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Joliet reviews FOID enforcement grant to recover firearms from revoked‑card holders
Summary
City staff and the police chief described a state grant that funds overtime enforcement to recover firearms from people whose FOID cards have been revoked; officials emphasized the state revokes cards and the city acts on state information.
City officials reviewed a state‑funded FOID enforcement program during the pre‑council meeting on Aug. 4 that would fund overtime enforcement to recover firearms from people whose Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) cards have been revoked.
A staff presenter described the grant as authorizing the city to “conduct enforcement operations … against persons whose FOID cards are revoked or suspended and to collaborate with members of the violent crime intelligence task force,” and said the resolution formalizes a grant agreement with the state.
Police Chief (unnamed) explained the operational process: “If a person has a revoked FOID card, the state has authorized us to go out to those locations where those people are or recover those firearms and the card.” The chief added the city receives information from the state and works “basically on behalf of the state.”
Mayor Terry Darcy asked whether the program targets law‑abiding citizens; the chief replied that the city is not targeting people with valid FOID cards and that “there’s quite a process to have the FOID card revoked.” The presenter said the department has run similar enforcement operations for multiple years and uses overtime officers for the work.
On the agenda: Council memo 4 35 25 is a resolution authorizing a FOID enforcement grant program agreement between the state of Illinois and the city of Joliet; the pre‑council remarks did not record a vote.
