Checking court records this morning, I learned that Island Lake PD Officer David Walz wrote 57 tickets last week to Seth Pedersen.
Is there a little training needed at Island Lake P.D.? Is this like throwing mud against a wall and hoping some of it will stick?
If you want to see an example of wastefulness of government assets, go to www.mchenrycircuitclerk.org and look up Seth Pedersen. Those tickets are now in the system. I wish I had the time and energy to click on each one and list the 57 tickets here.
A public defender was appointed for Pedersen.
A bond hearing is scheduled for 9:00AM today, which probably means that Pedersen was a guest in the Nygren Hotel for a few days.
A plea date is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 30, 9:00AM in Judge Condon's courtroom.
Do you suppose that Pedersen's attorney (public defender) will require that each charge be read separately, rights read for each ticket, and a plea heard on each one? If I were the public defender, that's what I would do. Just to make a big deal out of it.
Let's see; how long would Judge Condon have to sit there? Say, 2-3 minutes for each case. Times 57. That's 171 minutes, or almost three hours.
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P.S. How long did it take Ofc. Walz to write out 57 tickets? Did he suck up some good overtime? Did he have to issue all the tickets before ending his shift? Are Island Lake tickets written by hand or with the aid of a computer?
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Didn't you know? The new chief is a ticket hound! Don't write enough tickets and see what happens to you! He is encouraging this type of behavior, not discouraging!
As far as working overtime, is there anything else in Island Lake? They are so far past their overtime budget, they will end up using this years and next years overtime budget before this years budget is complete!
The chief will blame it on lack of manpower....after he has forced people to retire or else, after firing people for no good reason, after suspending officers for saying anything bad about him...the list goes on.
The Island Lake Police Department is now in a shambles thanks to the Mayor and her lapdog police chief. The chief that failed the written test to become a full time Island Lake cop! Now he is CHIEF!!!
Failure to Yield: 1
Failure to Obey: 1
Uninsured Vehicle: 1
DUI: 1
Open Liquor: 1
Speeding > 40 MPH+: 2
Speeding > 30 MPH+: 1
Various Improper Lane: 15
Various Improper Passing: 14
Stop Signs: 8
Various Control Devices: 5
Hmmm ..... only 50?
My eyes must have petered out along the way......
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Stop Sign: 3
Uninsured Vehicle: 1 (another?)
Open Liquor: 1 (another?)
Improper Lane: 1
Improper Passing: 1
How did he write down all the details while he was averaging 80MPH?
How long is the tape in the dashcam? Or is it digital? Some courts don't like digital, b/c images can be manipulated.
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