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From YouTube: Criminal Justice Committee Meeting 1/11/2023
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Criminal Justice Committee Meeting 1/11/2023 7:30am
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In
the
packet,
you
should
have
a
copy
of
the
minutes
sent
to
you
from
November
10
2022.
Take
a
motion
to
approve
Mr
eckhoff
second,
by
Mr
Hunter,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
opposed
same
sign.
Motion
carries
I
should
say,
though,
welcome
all
the
new
members
to
the
committee
be
your
first
meeting
team.
We
didn't
have
one
in
December,
so
everybody
that's
new,
welcome,
don't
be
afraid
to
ask
questions
so
up.
First
to
be
the
chief
judge,
Mr
Covington.
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The
other
thing
that
I
wanted
to
report
on
is
since
Judge
Kramer's
retirement
judge,
Marlo
Jones
has
moved
into
the
family
court
and
is
handling
that
Court
call.
Now.
He
is
also
been
assigned
to
the
veterans
court
and
him
being
a
veteran
that
was
actually
a
natural
no-brainer,
I
guess
assignment
and
he's
doing
a
a
great
job.
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So
the
other
big
item-
that's
going
on
at
the
courthouse,
I,
wasn't
sure.
If
she
was
going
to
report
on
it
or
not,
is
the
the
new
case
management
system.
We
have
an
Antiquated
system
called
Court
view
that
is
almost
impossible
to
get
updated
and
it's
very
expensive
and
it's
obsolete
basically
does
not
comply
with
any
of
the
state
reporting
requirements
that
were
required
to
do,
and
so
we
have
signed
a
contract
now
with
Tyler
Technologies,
to
move
forward
with
their
proposal.
It
will
take
approximately
two
years
we're
estimating
to
get
it
fully
implemented.
D
They
will
do
it
in
phases.
Probation
is
involved,
States,
attorneys
involved
and,
of
course,
the
circuit
clerk's
office
is
involved
as
The
Keeper
of
the
records
and
the
courts
are
involved
as
well
in
this
comprehensive
system,
and
it
will,
it
will
deliver
the
reports
that
are
required
by
the
administrative
office
of
Illinois
courts.
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Judge
Pennington
chairman.
Thank
you
very
much
first
one.
What
was
the
highlight
of
when
you
were
writing
that
that
decision
recently,
additionally,
if
Sandy
were
here,
I
was
going
to
ask
her
with
respect
to
the
new
system
that
will
be
implemented.
Where
might
there
be
a
cross-training
of
the
staff.
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With
regard
to
the
first
question,
we
we
actually
have
one
of
the
plaintiffs
here
today,
so
I'm
going
to
let
him
speak
to
the
the
decision
that
was
rendered.
I
really
don't
want
to
comment
on
it
at
this
time.
It
is
in
the
hands
of
the
Supreme
Court
and
we'll
see
what
they
say.
It's
possible
it'll
get
referred
back
to
to
the
circuit,
but
and
I'll
defer
to
Mr
Rowe
to
speak
to
the
the
decision.
If,
if
he
cares
to.
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Any
other
questions.
Thank
you,
sir.
Thank
you
in
your
package.
You
have
a
copy
of
the
Circuit
Clerk's
report.
I
got
a
call
from
her
and
she
is
sick.
So
she
will
not
be
here.
I
would
take
a
motion
to
approve
the
report:
Mr
Fairfield
second,
by
Miss,
Monday,
okay,
just
for
the
new
members.
If
you
look
at
the
first
page
in
Sandy's
report
and
if
you
look
at
the
top
where
it
says
disperse
total,
that
gives
you
a
total
for
the
county
this
month,
it's
233
336.43.
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We
have
a
motion.
The
second
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye
opposed
same
sign.
Motion
carries
up
next
State's
Attorney
Mr
Rowe
in
your
package.
You
have
a
copy
of
the
grand
jury
report
and
the
grand
jury
statistics
report
would
take
a
motion
to
combine
and
approve
those
Mr
Fairfield
Mr
eckhoff
good
morning
Jim
morning.
Everyone.
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We
finished
last
year
with
772.,
so
that
was,
if
I'm,
not
mistaken,
I
believe
that
was
a
full
year
of
grand
jury
proceedings.
So
you
know
during
covid
we
had
some
proceed
by
through.
You
know,
probably
cause
hearings
and
in
the
courthouse
it
was
hard
to
kind
of
track.
Those
numbers,
but
772
reflects
the
entire
number
of
felonies
that
were
charged
by
our
office
in
2022.,
so
that
is
somewhat
down,
but
the
number
of
cases
that
came
into
our
office
were
down
as
well.
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F
We
try
to
balance
those
scales
of
Justice
equally
between
prosecution,
prevention
and
intervention,
and
most
of
our
events
are
planned,
but
sometimes
life
throws
a
curveball
and
a
couple
weeks
ago,
as
happens
somewhat
often
now,
someone
came
into
our
office
was
standing
in
the
foyer
area
and
literally
staring
at
a
wall,
and
when
our
staff
inquired
you
know
everything.
