In 2021 alone, well over 50 people in Cook County were arrested for shootings or murders, all while on electronic monitoring.
In 2021 alone, for example, well over 50 people were arrested for shootings or murders, all while on electronic monitoring.
There are a lot of strong opinions about how well electronic monitoring is working in Cook County. But do you know how it works at all? "So we’re completely separate departments. Honestly, we’re a separate branch of government," he said. "The courts are separate from law enforcement … so our program is separate. We have a separate population that we are monitoring … some separate policies and procedures."
"It’s being used more for younger weapons possession offender," Boulger said. "People who are maybe 18 to 30-years-old who are charged with unlawful use of a weapon."Regardless of that, both programs say about 80 percent of their populations do not commit another crime while out on electronic monitoring.
"There’s not really a formal group or meeting set up to have that line of communication between the programs," Boulger said."The judges pick who goes on home monitoring," Sheriff Dart said. "Some, they pick them and then hand them off to sheriff to monitor them … but there are many others where the judge picks them and then they themselves monitor them … in house with their pretrial service people.
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