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After one year, 'America's most dangerous law' is damaging policing profession in Illinois, says local sheriff
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Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard said after one year in effect, the SAFE-T Act is having the "intended result" and damaging the policing profession in Illinois.
"Policing leaders need to step up and stand against it," he added. "Very loud, very vocal, very strongly." Teny Sahakian is an Associate Producer/Writer for Fox News. Follow Teny on Twitter at @tenysahakian.
The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2023, overhauled Illinois' justice system with provisions that granted more freedoms to defendants and reduced certain felonies to misdemeanors. It also lowered the severity of some misdemeanors, like trespassing, and eliminated cash bail across the state.
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