Okay,
can
we
help
you
with
something?
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It
was
a
young
man
who
was
clearly
in
a
mental
health
crisis
had
tears
in
his
eyes,
didn't
know
who
he
was,
and
I
was
in
the
middle
of
a
case.
I
was
able
to
ask
Chris
and
Miles.
They
come
up
to
the
courthouse
meet
with
this
young
man
and
they
took
action
like
you
would
want
them
to
do
they
brought
them.
They
brought
him
to
one
of
our
local
social
service
agencies
and
their
own
cars.
You
know
using
their
own
gas
their
own
money
their
own
time.
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F
You
know
you
know
you
never
know
what
impact
your
work
has
and
they'll
never
know
what
they
necessarily
you
know
averted
or
save
that
young
man
from
so
that
experience,
though,
exposes
even
more
for
all
of
us:
the
need
to
have
services
in
our
community
to
assist
individuals
like
that
young
man
and
so
many
other
young
men.
You
know
that
exist
and
it's
not
always
government's
Duty
I
understand
that
and
a
lot
of
times
it.
F
You
know
it
should
fall
ideally
on
families
and
on
social
service
agencies
that
exist
to
provide
those
services.
But
sometimes
you
know,
we've
got
to
step
into
the
Gap
too
I
know
law
enforcement.
Does
it
all
the
time
and
I
know
all
of
you
do
in
your
own
way,
but
I
wanted
to
especially
recognize
them,
because
that's
that's
not
necessarily
part
of
their
job
so
to
say,
but
they
stepped
up
and
and
did
what
needed
to
be
done.
So,
thank
you
guys.
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F
You
all
know
that
we
traditionally
have
and
the
state
attorney's
office
have
always
had
a
Criminal
Division
and
a
Civil
Division
right,
criminal,
prosecutes,
civil
defense,
the
county
against
lawsuits
and
sometimes,
as
we
found
out
over
the
last
couple
months,
Civil
Division
sues
two
files
lawsuits,
but
we
started
a
community
division
probably
about
a
year
ago,
and
the
goal
of
that
Community
division
again
make
sure
we're
investing
equally
in
prevention
intervention.
As
we
do
prosecution
we
run
through
that
division.
We
run
a
number
of
programs.
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We
have
a
juvenile
mentoring
program,
it's
the
only
program
of
its
kind
in
the
United
States.
We
are
the
only
prosecutor's
office
that
is
an
Americorps
site.
I'm,
really
proud
of
that,
because
it's
sort
of
a
new
pilot
project,
but
that
program
pairs
every
kid
that
comes
into
the
Juvenile
Justice
system.
With
a
mentor.
We
have
a
mental
health
component
to
that.
F
Riverside
works
with
young
individuals
that
come
into
the
system
and
provides
them
with
a
free
mental
health
evaluation
and
if
services
are
indicated,
free,
ongoing,
Mental,
Health
Services,
even
beyond
the
time
that
their
case
may
be
finally
closed.
So
it
ensures
that
they're
getting
those
Services
all
at
no
cost
to
the
county
and
at
no
cost
to
the
patient.
F
We
have
an
after
school
program
that
runs
every
day
of
the
week
Monday
through
Friday
to
almost
eight
o'clock
at
night.
District
111
has
allowed
us
to
use
the
space
in
Avis
School,
Avis
Huff
on
Fifth
Avenue,
so
we've
kind
of
occupied
almost
half
of
that
facility
to
run
that
program.
It's
available
to
kids
countywide,
not
just
District
111
students
and
kids
from
all
over
the
county
do
attend.
F
We've
got
you
know
the
fishing
program
that
Miles
runs,
which
seems
to
be
what
our
office
is
known
for
these
days,
fishing
of
all
things,
but
you
know
the
senior
programs.
You
see
all
that
stuff
we're
doing.
We
need
space
so
that
we
can
interact
with
the
community
off
the
street.
A
lot
of
people,
you
know
understandably,
may
be
intimidated
to
come
into
the
courthouse.
They
may
be
intimidated
initially
to
work
with
law
enforcement.
F
So
I
spoke
with
chairman
wheeler
and
we
were
hoping
to
make
use
of
the
VAC
building
on
Skyler.
It
is
currently
only
housing
files.
A
lot
of
the
files
are
from
my
office
I.
Think
Kirk
Hendrickson
has
a
number
of
files
in
there.
I
don't
know
if
certain
currency
has
any
in
there,
I
don't
I,
don't
think
so.
So
I
think
it's
just
mostly
my
files
that
we're
waiting
to
destroy
and
I
think
the
clerk
has
some
stuff
in
there
he's
going
to
be
getting
out
of
there
pretty
soon.
F
So
it's
a
space
that
has
been
just
sitting
vacant
not
much
use
and
we
think
it
would
be
a
great
Community
division
space.
