Several suburban Chicago sheriffs announced they will not send deputies to Chicago to deal with possible staffing shortages over vaccine mandates. Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain, a Democrat, told The Chicago Tribune that he doesn’t “feel like the onus is on us to go in there in an emergency situation that was created by poor government and a lack of support the officers receive.” A statewide law enforcement coalition sent a notice, known as the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS), to its members, encompassing a number of different statewide law enforcement agencies, said ILEAS Executive Director James Page in an interview with Officer.com But the ILEAS “typically responds to emergency situations where there is no opportunity for planning,” Hain said Tuesday. “This situation to me is much different.” Kendall County Sheriff Dwight Baird, a Republican, issued a similar comment to the newspaper, saying Democrat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot created …
Several Sheriffs Wont Send Deputies to Chicago Amid Vaccine-Related Police Staffing Shortage
October 20, 2021
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