Suburban Chicago police chiefs back bill to 'override' Kim Foxx's lax charging decisions
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Illinois Republicans and suburban Chicago-area police chiefs are backing a new bill that would allow officers to override relaxed charging decisions by Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx.
"If police determine there is clear and convincing evidence that a crime has occurred, then they will have the authority to override the state's attorney's decision," Durkin told Fox News Digital. "The state's attorney has been dumping a lot of cases – not rejecting them – but saying we're going to put this on a continuing investigation and that means basically it falls into this abyss which leads to nothing. That's how she's able to keep her stats about felony rejections at a lower level."
"It's as if criminals are winning the war on crime in Chicago and Cook County," he said. "It's not because of police. It's because we have a prosecuting attorney who is choosing not to work with police and has turned her back on police on some many occasions."