THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION JUST DAYS AWAY.

COOK COUNTY JUDGES ARE CLEARING THEIR SCHEDULES.

THAT COMES AS PART OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER FROM CHIEF JUDGE 10 EVANS TO PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MASS ARRESTS.

CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING SPOKE THIS WEEK ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT'S APPROACH TO LARGE CROWDS.

WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE WE?

WE THE MANPOWER TO PUT AT THESE LOCATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROACTIVE TO STOP ANY OF THESE THINGS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

WHEN YOU GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BECOME VIOLENT ACTORS ONCE ONE COMMITS AN ACT OF VIOLENCE AND IT'S GONE UNCHECKED AND OTHERS FEEL COMFORTABLE STEPPING IN AND DOING THE SAME THING.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE.

SO JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS CHIEF JUDGE 10 EVANS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

CHIEF COULD SEE GOOD TO BE SO EXPLAIN FOR US IF YOU WOULD.

WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR NEXT WEEKEND FOR THE REST OF AUGUST?

WE'RE AT IT.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ENTERED A COUPLE OF ORDERS THAT I THINK WE'LL MAKE THINGS SMOOTH.

THINGS WILL GO ALONG VERY, VERY WELL.

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO PETITION THEIR GOVERNMENT WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO SAFELY.

WE HOPE THE POLICE WILL BE SAFE.

WE HOPE THAT ALL WILL BE WELL, BUT IN CASE MASSIVE ARRESTS OCCUR.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ENTERED AN ORDER THAT ESTABLISHES A FACILITY, A BELLMAN WESTON THAT WILL BE SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY TO DEAL WITH THOSE KINDS OF CASES.

IT WILL NOT IN A FIELD WITH A REGULAR ROUTINE.

REGULAR COURTS WILL CONTINUE UNABATED, BUT IT WILL BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE IN AND GET THEM PROCESSED AND GET THEM OUT QUICKLY IN A REASONABLE WAY.

THERE'S PLENTY OF TRANSPORTATION.

BOTH THE CTA AND THE TRAINS.

AND THINK THAT WE PREPARED FOR THIS POSSIBILITY, IF DOES OCCUR SO PROCESSING THAT USE ACPD, FOR EXAMPLE, IN MAKING AN ARREST, BUT THEY WOULD NORMALLY DO AT AT A A DISTRICT OFFICE THEY WOULD INSTEAD DO THAT AT THE BELMONT FACILITY AND ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE A JUDGE THERE IF NECESSARY.

THAT IS RIGHT.

AS LONG AS IT IS UNDER THEIR CHARACTERIZATION OF A COURT AND THEY DID MASSIVE ARREST.

AND THAT'S A TERM OF ART THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S USE.

THEY WILL NOTIFY MY OFFICE WHEN THEY REACH THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME.

AND AT THAT POINT, THINGS WORLD IN THE SHIFTED FROM 26 IN CALIFORNIA, FOR EXAMPLE, TO BELMONT AND WESTERN THAT I'M DESCRIBING TO YOU AND ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN INFORMED.

WE'VE HAD 50 55 PEOPLE MEETING ON THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE WELL AWARE OF WHAT'S EXPECTED THEM AND THEIR TEAM.

AND WE EXPECTED EVERYBODY WORK WELL TOGETHER.

SO SHOULD CPD ALERT YOUR OFFICE THAT MASSIVE ARRESTS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL NEED TO OCCUR?

WHAT KIND OF PROCEEDINGS MIGHT YOUR JUDGES NEED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR AT THAT FACILITY WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE 2 WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN BE RELEASED AT BELMONT AND WESTERN ONE WILL BE BUSSED TO TICKETS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE DAY TO RETURN, IF IT'S NOT A VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATION, IF IT IS A VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATION, THE FIRST APPEARANCE HEARING HAS TO TAKE PLACE THERE IN PERSON THERE ARE JUDGES WILL HAVE TO BE THERE THAT HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER THE PERSON CAN BE RELEASED.

INTO THE COMMUNITY OR BE DETAINED AND THEY WILL BE DETAINED IF THERE IS A CLEAR AND PRESENT THREAT OR IF THERE'S A FLIGHT RISK, THEY HAVE TO BE DETAINED, THEY WOULD THEN BE SHIPPED FROM DELMON IN WESTON.

2.26 IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY WILL STAY UNTIL THEIR THERE.

TIME COMING.

GOT, OF COURSE, BEEN PROCESS AND THE COOK COUNTY JAIL, THEIR FACILITIES.

AND YOU SEE YOUR OFFICE HAS TRAINED 57 JUDGES AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY ASSIGNED TO CRIMINAL AND PREACH.

