What is going on at the McHenry County Sheriff's Department? Don't they have enough work? Are they all caught up on all the unserved warrants?
Several months ago a McHenry County woman was arrested for operating an unlicensed daycare and for endangering the life of a child. In fact, she was arrested several times. DCFS was involved.
And then, wonder of all wonders, DCFS dropped all of its charges. And DCFS didn't even bother to inform her. She had to find out on her own three weeks after the charges were dropped. So, if DCFS drops its charges, what's left?
What's left is to get the criminal charges stopped. Unfortunately, the prosecutors and the lawyer(s) for the defendant don't put their heads together quickly and get the court action stopped.
And then along comes the Sheriff's Department with new charges, and the warrants team sweeps in in the early evening and again after midnight. You'd think that John Dillinger was holed up in McHenry County.
Does the person in charge of warrants sic his team on the most dangerous criminals first or do they go after the "low-hanging fruit"? Is it more important to get on the scoreboard and fill up Hotel Nygren?
Why do they give some guy like Greg Pyle the "opportunity" to turn himself in, but they go out after midnight to pick up somebody that they could reach by telephone? Does the MCSD know that DCFS dropped its charges?
Why doesn't someone in Warrants call the defendant's lawyer, inform her of new charges and ask if surrender can be arranged? We're not talking about Nygren's Top Ten here. Not even the Top Hundred. Not even the Top Two Hundred. How big is the unserved warrants backlog?
If a cop knocks on my door after midnight and asks if he can come in, the answer is "No." If he has a legal right to come in, he'll say so and he won't ask. Of course, I'll want to read his warrant to enter. So, why would I want to let him in? I might ask, "Do I have to let you in?" If he says I don't, then I'll tell him to have a good night, that I am going to close the door and turn out the light, and wish him a safe night.
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I think you've had too much coffee.
I've been informed that there is a policy at MCSD that warrant service will not be attempted between midnight and 6:00AM. (This information was NOT passed along to me by a deputy.)
Warrants deputies "get in trouble" if they attempt service after Midnight.
Well, I'll bet they get in "trouble", if they don't serve enough warrants in a month.
So, which "trouble" is less important?
We all know that deputies follow orders. They are to do as they are told, such as "No service after midnight" ... (except, heh-heh, if you need to get your numbers up).
The bigger question is, who investigated the case that led to charges, and who went to the judge for the arrest warrant? Did that detective tell the judge that DCFS had dropped the charges?
Can't wait to see the Arrest Warrant and see what judge's name is on it.
You get angry when the arrest.
You get angry when they don't.
You get angry when the write tickets.
You get angry when they don't.
YOu don't like anything that police do, do you.
It's clear that you don't like police.
One wonders if that is because you could not make it as one.
give it a rest. You just make yourself look foolish.
KnowB, for a moment I thought you were going to give us a poem.
What happened is not the fault of the warrants officers who went to carry out their duty.
If they went at 12:30AM and a division policy is to cease attempts at midnight, where is the breakdown? Were they told to disregard "policy"? Were they on C.S.T.? Were the clocks in the house wrong?
Hate to disappoint you, but I am not angry all the time. I do not dislike police (or deputies).
I dislike cops who speed, cops who badge other cops when they get stopped, cops who let other cops off when they get badged, cops who break laws instead of obeying them, cops who lie, cops who falsify reports, and probably a few others.
Like I said, foolish.
KnowB, as an Equal Opportunity blogger, and I am happy to publish your comment. I invite you to add something worthwhile, since you do have an opinion.
Like, tell us the time that the warrants deputies notified dispatch that they had arrived, and the time they notified dispatch that they were back in the car.
Tell the truth now. I could FOIA the radio log, you know.
Would have liked this string better if Know B would have made his comments a poem. Doh.
anyway, YOU Buster are a keyboard "hood" and if I were Deputy Dawg I'd love to take you into custody... and drive you right to the Liquor Store! BAAAAAAHHHHHHH... DOH!
TMB, I'll drink to that...
Warrants are served 24/7. CIVIL papers are limited to after 6 AM. You have bad information.
Lucky Ned, thank you very much for clarifying hours for service. I appreciate the correction.
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