We
are
able
to
cover
the
cost
of
the
utilities
that
that
may
arise.
I
think
it
would
be
minimal.
Probably
but
I
know
there
was
a
repair,
something
with
a
tuck
pointing
that
might
need
to
be
done.
That's
probably
got
to
be
done
either
way.
So
I,
don't
I,
know
it's
not
on
the
agenda.
So
there's
not
a
vote,
but
chairman
wheeler
wanted
me
to
talk
about
it
and
see.
F
If
any
of
you
had
any
questions
about
the
use
of
that
space,
so
we're
we're
quickly
outgrowing
the
space
that
we
have.
We
have
staff
wise
for
prosecutors
and
our
Civil
Division.
The
school
district
has
been
great
by
allowing
us
to
use
that,
but
we
need.
We
need
a
space
where
we
can
house
that
division
all
of
the
records
and
stuff
and
the
staff
that
works
on
these
programs.
G
Mr
Wheeler
the
reason
I
asked
Jim
to
talk
about.
It
is
because,
with
building
your
grounds
coming,
we
wanted
them
to
know
to
to
kind
of
make
the
final
head
nod
yeah.
This
is
fine.
It's
going
to
cost
about
10
grand
to
do
the
tuck,
pointing
that's
the
the
bid.
We
have
right
now
to
keep
the
moisture.
Not
only
the
back
wall
of
that
building
is
our
maintenance
shop,
so
both
sides
are
getting
a
little
bit
of
water
right
now
when
you
get
the
sideways
rain
from
the
West.
G
B
F
Know
through
the
after
school
program,
we
have
around
150
go
through
there
a
year
that
doesn't
mean
they're
all
there
every
day
through
the
mentoring
program,
I
want
to
say
maybe
we're
up
to
40..
We
have
a
bunch
of
kids
in
the
mentoring
program.
We
need
mentors
quite
honestly
we're
doing
some
recruitment.
Jeanette
Weir
she's
been
leading
that
effort
for
about
a
year
now
so
she's
going
to
businesses
she's
going
to
hospitals
talking
to
their
staff
members
to
try
to
recruit
volunteers.
F
It's
tough
to
get
people
in
the
door
to
be
a
mentor
sure
yeah,
but
I
would
say
you
know,
and
if
you
count
the
the
fishing
program
miles,
how
many?
How
many
youth
do
you
think
you
had
come
through
that
yeah
I
mean
it's
it's
a
lot
and
we're
really,
you
know
we're
we're
we'll
serve
any
child
that
comes
to
any
of
our
programs.
F
Our
focus
is
on
court
involved,
Youth
and
youth
that
schools
or
law
enforcement
or
parents
have
identified
as
maybe
heading
in
that
direction.
If
you
look
over
the
years,
if
you
took
a
10-year
snapshot-
and
let's
say
you
take
out
homicides
that
are
maybe
in
a
domestic
context
right
so
now,
you're
just
you're,
looking
at
non-domestic
homicides
in
almost
every
case,
either
the
offender
or
the
victim
and
most
of
the
time
both
have
at
some
point
gone
through
the
juvenile
justice
system.
So
you
know
they
call
the
school
the
prison
pipeline.
F
But
if
you
really
had
a
filter
on
there
right
that
you
funnel
them
through
initially
the
juvenile
court
system
and
if
they're
going
through
there
and
then
they're
ending
up
a
victim
or
or
an
offender,
our
system
is
failing
them.
That's
what
that
means.
That
means
we
had
an
opportunity
to
do
something
and
whatever
we
did
it
wasn't
enough.
So
we're
looking
at
the
juvenile
court
system,
it's
kind
of
the
most
important
courtroom
in
the
courthouse
right
now
and
for
long-term
Public
Safety.
C
C
It
was
very
enlightening
in
terms
of
the
information
that
you
guys
provided,
and
it
was
needed
and
I'd
like
to
see
that
continue
in
terms
of
that
panel
discussion
with
the
the
various
individuals,
kmeg
and
other
folks
that
were
at
that
particular
venue.
Also
something
you
mentioned
you
didn't
mention
is
the
movie
night
and
that's
a
that's.
C
A
hit
and
I
think
we
and
on
the
east
side,
took
full
advantage
of
that
and
we
appreciate
miles,
and
you
know,
and
he's
working
late
into
a
night
with
the
movies
and
stuff
and
we've
blocked
off
streets
and
fire
department.
Kankakee
city
was
there
police
department
and
it's
it's
really
a
good
thing
for
the
various
neighborhoods
and
stuff
and
I
think
that's.
That
was
a
resounding
or
it
is
a
resounding
success.
F
Thank
you
and
you
know:
Corner
Gessner,
Chris
and
Miles
they've
been
going
into
the
schools
talking
to
kids,
about
the
overdose
epidemic
and
just
staying
away
from
that
stuff.
So
they're
continuing
that
work
miles
is
actually
going
to
be
leaving
us.
He
is
going
into
the
Navy,
so
he's
just
waiting
for
his
orders.
