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Watch now: Will license plate-reading cameras solve Decatur's crime issues?


DECATUR — Von Thomas’ house in Decatur’s Johns Hill neighborhood is as pretty as a picture and totally camera-ready.
But the unblinking eyes of the surveillance cameras about to be deployed in the streets around Thomas’ 1940s home aren’t interested in his nicely redone brick tuckpointing, refurbished windows or an immaculate yard, due to be adorned soon with exotic plantings for the summer.
The coming cameras, capable of reading license plates on cars whizzing by at speeds up to 100 mph, are focused on capturing evidence. It’s part of a private and city-funded anti-crime initiative that will soon seed Johns Hill and other neighborhoods with 60 of the devices that will keep watch 24/7, and record what they see so police can pull and analyze footage to aid investigations into anything from drive-by shootings to burglaries. ....

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7 things people would like to change about FOIA in Illinois


7 things people would like to change about FOIA in Illinois
Courtney Kueppers, Chicago Tribune
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A resource used by Pete Czosnyka as he files a Freedom of Information Act request to Chicago s clerk s office, at his home in the Gladstone Park neighborhood of Chicago on March 10, 2021.
The promise of the Illinois Freedom of Information Act is that average citizens should be able to receive information about how public agencies are making decisions, simply by asking for documents and records.
However, the statute and the ways in which the statute is sometimes interpreted is far from perfect. Here are seven changes that some people familiar with FOIA would like to see in Illinois, in no particular order. ....

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