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Law & Legal Committee discusses oversight, responsibility
Steven Barnum
Voice Correspondent
McDONOUGH COUNTY During their February meeting, Law & Legal Committee Chairman Joe Erlandson made a statement regarding the committee’s role and scope of responsibilities.
Erlandson said that McDonough County Board policies specify that the committee’s role is to “oversee the use of county resources in the following areas: Sheriff’s Department, Supervisor of Assessments and GIS, Veteran’s Assistance Commission, and Landfill/Tri-County Waste Management.”
During January’s meeting, the Democratic Women of McDonough County requested that the committee investigate concerns and questions about how the Sheriff s department and jail function and are administered. DWMC spokesperson Heather McMeekan referenced a request she made last year to the committee to look into complaints against the sheriff s office and jail, and pointed to a “possible case of police brutality” in the Mc