I
believe
he
said
once
they
told
him
he
could
fish
off
the
ship.
He
was
all
in.
A
Any
other
questions
for
Mr
Rowe.
Thank
you
up.
Next,
the
public
defender's
office,
Mr
penelick
in
your
package.
You
have
a
copy
of
Mr
pennock's
monthly
report.
Take
a
motion
to
approve
Mr
Fairfield
second
by
Mr
Hunter
good
morning,
sir
good
morning,
comments
and
that
on
your
report,
I
don't
want
to
explain
a
little
bit
to
the
new
members.
Yeah.
I
First
of
all,
I
have
to
congratulate
and
acknowledge
all
the
new
members,
some
of
whom
I
already
know
some
of
who
I
don't
my
office
is
available
for
anyone
anytime
I
know
at
least
one
of
you
already
been
there.
That's.
Why
I
appreciate
that
I'm
always
willing
to
answer
any
questions.
I've
worked
with
some
of
you
before
and
hope.
You
guys
know
that.
Basically
we
submit
a
report
every
month
to
to
you
and
the
county.
I
It's
been
an
ongoing
problem
regarding
the
backlog
and
we've
discussed
that
yeah
right
I
don't
get
too
much
on
the
weeds
this
morning,
but
you
know
we
have
various
duties
and
responsibilities
to
our
clients,
so
the
backlog
is
real
and
it's
a
problem
and
I
acknowledge
that,
but
on
the
other
side
of
the
coin,
I
have
duties
to
my
clients,
primarily
so
the
two
are
not
mutually
exclusive:
they
can
get
resolved
independent
or
in
conjunction
with
each
other.
But
that's
that's
where
I'm
at
with
that.
I
A
Any
questions
on
the
report
I
have
a
motion.
A
second
all
in
favor,
say
aye
oppose
same
sign
motion
carries
anything
else,
sir.
Thank
you
all
right.
Thank
you
up.
Next,
the
probation
department,
Mr
Latham
in
package
I,
have
a
copy
with
Mr
latham's
monthly
report.
Take
a
motion
to
approve
Mr
carico
second
by
Mr
eckoff
good
morning.
It
again
Tom
good
morning,
foreign,
sir,
just.
H
Go
over
some
year-end
totals
or
totals
for
22..
You
can
see
more
at
the
bottom
of
the
report.
You
can
see.
We
had
over
36
000
contacts,
36
476.,
specific,
that's
up
from
about
two
or
a
little
over
two
thousand
from
last
year,
which
I'm
real
happy
with,
because
every
month
of
this
committee,
I
talked
about
our
vacancies
and
that
put
work
on
everyone
else,
but
they
were
still.
The
staff
did
a
great
job.
Getting
these
the
job
done
even
with
that
additional
work.
H
So
I'm
very
pleased
with
that,
and
we
carried
several
vacancies
most
of
the
Year
we're
down
to
one
right
now,
I'm
hoping
to
get
that
to
zero
in
a
few
weeks.
So
I'm
really
happy
with
that.
You
can
see
the
GPS
numbers
increase
slightly
over
21
we
collected
over
4
000
drug
tests,
which
is
about
the
same.
This
2021
is
our
juvenile
division,
specifically
Juvenile
Detention.
That
was
the
biggest
change
you
can
see.
H
A
H
H
A
G
H
A
G
H
G
Just
for
this
committee,
you
know
that
that
I
want
to
say
kitty
of
money
has
been
spent.
We
haven't
had
to
pay
for
juvenile
detention
because
of
the
sale
of
that
facility,
and
that's
now
starting
again,
it
is
yes.
So
as
a
budgetary
item,
we
probably
should
at
least
have
internal
discussions
about
what
we're
doing
that
that
man,
obviously
it
fits
twice
the
price.
We
have
to
weigh
that,
because
the
state's
not
doing
us
any
favors
as
far
as
what
we
have
to
pay
for
versus
what
they
used
to
pay
for.
G
Down
that
helps,
I
mean
that
helps
it
helps
so
there's
been
a
conscious
decision
to
not
detain
juveniles,
but
then
also
you
start
to
look
at
well.
How
many
ankle
bracelets
are
we
going
to
have
to
buy
because
of
pre-trial
based
on
that
decision,
that
we
come
from
the
Supreme
Court?
So
if
this
committee
should
know
his
his
Department's
in
flux,
really
you're
just
kind
of
waiting
to
see
which
shoe
drops
yeah
kind
of
have
you
heard
from
Tyler
on
scheduling
on.
G
H
One
of
the
new
members
yeah
in
regards
to
juvenile
detangent
juvenile.
There
are
certain
there's
about
12
centers
juvenile
detention.
Centers
around
the
state
Juliet's
one
Vermillion
County,
McLean
County
has
one
and
then
not
so
on
anytime.
A
miner
is
arrested
by
the
police.
Unlike
an
adult,
they
can't
be
just
taken
to
jail,
so
they
call
our
office.
