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McLean County sheriff outlines how revoked and suspended FOID cards are processed
Summary
Sheriff Lane and detectives described how Illinois State Police revocations are handled locally, including firearm disposition records, firearm restraining orders and the ‘clear and present danger’ process; court staff provided counts of protection orders and involuntary commitments.
At a Justice Committee meeting, Sheriff Lane of the McLean County Sheriff’s Office and Detectives Josh Payne and Niko Rivera explained how the county processes revoked and suspended Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) cards and related orders received from the Illinois State Police.
The presentation described steps the sheriff’s office follows after receiving a revocation notice from the state: confirm the FOID status in the LEAD database, notify the cardholder, collect a completed firearm disposition record (FDR) listing firearms and proposed transferees, verify that listed transferees hold valid FOID cards, check whether listed firearms are stolen or linked to other crimes, and upload the FDR to the Illinois State Police portal.
The procedure is intended to ensure people under suspension or revocation remove access to firearms. "What we’re looking for is gathering that firearm…
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