A recent article about increased bond amounts that quotes Jason:
Speeding toward more revenue
Price of traffic fines going up Wednesday
By TERRY BIBO
PEORIA — If you speed or get caught driving without a license, you'll pay more starting Wednesday.
On the one hand, the statewide increase in some traffic fines is going to help cash-strapped governments.
Early predictions indicated Peoria County alone would reap an additional $500,000 in a year. That number has dropped, now that $15 is taken off the top of each ticket as a way to help keep Illinois state troopers on the highway, but it's still significant.
Read More: http://www.pjstar.com/news/tricounty/x2141232059/Speeding-toward-more-revenue
A recent DUI article quoting Jason:
Police implementing No Refusal campaign this weekend
By ANDY KRAVETZ
PEORIA — Drivers in Peoria County who have been drinking, beware this weekend: Just saying no won't get you out of a blood test.
For the third time, area police will institute a No Refusal weekend, where a judge could sign off on a search warrant requiring suspected drunken drivers to submit to having their blood or breath checked.
The program begins this evening and lasts through Monday morning.
The first two weekends last year were only in the city of Peoria. Now, Bartonville, Chillicothe, Peoria Heights and the Peoria County Sheriff's Department have jumped on board, meaning the entire county is effectively covered.
Read More: http://www.pjstar.com/homepage/x1566713102/Police-implementing-No-Refusal-campaign-this-weekend
Another recent DUI article quoting Jason:
Attorneys say new DUI law leaves questions
By ANDY KRAVETZ
PEORIA — Several Peoria-area attorneys believe the thinking behind a new state law requiring first-time DUI offenders to blow into a tube in order to start their vehicles was sound, but they wonder how the law will actually work in practice.
"As a general proposal, it is a good idea to crack down on drunk driving, but this is going to be incredibly difficult for the generally driving public to comply with," said Joel Brown, a Peoria attorney. "There are so many requirements that have to be met. People who are really trying to comply are going to have trouble."
At first blush, the thinking behind the Breath Alcohol Ignition Interlock Device (BAIID) Program had good intentions, to change the habits of those who are arrested for driving under the influence. The new law requires first-time offenders to install a BAIID in their vehicle in order to drive while their licenses are suspended.
Read More: http://www.pjstar.com/archive/x1788461572/Attorneys-say-new-DUI-law-leaves-questions
Another article quoting Jason on a proposed arrest fee:
Arrests could generate big bucks for Peoria
By John Sharp
PEORIA — Arrested people in Peoria could begin contributing to more than just the workload of law enforcement.
They could be helping pay down the city's growing deficit.
A plan introduced Tuesday by 3rd District City Councilman Bob Manning asks if the city can assess a $20 or so fee on all arrests that are made within city limits.
But whether the fee is even legal or can be practically applied is something city attorney Randy Ray's legal staff is looking into. He will provide a report at the council's April 28 meeting.
Read More: http://www.pjstar.com/homepage/x86053154/Arrests-could-generate-big-bucks-for-Peoria