We
have
something
to
call
24
7
they're
screened.
They
screen
the
minor
based
on
priors.
All
this
information
we
have
and
there's
a
point
system
and
that
determines
that
they're
going
to
be
detained.
H
H
A
J
Also,
if
you
ever
want
to
come
and
tour
our
department,
whether
it's
the
Sheriff's
Office
the
jail
either
one
you're,
certainly
more
than
welcome.
We've
had
some
come
already,
but
I
think
it
would
be
important
for
the
new
members
to
come
and
see
what
sometimes
we're
talking
about
up
here,
because
sometimes
it's
it
could
be
a
little
confusing
if
you
haven't
seen
it
so
I
would
certainly
welcome
you
to
come
out
and
tour
as
far
as
the
December
report.
J
J
J
Our
average
is
about
214.,
so
a
significant
drop
in
in
the
number
of
inmates
that
are
in
our
custody
are
out
of
County
inmates,
on
the
other
hand,
and
and
for
those
of
you
that
don't
know
we
do
house
for
the
U.S
Marshals,
we
have
a
federal
contract
with
the
U.S
Marshals.
We
house
inmates
from
the
northern
district
of
Illinois,
which
is
Chicago.
J
We
house
inmates
from
the
central
district
of
Illinois,
which
is
Springfield,
and
we
house
inmates
from
the
Northern
District
of
Indiana,
which
is
Hammond.
So
in
2021
we
averaged
about
270
out
of
County
inmates
per
day
and
in
2022
that
number
went
up
to
356
per
day,
which,
after
we
lost
the
contract
to
house
ice
detainees
in
2021.
J
J
And
I'll
get
into
the
just
to
go
through
the
stats,
if
you're.
Okay
with
that,
so
one
of
the
things
that
you
know
we
talked
about
is
the
is
the
number
of
locals
and
and
when
we
talk
about
some
of
this
and
if
I'm,
the
majority
of
time,
I'm
talking
I'm
talking
about
our
local
inmates.
If
I,
if
I
talk
about
the
counties,
I'll
make
sure
to
stress
that.
But
one
of
the
things
that
you
know
our
numbers
are
down.
J
J
J
There
was
142
court
ordered
releases,
which
is
about
four
percent
127
inmates
were
sentenced
to
the
Illinois
Department
of
Corrections
and
were
transferred.
There
was
121
who
served
County
time
who
were
released
and
there
were
14
additional
ones
who
were
picked
up
by
the
Illinois
Department
of
Corrections
because
they
had
a
parole
hold
because
they
violated
their
parole.
J
I
talked
before
about
and
I
hate
to
keep
harping
on
this
example,
but
it's
it's
so
pathetic
it
it
just
I
have
to
keep
talking
about
it.
Some
of
you
probably
heard
that
one
of
the
things
that
the
argument
to
Bond
was
the
mother
who
got
caught
stealing
a
pack
of
diapers,
and
we
kept
her
in
jail
for
six
months,
which
doesn't
happen
by
the
way
and
I'll.
Tell
you
why
back
in
2018
they
did
they,
they
did
some.
J
They
passed
some
legislation
regarding
bail
and
they
they
created
category
a
and
category
B
offenses.
A
retail
theft
is
considered
a
category
B
offense
in
the
category
B
offense
you
get
credit
for
thirty
dollars
per
day,
while
you're
in
custody.
So
if
your
bond
is
set
at
a
hundred
dollars,
you're
basically
going
to
serve
about
three
days
in
jail,
you're
not
going
to
serve
six
months
for
stealing
a
pack
of
diapers.
J
There
were
51
inmates
in
2022
released
under
category
B.
There
were
75
released
pending
further
investigation.
What
that
means
is
there
were.
There
might
have
been
insufficient
information
that
the
state's
attorney
had
so
we
released
these
individuals
so
that,
whatever
agency
arrested
him
can
provide
additional
information
to
to
the
state's
attorney
that
accounted
for
about
three
percent.
J
J
J
Now
remember.
The
average
length
of
State
includes
those
that
are
in
custody
for
murder,
for
they
may
be
here
for
a
couple
years
and
those
who
maybe
got
a
DUI
and
they
came
in
the
jail
and
got
processed
and
got
released
and
posted
by.
So
that's
where
that
number
comes
from
foreign
I
mentioned
the
Illinois
Department
of
Corrections,
and
this
number
is
going
to
be
different
than
what
I
just
told
you
for,
because
it's
fiscal
year
versus
calendar
year,
but
in
fiscal
year
22
we
sent
122
individuals
to
prison.
J
J
J
Fatal
accidents
in
Kankakee,
unfortunately
were
very
similar
in
21
they
were
in
fiscal
year.
21
there
were
15.
and
in
fiscal
year
22
we
had
14.
and
I
know
our
numbers
are
going
to
differ
from
the
corners
because
we
have
different
things
going
on,
but
those
are
the
numbers
that
we
that
we
look
at
the
good
news
somewhat,
although
one's
too
many,
but
in
2021
there
were
20
homicides
in
Kankakee
County
and
in
2022
there
were
eight,
so
that
number
is
significantly
down,
which
is
a
good
thing.
