Peoria, IL, USA 104.9 The Wolf
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PEORIA, Ill. — After House Bill 3653, the Criminal Justice and Police Reforms Bill, passed through the Illinois General Assembly, Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said he’d lost 10 employees over worry about the bill by the Feb. 22 date Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed it into law.
The number of PCSO employees as of April 1 who had either left or notified Asbell of their upcoming resignation had increased to 22.
“And, I know we’re not as bad as some of the other counties,” he said.
“I’ll use Rock Island County for an example. The border state counties are having a lot more problems than we are, because other states are using this to their advantage for recruitment on their side.