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Deputy chief says 'Safety Act' coincided with lower jail populations, mixed effects on workload
Summary
Deputy Chief Dan Jungels briefed the committee on local implementation of the state 'Safety Act,' citing a roughly 10% drop in reported crimes against persons and lower jail populations, but increased workloads around body-camera FOIA and redaction demands.
Deputy Chief Dan Jungels of the Will County Sheriff’s Office described how the state Safety Act has changed local law enforcement workload and detention patterns while answering committee questions.
“I can tell you, as far as the safety act goes, … we only we work law enforcement's been evolving for decades,” Jungels said, adding that the overall crime rate for the same reporting period this year is down “about 10%.” He told the committee crimes against persons were down about 9.85% and…
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