J
J
J
Only
since
May
24th,
through
December
31st,
we
brought
in
36
500.
from
people
going
back
to
pick
up
their
cars
and
paying
500
to
get
their
cars
back
after
being
seized.
So
obviously
the
solution
to
that
would
be
if
you're
suspended
or
revoked,
don't
drive,
but
we
know
how
people
listen
so
and
how
people
follow
the
laws.
So
one
other
thing:
that's
not
on
our
not
on
the
report.
J
Our
medical
billing.
Back
in
2018,
we
hired
an
individual
who
was
very
familiar
with
the
Medical
Billing
System
and
in
fiscal
year
22
by
reviewing
every
medical
claim
that
comes
through
our
office,
and
these
are
for
inmates.
The
county
saved,
191
thousand
dollars
all
told
since
May
of
2018
we've
saved
624
thousand
dollars.
So
she
does
a
great
job,
reviewing
these
medical
bills,
making
sure
they're
coded
correctly
and
were
not
for
her.
We
would
be
paying
this
this
extra
amount.
J
And,
lastly,
back
a
couple
years
ago,
the
sheriff's
office,
with
in
cooperation
with
the
chairman,
we
were
given
all
the
duties
of
foyer
requests
by
most
apartments
and
I
can
tell
you
that
in
2022
we
handled
376
foia
foia
requests,
which
is
obviously
more
than
one
a
day
for
the
year.
So
our
foia
officer,
who
is
Becky
Powell,
does
a
great
job
keeping
up
on
those.
There
are
time
restrictions
to
be
followed
and
we
have
not
had
any
issues
with
any
timing
issues
or
anything
like
that.
J
A
J
One
thing
I
want
to
cover
before
we
get
an
animal
control
is
our
staffing.
That
seems
to
be
an
issue
regardless
of
whether
you're
in
law
enforcement
or
whether
you're
in
any
other
type
of
business
Staffing,
is
a
huge
issue,
I'm
still
trying
to
find
the
place
where
people
don't
have
to
work
and
and
get
money,
but
I
haven't
found
that
yet,
but
I
can
tell
you
that
on
our
Patrol
side,
we
are
funded
for
52
sworn
deputies
53.
J
J
We
are
approximately
15
correctional
officers
short.
We
currently
have
106
correctional
officers.
We
have
two
off
on
medical
leave.
We
have
had
a
number
of
officers
off
for
maternity
and
paternity
leave,
so
it's
been
quite
the
busy
year
for
our
Corrections
staff
and
having
having
babies
so
good
for
them,
but
that
affects
our
staffing
levels
and
that
affects
the
required.
The
requirement
for
us
to
fulfill
that
with
overtime.
J
I
can
tell
you
that
in
fiscal
year
22
29
correctional
officers
left
and
we
hired
19..
So
as
we
as
we
lose
people
we're
trying
to
backfill
as
many
as
we
can.
So
even
in
fiscal
year,
2022
put
us
10
short,
you
know
right
off
the
bat
22
resigned.
They
moved
out
of
Illinois
sick,
some
moved
out
of
Illinois.
There
were
six
who
were
hired
at
law
enforcement
agencies
somewhere
and
then
the
rest
were
took
jobs
somewhere
else.
J
One
retired,
which,
as
as
some
of
you
know,
is,
is
almost
unheard
of.
In
the
corrections
field,
however,
we've
had
over
the
last
five
or
six
years,
we've
probably
had
eight
or
ten
people
who
have
retired
and
are
collecting
a
pension
from
putting
in
20
to
30
plus
years
as
a
correctional
officer.
So
that's
a
good
thing
and
that's
a
credit
to
you
guys
for
making
this
job
worth
staying
around.
J
J
J
Our
population
at
the
facility
currently
fluctuates
significantly.
There
are
days
when
it's
full.
There
are
days
when
it's
almost
full
with
dogs
and
cats.
Animal
Control
does
a
great
job
of
getting
the
adoptable
animals
to
various
rescues
across
the
northern
part
of
Illinois,
so
credit
to
them
and
and
I
would
just
reiterate
and
I
know.
The
current
members
have
heard
this
before,
but
for
the
new
members,
if
you're
looking
to
adopt
a
dog
or
a
cat,
you're
welcome
to
come
out
to
animal
control
and
we
would
find
one
for
you.
A
Questions
for
the
sheriff
he
may,
even
you
know,
lower
the
adoption
fee
just
for
the
new
members
we'll
make
you
a
heck
of
a
deal.
Thank
you,
sir.
Thank
you.
Everybody
up.
Next
to
coroner's
office,
Mr
Gessner
in
your
package,
you
have
a
copy
of
the
coroner's
monthly
report
and
monthly
receipts
of
money.
Take
a
motion
to
combine
and
approve
them.
