now
and
then
we're
seeing
how
we
can
either
give
it
back
to
the
agencies
that
brought
it
in
to
the
court
case
or
if
there's
there's
a
way
that
we
can
get
it
destroyed
or
whatever.
We
need
to
do
so.
We're
working
on
that
and
then
that
will
greatly
reduce
our
footprint
in
the
storage
areas
within
the
courthouse,
so
we're
hoping
that
keep
busy
with
that.
D
So
now
computerization
the
good
news
we've
been
I've
had
some
conference
calls
recently
with
Tyler
technologies,
equiment,
which
is
the
parent
company
of
court
view,
and
then
the
administrative
office
of
online
courts
we've
all
gotten
together.
So
we
had
it
call
yesterday
and
they've
identity
has
identified
the
duplicate
files
that
were
being
entered
through
the
e-file
integration
test
process,
so
they've
been
just
sending
cases
in
a
test
mode
and
for
some
reason
they
were
sending
out,
duplicates
or
more
of
the
same
filing,
and
so
they
needed
to
go
through
and
figure
out.
D
The
mapping
and
get
that
adjusted
so
they
finally
gotten
to
that
end.
Then
they
will
do
another
test
run
probably
around
the
end
of
next
week
and
then
it'll
be
turned
over
to
my
employee
Paula.
Who
will
then
begin
further
testing
she's
going
to
be
testing
all
the
civil
case
types?
That's
the
only
designation
that
we're
able
to
do
right
now,
and
so
this
is
only
like
one
piece
of
her
job.
She,
you
know
has
many
other
things
to
do
so
it's
hard
to
keep
moving
on
that
project,
but
she's
doing
as
best
she
can.
D
So
we
are
seeing
some
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel
and
once
we
get
it
wrapped
up,
more
efficiency
will
be
you
know
in
the
office
and
then
then
we
can
start
down
the
criminal
filing
path,
because
the
Supreme
Court
has
opened
up
the
gates
so
that
the
courts
can
are
the
circuit.
Clerk's
offices
can
do
the
criminal
filing.
So
so
then,
one
last
thing
I
did
a
summary
of
2019
cases
that
went
to
court
or
were
scheduled
for
Court
I
gathered
the
data
from
the
judges
court
schedules.
D
It
came
out
to
a
hundred
and
fourteen
thousand
three
hundred
and
seventy-one
cases
went
to
court
last
year,
so
I
did
some
math
and
it
was
approximately
four
hundred
and
sixty-five
cases
a
day
in
the
court
house.
So
that's
a
lot
of
and
that's
just
going
to
court.
So
that's
not
anything
else
that
we
do.
On
top
of
that.
For
the
year
the
traffic
misdemeanor
court
call.
There
were
twenty
three
hundred
cases
that
went
to
court
for
the
whole
year
aggravated
or
no
wait
that
can't
be
right.
D
No
in
a
month
the
average
month
was
twenty
three
hundred
cases
for
traffic
misdemeanor
aggravated
traffic
in
the
jury.
Call
that's
twenty
almost
2,500
cases.
In
a
month
the
felony
DV
Court
is
a
thousand
seventy,
almost
felony
Court
758
and
small
claims
probate
as
a
thousand.
So
it's
a
busy
busy
thing
in
judge
Kurtz's
court.
He
was
on
vacation
for
part
of
December
like
two
weeks
in
December
and
he
still
had
over
800
cases.
So
it's
a
busy
busy
court
calm
questions.
A
E
A
E
Of
two
other
things,
March
14th
is
I,
laugh
for
a
cause.
It's
a
Harbor
House
fundraiser,
it's
a
really
good
event.
They
bring
second
City
to
the
Knights
of
Columbus.
It
sells
out
every
year,
so
at
the
end,
people
are
always
scrambling
for
tickets.
If
you
want
to
attend
that,
we
would
really
appreciate
your
support
at
Harbor
House,
whether
it's
a
sponsor
or
an
attendee.
