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DuPage, Kane sheriff's deputies could cover overnight calls in Wayne dailyherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
DuPage County to seek proposals for new election equipment
DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is seeking proposals to purchase new voting equipment to make the election process better and faster. The upgraded system is expected to be compatible with a ballot sorting machine acquired last year as part of the state s expanded vote-by-mail program, she said. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer, August 2020
Updated 5/14/2021 8:42 AM DuPage County is in the market for new voting equipment that its top election official says would replace an outdated system and make the election process better and faster. County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is preparing to issue a request for proposals for enhanced election equipment and services that use entirely paper ballots, she told the county board s finance committee this week. ....
Updated 4/13/2021 6:39 PM After gaining support at the committee level, a downsized body camera and Taser proposal was thwarted Tuesday when the full DuPage County Board instead authorized the sheriff s original request for a $2.5 million program over the next five years. The board s unanimous approval of the contract with Axon Enterprise Inc. brings the county closer to complying with the state s new criminal justice reform legislation, which requires the sheriff s office to outfit officers with body cameras by Jan. 1.
Included in the purchase, funded through reserves, are implementation, storage and acquisition of 180 cameras, 72 corresponding Tasers, Signal Sidearm equipment that activates the cameras if a deputy s gun is unholstered, and virtual reality training. ....
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WHEATON, Ill. (WLS) In-person jury trials resume on March 1 at the DuPage County courthouse, and the pandemic has prompted multi-million dollar changes to the keep everyone safe, according to the circuit s chief judge and county officials. Our number one concern in the 18th Judicial Circuit, in this courthouse, is the safety of everyone - our litigants, our jurors, our general public who wants to come in and watch the trial, said Chief Judge Kenneth Popejoy of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court. The DuPage County Board allocated $13 million of CARES Act federal funding to update the Henry J. Hyde Judicial Facility in Wheaton during the last four months, according to county board members. ....