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By a vote of 32-18, the Illinois Senate today approved House Bill 1613, making permanent the practice in Illinois of collecting data about traffic and pedestrian stops.
The below statement can be attributed to Heidi Dalenberg, General Counsel, ACLU of Illinois:
Last night, the Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee approved House Bill 1613, a measure that would make permanent the current practice of collecting data about every traffic stop conducted by police in the State of Illinois.
The following can be attributed to Khadine Bennett, Advocacy and Intergovernmental Affairs Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois:
Earlier today, U.S. District Court Judge Luis Alonso gave final approval to a consent decree in Lippert v. Baldwin. The decree was part of a settlement reached earlier this year.