You
can
get
the
information
or
buy
tickets
on
the
website
at
Harbor,
House,
Divi
org.
E
Another
thing
you
know:
Child
Advocacy,
Center,
child
Network.
They
do
our
interviews
in
sexual
assault
cases.
We've
got
to
come
up
with
some
sort
of
solution
to
assist
them
with
funding
and
I'm,
probably
at
a
future
meeting.
Gonna
come
become
in
to
this
committee
and
asking
for
some
source
of
support.
They
conduct
the
investigations
and
the
interviews
in
sexual
assault
cases
that
involve
juvenile
minor
minor
victims
or
juvenile
victims,
and
with
the
changes
made,
it's
really
you
know
our
last
governor,
our
current
governor,
our
state
legislature,
the
last
state
legislature.
E
Now
they've
zeroed
out
fines,
so
people
come
in
pretty
much
anyone
that
qualifies
for
a
public
defender,
which
is
a
large
number
of
individuals
that
come
into
the
system
when
they're
convicted
of
the
offense
they're
walking
out
with
zero
fines
due
because
of
the
new
law
that
allows
that
those
fines
to
be
waived.
That's
not
your
prosecutors.
It's
not!
Your
public
defenders
fault.
E
E
So
I'm
not
gonna,
come
here
asking
for
a
whole
bunch
of
money,
but
I
know
that
the
agencies
are
gonna,
start
talking
about,
maybe
what
some
of
the
police
departments,
if
anything
villages,
can
contribute
and
I'm
hoping
the
county
might
be
able
to
put
a
few
dollars
in
the
till,
because
we
cannot
prosecute
those
cases
without
their
support,
and
these
are
some
of
the
most
important
cases
we
have
in
the
system
just
giving
you
a
heads-up
on
that.
Thank
you.
A
F
Basically,
you
know:
December
is
normally
a
slow
month,
but
we
did.
The
school
are
disposed
of
more
cases
than
we
opened.
I
would
like
to
take
credit
for
that,
but
I
can't
it's
just
the
way
the
system
works
goes
and
ebbs
and
flows.
I
have
been
stressing,
as
you
know,
among
my
assistants,
to
move
cases
to
the
best
of
their
ability.
There
are
so
many
factors
involved
regarding
client
control.
You
know,
accessibility
to
the
you
know,
court
to
the
court
system
like
sandy
talked
about.
F
F
A
lot
of
these
cases
are
getting
the
private
counsel
and
obviously,
if
someone
can
afford
private
counsel,
but
they
should
not
have
us
to
begin
with
it's
funny
that
if
a
client
feels
like
he's
being
slighted,
he
or
she
is
being
slighted
by
our
office,
because
we
don't
see
them
enough
or
are
not
catering
to
their
needs
blow
them
the
hole
they
get.
Private
counsel,
there's
only
so
much.
We
can
do
about
that
I
think
on
paper.
Most
of
our
clients
are
statutorily
indigent.
F
Obviously,
if
the
friend
or
family
is
willing
to
come
up
with
some
money
and
pay
for
private
counsel,
fantastic,
but
the
courts
can't
say:
do
you
have
friends
or
family
who
would
hire
counsel
for
you,
it's
what
they
can
afford,
what
they
can't
afford.
So
we're
going
to
keep
on
being
a
point
on
these
cases
and
we're
gonna
keep
doing
our
best
to
resolve
them.
As
of
I
think
January
6th
we
had
a
new
hire
II
who
replaced
Kirsten
Steve's
his
name's
Dan
Johnson.
He
was
an
ex
firefighter.
F
He
also
has
his
tax
law
license,
also,
which
is
kind
of
irrelevant
to
what
he's
doing
now.
He's
already
been
to
the
jail
on
numerous
occasions.