I'LL DIVISIONS ON THE PRETRIAL FAIRNESS ACT AND SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WITH REGARDS TO WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE WILL WHEN JUDGES MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE DETAINED.

AND THAT'S RIGHT.

WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO PROLONG THE DAY COULD INCLUDE FORGIVEN JUDGE IN SYRIA, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COURT THERE, BELMONT AND WESTERN WILL BE OPEN FROM 8 BEFORE AND THEN FROM 4 TO 12.

AND THAT'S TO SHIFTS IN EFFECT.

AND SO WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS BURN JUDGES OUT.

WE'VE GOT BACK OF JUDGES WHO ARE READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO PROVIDE JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THOSE JUSTICES.

AND YOU SAY THIS WON'T IMPACT PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE LEIGHTON CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE OR DALEY CENTER.

YES, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE'VE SHIFTED MOST OF THOSE CASES.

SO THAT WILL ONLY BE DEALING WITH THOSE MATTERS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WILL BE SPEEDY TRIAL ISSUES KEYS HAS TO BE DISMISSED ON.

THAT'S THAT CASE CAN BE RESOLVED AMICABLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

THOSE CASES WILL GO AHEAD.

BUT INSTEAD OF THOSE CASES GOING AHEAD AT 26 IN CALIFORNIA WILL SHIP THOSE CASES TO ROLLING MEADOWS.

THE 3RD DISTRICT.

SO THAT JUSTICE WILL BE DONE.

IT'S JUST THAT WILL BE SHIFTING CASES AROUND A BIT.

SO THIS MEANS PROBABLY JURORS OR POTENTIAL JURORS, ATTORNEYS DEFENDANTS, ALL THAT PLAINTIFFS, ALL THOSE FOLKS WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE TRIP TO ROLLING MEADOWS FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED IN.

AND BEFORE THEY DO THAT, JURIES ARE BEING INFORMED THAT THEY ARE ON STANDBY.

SO IF THEY RECEIVE A SUMMONS FROM MY OFFICE, ALL THEY NEED DO IS CALL IN.

WE CAN TELL THEM WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BE NEEDED AND THAT WE'VE TRIED BEST 2.

OBVIATE THE NECESSITY THAT MOST JURORS WOULD HAVE TO SERVE ON THIS OCCASION.

WHAT CONVERSATIONS HAVE, WHAT HAVE CONVERSATIONS BEEN LIKE WITH CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT BETWEEN THEN AND YOUR OFFICE IN PREPARATION FOR THIS.

HOW ARE COMMUNICATIONS GOING TO GO GOING FORWARD?

WELL, THEY THEY APPROACH MY OFFICE, THE CITY OF CHICAGO, THE CORPORATION COUNSEL'S OFFICE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY CONSIDERED SEVERAL SCENARIOS AND WORKING WITH THE SECRET SERVICE WORKING WITH ALL OF THE OTHER OFFICIALS WHO ARE PART TRYING TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE AND THEY THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE THE BEST.

POSSIBLE SCENARIO.

THEY KNEW THAT WE'D HAVE TO OPEN UP A WHOLE NEW COURT THAT WOULD HAVE TO GET READY IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

BUT I TOLD HIM I WAS WILLING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY DESERVE THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THE ISSUES TO THE MEMBERS OF THEIR GOVERNMENT.

BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE.

WE WANT AS MUCH FEAR IN THIS AS WE CAN SURROUND THEM WITH AS BECOMES NECESSARY.

WE GOING TO LIVE WITH IT.

HAVE YOU OR EVEN COOK COUNTY COURTS EVER DEALT WITH SOMETHING LIKE WHAT IS EXPECTED OR WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK AS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE IN A MOSTLY THINKING BACK TO 1968.

BUT ARE THERE OTHER OCCASIONS THEY HAVE WE'VE SEEN PROTESTS THAT ERUPTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT PEOPLE DID THAT FULLY ANTICIPATE THE BROAD BASE OF THAT OCCURRING.

BUT WE'RE READY FOR IT.

NOBODY WANTS TO SEE 1968 AGAIN.

NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT.

WE KNOW THAT THIS CITY CAN HANDLE IT.

OUR COMMUNITY IS READY FOR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HEARD AND IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION.

I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

AND ALSO BEING A SUMMER OF 2020, I IMAGINE THAT WAS PROBABLY A BUSY TIME FOR YOUR OFFICE THAT AS WELL.

IT WAS INDEED AND RIGHTLY SO BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE FLOYD AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO WE'VE LEARNED AN AWFUL LOT AS LEGAL COMMUNITY.

THE STATE'S ATTORNEY HAS BEEN INVOLVED PUBLIC DEFENDER, THE STATE'S THE THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE'VE ALL BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

THIS IS A TEAM ALL CHIEF JUDGE JANET EVANS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

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