K
This
is
basically
for
the
new
County
Board.
This
is
basically
what
I'm
working
off
of
right
now.
So
these
are
some
now.
Basically
our
statistics
for
the
year
of
2022.
We
should
have
that
all
done
by
next
next
meeting.
There
we're
still
pending
a
lot
of
cases,
and
so
basically
I
I
run
down
these.
Not
all
the
way
down,
but
I
concentrate
on
the
number
of
calls
we've
had
at
139
calls.
K
When
you
see
the
word
Corner
down
there
at
25.
That
means
that
I
have
to
go
out
and
have
to
sign
the
death
certificate.
So
I
have
to
pull
the
medical
records
and
read
the
medical
records
and
try
to
find
the
cause
of
death
where
the
doctor
doesn't
want
to
sign
that
so
toxicology
autopsies,
we
watch
quite
heavily.
That's
probably
the
cost
us
the
most
in
our
office.
Eight.
K
We
usually
run
right
around
over
100
120,
some
autopsies
a
year
so
and
as
far
as
donations,
that
donations
mean
that
we've,
the
gift
of
Hope
or
something
like
that
has
taken,
maybe
the
eyes
or,
if
they're
still
alive
and
kept
under
at
the
hospital
there
and
before
they
pull
the
two
of
their
in
the
family,
wants
to
do
that.
We
allow
that
Indigent
means
that
people
that
lost
a
loved
one
don't
want
to
pay
for
the
funeral
and
they
don't
want
anything
to
do
with
them.
K
Anymore
ends
up
after
a
month.
It
ends
up
with,
in
my
case,
where
I
have
to
pay
for
it,
but
we've
really
stepped
up
to
the
plate
on
that
and
and
and
really
you'll
see
in
my
final
numbers
coming
up
other
than
that
hospice
deaths
or
are
63
in
our
our
County
referrals
mean
when
the
doctor
signs
and
then
cremations
you
can
see
in
in
the
world,
has
changed
a
lot
in
burial
to
cremations.
There's
a
lot
of
cremations
in
this
County
x-ray.
K
We
do
our
own
x-rays
out
there
in
our
own
facilities.
My
deputies
are
all
been
trained
for
x-rays.
We
can't
do
live
people,
but
we
can
do
all
the
diseases,
which
means
it
saves
us
a
lot
of
money
when
it
costs
three
to
five
hundred
dollars
for
for
per
x-ray
out
there.
It
saves
us
a
lot
so
other
than
that.
Kankakeecountycorner.Org
we'll
tell
you
a
little
bit
all
about
our
statistics
throughout
the
year
and
what's
going
on
in
the
county
other
than
that
I'll.
Take
any
questions
on
that.
K
The
new
ones
I'm
getting
down
there.
Okay,
this
is
basically
our
our
this
particular
sheet.
Here
is
our
income,
basically,
which
is
handled
by
my
Chief
Deputy,
quite
a
bit
handles
with
all
the
all
the
permits
that
we
get
in
and
what
the
the
amount
of
money
that
we
get
that
goes
into
a
special
fund
which
is
by
is
into
the
corners
call
the
corners
fees.
K
We
get
that
particular
money
there
and
that's
put
into
a
separate
area
so
other
than
that
it
tells
you
about
the
different
people.
Sometimes
you
see
a
300,
a
thousand
dollars
or
Clancy's.
That's
just
pain
in
advance.
That's
all,
and
then
the
foyer
reports
that
come
in
also
talk
to
me
about
that.
The
which
hits
the
side
of
my
heart
pretty
heavy,
is
the
overdoses
we
have
not
stopped
with
the
overdoses.
K
The
overdoses
at
51
this
year,
coming
up
in
in
2022
is
one
of
the
highest
we've
had
other
than
the
2017.
When
we
had
56
it's
it's
heartbreaking
to
see,
people
die
that
shouldn't
die
and
they
get
into
the
follow-up.
My
family's
done
cocaine
or
heroin
for
years,
but
they
didn't
mix
fentanyl
with
that
and
that's
what
we
have
in
this
town
here.
There's
a
lot
of
mixtures.
K
82
percent
believe
Eric
tells
me
that
82
percent
are
overdose.
Deaths
involve
Fentanyl
is
a
powerful
drug
50
to
80
times
more
more
powerful
than
morphine
itself,
so
when
they
say
they
use
heroin,
we
only
had
like
three
cases
of
heroin,
so
you
can
see
that
the
change
in
the
drugs
cocaine
seems
to
be
high
coming
up
high,
but
again
they
mix
it
with
it
comes
with
that.
It's
just
a
little
granular.
K
I
worry
more
about
the
officers
on
the
street
which
are
all
provided
with
Narcan.
You
heard
that
the
sheriff
say
how
many
that
they
have
saved
in
a
total
of
way
over
40
that
were
saved
last
year
for
in
the
county
for
law
police
officers,
because
the
police
officer
could
touch
that
in
the
wrong
way
that
could
get
into
their
system
and
they
can
go
down.