The
old
new
jail
he's
engaging
with
the
clients
exactly
the
way
he
should
be
so
I
anticipate
that
some
additional
benefit
will
be
reaped
from
another
full-time
for
his
well,
not
another
full-time
assistant,
but
from
the
appointment
of
a
full-time
assistant
that
you
guys
were
graciously
enough
to
authorize.
So
that's,
basically
all
I
have
any
questions
for
the
committee
questions.
F
A
A
G
G
We
collected
3633
drug
tests,
which
is
up
from
2008
drug
testing
year
before
so
we
increase
that
quite
a
bit
and
a
lot
of
that's
because
the
grant
has
allowed
us
to
bring
a
drug
tester
into
the
building,
and
that's
all
that
person
does
for
two
and
a
half
full
days
collect
drug
tests
for
us.
So
we
did
see
an
increase
just
about
in
every
area
over
2018,
except
for
detention
days,
which
decreased
by
about
438
days.
A
G
Heard
the
pretrial,
which
we
discussed
several
times
the
state
awarded
us
four,
fully
funded
positions
later
late.
Last
year
we
they've
been
hired
they're
in
place.
They
started
this
past
Monday
about
four
or
five
well,
the
five
weeks
of
training
and
then
we'll
get
that
program
up
and
running,
and
you
know.
G
F
G
C
G
A
I
Good
morning,
really
at
this
point,
I
don't
have
a
whole
lot
of
comments,
because,
as
we
in
the
year
in
2019,
we
will
have
our
end
of
the
full
end
of
the
year
report
available,
probably
by
next
month,
wherever
Trent
said.
Is
he
hiding
behind
a
pole
he's
not
back
there?
Okay,
anyway,
we
are
working
on
our
2019
numbers,
one
of
the
things
that
obviously
sometimes
gets
a
little
confusing
as
the
difference
between
our
actual
fiscal
year
and
the
calendar
year.
I
So
we'll
give
you
calendar
year
numbers
as
far
as
everything
included
on
this
report,
but
this
report
is,
you
is
mainly
fiscal
year
as
as
that's
what
number
we
work
off
of
budget
wise
so,
but
we
will
have
a
full
report.
The
only
thing
I
would
say
is
that
we
are
currently
over
300
locals
in
our
custody.
That's
very
high
for
us!
Probably
why
there's
no
grand
jury
because
they're
all
in
jail.
I
The
other
concerning
number
that
that
we
have
talked
about
most
of
the
year
is
the
number
of
those
who
have
been
released
from
the
Illinois
Department
of
Corrections
this
year,
which
is
at
a
thousand
five.
So
we've
had
a
thousand
people
who
have
returned
to
our
community
from
the
Illinois
Department
of
Corrections.
Now
that
doesn't
make
them
all
bad,
but
we
all
know
their
recidivism
numbers
in
what
that
means
for
our
local
judicial
system.
I
A
I
I
We
have
to
initiate
that
to
make
to
make
that
available
to
those
who
are
in
custody
and
eligible
to
vote,
so
that
not
only
burdens
our
office.
It
burdens
the
county,
clerk's
office
and
again
this
is
this
is
one
of
those
things
that
have
come
down
from
Cook
County,
which
a
lot
of
this
a
lot
of
what's
in
here
does,
but
that's
the
world.
We
live
in
right
now.
I
The
second
one
kind
of
interesting
House
bill,
2276
that
says
that
you
can't
smoke
in
a
vehicle
that
contains
a
person
under
18
sounds
great
I,
think
everybody
would
agree,
it's
something
that
we
should
do.
Here's
the
problem.
Our
deputies
can't
see
somebody
smoking
in
a
car
with
a
kid
in
it
and
stop
that
car.
For
that
we
have
to
stop
him
for
something
else.
That's
the
mentality
of
the
state
of
Illinois
and
our
legislators.
