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The McDonough County Voice Your eyes could tell you that Monday was a special day at Macomb City Hall. First, there was a tent on the city hall lawn. Second was the number of people gathering under and around the tent. The tent was in place as an alternative to indoor crowd prohibitions. The Macomb City Council met inside the building as usual. Then they recessed and reconvened under the tent. The outdoor gathering was to permit as large a group as possible to witness and participate in the swearing-in ceremony of Police Chief Jerel Jones. In addition to his family from Chicago, and many Macomb residents, representatives of the NAACP were on hand including the state president. ....
Patrick Stout MACOMB A Chicago family came to Macomb this week to watch their nephew and son sworn in as the city s first African-American chief of police. Chief Jerel Jones took the oath of office from City Clerk Melanie Falk in an outdoor city council session that was brought to order by the Macomb Police Department Honor Guard. Then the chief s uncle, Lonnie Jones, a 30-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, took the podium. He spoke about his father, the grandfather of Jerel Jones. His grandfather was a Chicago police officer for 30 years, Lonnie Jones said. We re a police family. The uncle then presented Chief Jones with materials that had been given to his grandfather during his police career. ....
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The McDonough County Voice Editor s note: A previous version of this story mistakenly omitted a response from State s Attorney Matt Kwacala. His comments have been added to the story. McDONOUGH COUNTY A resident who was arrested on March 2, held for 20 hours and then released by the State’s Attorney without any charges is alleging local police racially profiled her and her husband and violated their rights. “I will never forget this, because it was my husband’s birthday,” Magen Kelly said. Kelly, who is Black, said in interviews with the Voice that she and husband Corey Kelly, a multi-ethnic war veteran, were racially profiled and targeted for what the police report described as a “random registration check” as they made their way home through Macomb. She called dispatch twice, asking for a supervisor after they were stopped. During the calls, she expressed fear for her safety. ....
Watts discusses policing, community relationships Tabi Jozwick, Voice Correspondent MACOMB Western Illinois University’s Office of Public Safety interim director Derick Watts took the time to answer questions during Monday’s Zoom interview with WIU and Macomb community members. According to the WIU March 14, 2019 press release, Watts, a lieutenant with OPS, was appointed as interim director after Scott Harris retired on March 15, 2019. Watts took over OPS as interim director on March 16, 2019. Watts started the interview by saying law enforcement officers adapt to change with laws being updated. One change he mentioned was at the beginning of his career, domestic violence victims were hesitant to press charges against their abusers because of fear. He said the law was later changed so police officers had the right to press charges without the victim making that decision, turning Illinois into a forerunner into that aspect. ....