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Will County committee backs buying calibrated decibel meters to support noise enforcement
Summary
Sheriff's office staff told the committee that modern, certified decibel meters (about $450'$650 each) are necessary to measure ordinance violations reliably; members urged testing a few models and asked the sheriff to include devices in the upcoming budget so the county can enforce noise rules this summer.
The Will County ordinance-review committee pressed the sheriff's office on how to strengthen enforcement of local noise complaints and signaled support for purchasing calibrated decibel meters for use in ordinance hearings.
"We used to have decibel meters at the sheriff's office," said the agency representative, explaining that older meters were assigned to the evidence division and often unavailable when deputies responded. The sheriff's office recommended buying…
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