I
House
bill
2040,
the
private
detention
facility
moratorium
I,
believe
this
took
effect
prior
to
January
1st,
but
that
is
the
inability
to
allow
private
prisons
in
the
state
of
Illinois,
which
we
certainly
agree
with
from
the
standpoint
of
private
facilities,
whether
it's
for
federal
inmates
ice
inmates,
whatever
private
facilities,
do
not
operate
the
same
way.
They
operate
for
a
profit
in
which
you
know.
Obviously
we
don't
in
in
government,
we
don't
operate
under
a
profit.
I
I
I
believe
this
morning
we
have
one
of
our
deputies
assigned
to
Metro
and
for
some
reason,
an
individual
who
is
a
convicted
felon
was
out
at
the
metro
station
out
on
right
off
of
Route
50
and
Saint
George
Road
in
the
bathroom
smoking
marijuana,
because
we
all
know
that
when
these
laws
get
passed,
everybody
pushes
the
envelope
to
see
what
we
can
get
away
with.
Even
though
it's
illegal,
our
officer,
confronted
him
got
into
a
struggle.
I
This
individual
end
up
getting
tased
a
couple
times
and
he
was
subdued
with
actually
the
help
of
one
of
the
Metro
employees,
and
for
that
we're
grateful
that
they
stepped
in
to
help.
And
lo
and
behold
he
had
a
loaded
weapon
on
him,
so
that
could
have
gone
south
in
a
hurry
credit
to
our
deputy,
who
handled
that
as
well
as
could
have
been
handled,
and
he
is
presently
in
our
Jail
and
but
frustrating
because
we'll
you
know
deal
with
him
for
a
long
time.
I
I
Passes
I'll
make
sure
Kelley
and
make
sure
Kelley
and
the
Chairman
get
one
too
next
on
the
agenda.
The
adoption
of
ten
shared
principles
I'm
sure
some
are
wondering
what
that
is,
and
the
ten
shared
principles
is
something
that
was
that
was
put
out
I
believe
in
2018.
It's
something
that
that
I
would
like
to
think.
We
already
do,
but
this
just
really
reiterates
it
puts
it
in
writing,
makes
a
commitment.
I
It
was
originally
between
the
Illinois
Association
of
Chiefs
of
Police
and
the
n-double-a-cp
and
those
10
shared
principles
that
they
are
handing
out
right
now,
I'm
not
going
to
read
them
all
to
you.
If
you
want
to
give
one
Rob,
if
you
want
to
give
one,
does
everybody
have
one
to
give?
Do
you
get
all
those
yeah
you
want
to
give
one
to
Reverend.
I
This
is
an
agreement
from
a
law
enforcement
standpoint,
the
n-double-a-cp
that
basically
were
we're
all
working
together,
treating
people
the
way
they
should
be
treated
and,
as
I
said,
this
is
something
that
we've
done.
We
are
right
now,
I
believe
the
city
of
Kankakee,
I,
believe
Bradley
and
bourbonnais
have
signed
on
to
this.
A
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J
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A
A
A
H
H
We
had
13
autopsies,
which
you
kind
of
run,
that
down
the
line
that
would
bring
us
out
to
72
at
the
end
of
the
year,
which
is
quite
considerably
pretty
high.
So
the
went
down
the
line
there.
We
kind
of
changed
this
report
around
a
little
bit
to
give
a
little
bit
more
details
on
the
total
number
of
calls.
For
instance,
the
corner
signs
off
on
22
calls
where
you
have
a
hospice,
which
we
have
60
calls
from
hospice.
We
still
have
to
respond
to
hospice
calls
and
referral
causes.
H
H
This
is
what
we've
changed
around
a
little
bit
on
the
different
things
like
natural
homicide,
suicide,
accidental
right
now
we're
last
month,
I
reported
29
overdoses.
When
I
got
back
to
the
office,
we
had
one
more,
so
we
ended
up
with
30
overdoses
right
now,
in
the
month
of
December
already
we
have
a
possibility
of
six
overdoses
already.
So
if
you
times
that
out
there
that
considerably
large
number
also.