K
It's
happened
a
couple
times
already
where
you
have
nine
times
the
problem
with
fentanyl
right
now
is
two
Milli,
four
milligrams
of
which
you
get
you
usually
get
two
of
them.
That's
eight
milligrams,
that's
not
enough
to
pull
you
out
of
Fentanyl.
You
got
to
have
more,
that's
why
you
have
to
call
9-1-1
immediately.
K
We
tell
everybody
that,
as
Jim
talked
about
we're
going
all
over
the
county,
we've
hit
thousands
of
people
already
trying
to
tell
them
about
fentanyl
from
an
early
age
of
in
in
the
in
the
into
the
elementary
school
on
up,
we've
been
talking
to
people
and
going
into
people
and
talking
to
parents
and
talking
whatever
we
can
do
to
get
this
out
to
the
news
media
right
now
in
our
we've
already
been
hit.
We
have
six
one
case
so
far
of
death
with
six
pendings
already
in
since
our
we
started.
K
The
new
budget
42
is
the
average
age
which
I
just
got
through
doing
the
seniors
over
at
Riverside
Westwood,
and
now
one
of
them
could
guess
it.
They
always
guess
between
18
and
25
years
of
age,
they
don't
guess
at
42,
that's
the
oldest
we've
had
them
up
to
60
65
as
low
as
18.,
but
this
is
a
tremendous
hit
to
our
office
Financial
wise
budget,
wise.
K
A
K
Anybody
that
wants
this
to
come
and
I
have
one
right
over
there.
That
basically
has
already
been
in
to
see
an
autopsy
and
did
a
great
job
yeah.
That
I
won't
ask
the
state's
attorney
that
he's
already
been
through
one
anyhow
I
invite
you
to
come.
If
not,
you
don't
want
to
see
an
autopathy.
Please
come
and
see,
I
think
the
number
one
morgue
in
the
state
of
Illinois
we're
put
together
with
computers.
We
have
great
statistics
and
it's
clean.
It's
2005,
since
we've
had
that
morgue
and
you
can.
K
You
can
explain
to
them
how
clean
it
was
in
there.
You
would
never
know
when
you
walk
through
the
doors
we've
updated
it
through
our
Corners
fees
and
any
questions
you
have
at
the
Corner's
office.
Please
call
me
my
door
is
always
open.
If
you
don't
want
to
even
even
go
over
there
stop
by
the
office
and
show
you
we
are
completely
paperless.
We
don't
do
paperwork
anymore,
it's
all
on
the
computer,
it's
a
between
my
chief
deputy
and
my
administrative
assistant
and
a
couple
other
people
that
help
they
completely
took
our
files
away.
G
Wheeler,
thank
you
Mr
chairman,
just
following
up
on
some
of
the
arpa
money
or
the
projects
that
we
did
out
there.
The
doors
are
complete,
correct,
correct
automatic
doors,
so
they
can
carry
what
they're
carrying
just
leave
that
alone,
but
then
go
through
the
door
without
having
to
stop,
and
you
know,
drop
everything
and
open
the
door
on
the
negative
pressure
system.
I
know
there
was
a
back
order
on
that.
Is
that
complete,
no.
K
It's
it's
it's
in
the
county
now,
but
it's
the
weather
out
there,
that's
holding
them
to
go
out
there
to.
We
have
to
shut
down
for
two
days,
so
we're
kind
of
waiting
for
the
for
a
little
bit
of
a
spring
to
come,
quick
sure
sure,
but
we're
watching
that
they
only
got
a
new
a
new
freezer
too.
We
ran
into
problem
with
the
covet
where
we
had
to
bring
in
a
semi-trailer
to
in
case
we
got
too
many
of
them.
That
was
in
the
morgue
out
of
there.
K
K
K
No,
they
can't
ever
wipe
those
phones
clear
and
that
hits
them
pretty
hard
pictures
Texas
whatever
they
do
on
that
phone
can
come
back
to
us
if
we
subpoenaed
it
and
the
police
department
take
that
and
they
go
through
all
that
not
to
go
through
everything.
That
I
mean
some
of
the
stacks
come
out
that
that
heavy.
But
we
we
go
through
what
what's
happened,
trying
to
find
that
drug
dealer
induce
homicides,
big
I
work
well
with
a
state's
attorney
on
that
we
were
trying
to
get
as
many
as
we
can
possibly
find.
K
But
it's
always
turns
back
to
be.
The
witness
witness
gets
doesn't
want
to
go
in
there
so,
but
to
your
answer
again,
we're
hitting
all
the
schools
we'll
we'll
be
at
actually
I'm
going
to
to
Mac
pretty
quickly
here
to
talk
to
their
biology
class.
I.
Think
I,
know
the
anatomy
pretty
good
and
that's
when
I
kind
of
teach
that
I
think
I've
seen
her
right
close
to
4
000,
autopsies
myself,
so
so
I
will
be
there
any.