Cook County Officials vote to end gang database permanently

February 25, 2019 — bunkerville

This should work out. Cook county, the infamous county in Illinois, has decided to completely dismantle their database of known or suspected gang members. Officials voted on Thursday to hang it up. Listed were more than 25,000 known or suspected gang members.

With all the new gang bangers – MS 13 – headed our way with our open borders, I would say this is quite timely.  530 people were murdered in Chicago in 2018, with victims ranging in age from 1 to 93. With all the news coming out of Chicago these days, let’s first take a look at Cook County.

Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the second-most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County, California. As of 2017, the population was 5,211,263. Its county seat is Chicago. the largest city in Illinois and the third-most populous city in the United States. More than 40% of all residents of Illinois live in Cook County.

Cook County’s population is larger than that of 28 individual U.S. states, and the combined populations of the seven smallest states.[5]

Wikipedia

According to the Chicago Sun Times.

The Cook County Board voted to destroy the county’s gang database Thursday, setting legal steps and guidelines to make sure the database can’t be restarted.

The vote was the death knell for the contentious database, also called the Regional Gang Intelligence Database. Last month, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office announced it had “terminated” the database, a decision that came after no other law enforcement agency agreed to host it.

The ordinance, which takes effect immediately, prohibits the Cook County Sheriff’s Office from maintaining, re-creating or sharing information on the database. It also mandates the sheriff’s office to “enact the final destruction” of the tool.

Keep in mind  51% of the Murders come from 2% of U.S. Counties

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Atty. general: Illinois should release Gun Owner Information

March 2, 2011 — bunkerville
Lisa Madigan and Barry

Lisa Madigan and Barry

One can only wonder who really is behind this action. The AP? Really? Another battle looming on the home front. This is great. The Criminals can double check before the home invasion to see if the owner packs.

State police determine who gets Firearm Owners Identification cards but have always kept the information confidential. (FOID)

Through the Freedom of Information Act, The Associated Press requested in September the names of each FOID cardholder in the state and the expiration date of each card. State police denied the request, prompting the public access counselor’s intervention.

“The General Assembly has clearly determined that it is in the public interest to provide a system for identifying those who are qualified to acquire or possess firearms through the issuance of FOID cards,” assistant public access counselor Matthew Rogina wrote. “The public, therefore, has a legitimate interest in ISP’s enforcement of the FOID card act.”

- Illinois State Police stood their ground today after the state’s attorney general determined the agency must disclose the names of people authorized to own guns in Illinois to comply with public records law.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s public access counselor issued a letter Monday night rejecting state police arguments that releasing the information is an unwarranted invasion of privacy prohibited by the state public records law or that its disclosure would automatically endanger the lives of gun owners or those who don’t have firearms.

Chicago Tribune

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