H
Other
than
that
I'll
take
any
any
questions
on
that
at
all
that
you
have
and
and
the
donations
are
from
the
Gift
of
Hope,
but
there's
a
lot
more
donations
that
are
that
are
given
out.
But
as
far
as
if
we
have
something
here,
that's
gonna
be
autopsy
and
they
come
in
for
tissue
or
if
it's
something,
there's
something
that
sent
the
at
the
hospital
or
we're
gonna
do
an
autopsy
on,
but
they
want
to
give
it
the
heart
or
the
lungs
or
or
liver,
or
something
like
that.
A
H
Several
years
back,
we
went
from
developing
our
x-rays
in
our
dark
room
out
theater.
We
went
to
that
and
we
went
digital
several
years
back,
I
believe
a
couple
of
years.
Back
five
years
back,
we've
got
all
that
stuff.
In
there
we
we
decided
to
we're,
never
going
to
use
it
again.
We
can't
get
the
equipment,
can't
get
replacements
for
anything.
So
we
want
to
declare
that
surplus
and
no
longer
utilize.
We
have
a
digital
machine
now
take.
A
H
It
was
remarkable
a
lot
of
people
that
we've
got
that
came
to
the
Grand
Park
area.
To
help
us
be
able
to
get
that
person
out
of
there
was
very,
very
extremely
difficult.
The
wind
conditions
were
really
bad
out
there.
The
weather
was
very
cold,
but
we
got
people
from
like
Grant
Park,
Police
Department,
the
can't
ki
County
Sheriff's
Department
Manteno
Momence
Fire
Department
for
bonus,
Fire
Department
Bradley,
limestone
the
city,
the
township
and
from
the
outside
area,
because
they
had
to
have
a
TAC
TAC.
They
call
it
a
cart
team,
the
rescue
team.
H
To
do
these
particular
types
of
rescue.
They
came
from
Frankfort
Tinley,
Park,
Manhattan,
Orland,
Park,
New,
Lenox
life,
star
helicopter
Alice,
M,
Fire,
Department,
palos,
Park,
Fire,
Department,
River,
Valley
Metro.
The
American
Red
Cross
and,
of
course
our
our
Cabana
me
been
the
command
van,
was
out
there.
Also,
it
was
everything
went
perfect
out
there
as
far
as
communications.
Why
is
there
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
when
we
need
help
like
that
in
our
community,
these
are
people
that
we
reach
out
for
and
they
come
they
come
in.
H
H
Unbelievable
my
hat's
off
to
all
the
law
enforcement
and
the
the
fire
departments
that
were
out
there,
the
chief
O'brien
a
great
job
he
did,
but
I
just
brought
along
a
couple
of
pictures.
They
had
a
drone
up
from
Orland
Park
that
the
chief
had
had
there,
but
we
were
able
to
bring
in
I
can
pass
that
around
he
wanted
to.
We
were
able
to
bring
in
the
in
our
command
man.
We
have
a
TV
in
there.
H
We
were
able
to
bring
the
high
velocity
of
what
was
going
on
up
on
top
right
to
the
our
command
vehicle
and
be
able
to
talk
and
all
the
operations,
all
the
people
that
that
do
the
thing
it
was
unbelievable.
It
was
interesting
to
see
this
go
on,
because
that
little
hole
was
only
about
yay,
big
but
yet
100
feet
up
in
the
air.
It's
just
outstanding
where
everybody
worked
together
and
everything
came
out
other
than
the
the
fatal
and
the
one
was
rescued.
But
I
could
see
my.
J
A
Is
there
any
old
business
to
come
before
the
committee,
any
old
business,
any
new
business
I,
don't
know
it's
it's
Wes
or
Kevin.
They
got
an
awful
big
stack
of
papers
back
in
yeah,
okay,
any
new
business.
Take
the
motion
to
adjourn.
Miss
Dunbar
second
by
mr.
cool,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
opposed
same
sign
motion
carries.
Thank
you.