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This non-profit site was established to aid in disseminating information about relevant issues in the Champaign-Urbana area. Transparency and access to public records is paramount to functioning government and since the public bodies within CU are failing in that regard, civilians must do the work. If you have files or documents that are of public interest, please consider sending them to Check CU so that we can make them publicly accessible.
-Christopher Hansen, Founder
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Urbana Police Quietly and Unlawfully Remove TASER Gun Oversight
Urbana Police Chief Bryant Seraphin The Urbana Police Department and the Civilian Police Review Board (CPRB) have been openly violating their mandate for more than two years. Whereas City Ordinance and UPD policy require the Police Department to review TASER gun...
Danville Police Complaints: “There are no forms”
Repeated attempts at acquiring a Danville Police complaint form failed Check CU recently published an article showing that the Danville, Illinois Police Department dispenses unlawful complaint forms. Shortly thereafter, it was discovered that the Police Department...
Danville Police Reveal Names, Addresses, SSN’s, Phone Numbers of Complainants
Check CU recently published an article about the Danville, Illinois Police Department utilizing unlawful requirements in their civilian complaint forms. The article showed that the complaint form requires a sworn affidavit, and also requires complainants to...
City of Danville Police Complaint Form Violates State Law
On January 25th, 2022, the City of Danville, Illinois supplied Check CU with a police complaint form that quite clearly violates state law. The form contains an affidavit page that requires the complainant to sign a sworn statement and have it notarized. A...
Illinois State Police, City of Champaign Sued Over Denial of Fatal Shooting Records
On May 19, 2021, City of Champaign Police Officers Chris Oberheim and Jeffrey Creel responded to a call regarding a domestic disturbance. After the officers approached an individual sitting in a car outside of the Town Center Apartments complex in the north end of...
Champaign Public Health District Repeatedly Disregarded FOIA, OMA
At their February 2021 meeting, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Board discuss fines and prosecution for persons failing to wear face masks (Director of Environmental Health Jim Roberts, HR Generalist Amy Roberts, Chair Andy Quarnstrom, Deputy Administrator...
Champaign Council Belatedly Approves Over 7 Years of Meeting Minutes
The January 18th meeting of the Champaign City Council had a curious item on the agenda: approval of nearly seven and a half years of meeting minutes for Community Civic Events. There were ninety sets of meeting minutes spanning from June 17, 2014 to November 6,...
New Rantoul Police Complaint Form Designed to Skirt State Law
A new 2021 Rantoul Police Department Complaint Form and accompanying instructions bearing the name of Chief of Police Anthony J Brown (click image for full PDF) Check CU recently published an article showing that the civilian complaint forms dispensed by the Rantoul...
Urbana City Attorney Warns Police Review Board Against Discussing TASER Violations
On October 27th, 2021, Check CU published an article which reveals many of the failures of the TASER review process by the Urbana Civilian Police Review Board (CPRB): Urbana Staff Refuse Oversight on Police TASER Usage From the article: “When the Board members issued...
Rantoul Police Policies, Contracts, Complaint Forms Now Available Online
Check CU commends the Village of Rantoul for keeping a publicly accessible “Document Center”, where hundreds of public records are hosted for 24/7 access. However, of the myriad of documents available on Rantoul’s website, a number of important items are...
AG: Danville City Council, Mayor, Violated Open Meetings Act
Danville Mayor Rickey Williams violated the Open Meetings Act at several City Council meetings in 2021 Danville Mayor Rickey Williams and the Danville City Council violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) at several of their meetings last year, according to a...
AG: Todd Rent Violated FOIA by Denying Urbana Financial Records
Urbana Human Resources Director Todd Rent (now HR Director for the University of Iowa) violated FOIA by refusing to provide City financial records to the News Gazette In April of 2014, the City of Urbana was cited by the Illinois Attorney General (IAG) for a Freedom...
AG: Attorney David Wesner Violated FOIA as Danville City Attorney
2015 Binding Opinion from the Illinois Attorney General citing City of Danville Corporation Counsel David Wesner with violating the Freedom of Information Act. In December of 2015, the City of Danville was cited by the Illinois Attorney General (IAG) for a rather...
Rantoul Sued for Concealing Past Police Complaints
On November 7th, 2021, Check CU sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Village of Rantoul asking for past police complaints. The request was sent to Rantoul Village Clerk and FOIA Officer Janet Gray. The records response was handled by Village...
Urbana Police Chief Resigns After 30 Months
Urbana Police Chief Bryant Seraphin Urbana Police Chief Bryant Seraphin announced today that he would resign his position effective March 25, 2022. At just 50 years old, it is likely that Seraphin has already acquired a new position at a different department,...
How Urbana Officials Abused One FOIA Requester for a Year
Urbana City Clerk Charlie Smyth devised a scheme to unlawfully classify several Urbana residents as "recurrent requesters" which the City used to delay records requests for months and impose huge illegal fees. Check CU has covered numerous Freedom of Information Act...
Rantoul Officers Dispense Unlawful Complaint Forms
Rantoul Police Officer Marcus Beach provides a "Citizen Complaint Form" after a 30 minute wait. Check CU has been made aware of Rantoul Police Officers handing out police complaint forms which appear to violate Illinois State Law. On November 7th, 2021, Rantoul Police...
Urbana Mayor Claims Officers Never Struck Resident During Violent Arrest
After throwing her to the ground and punching her in the back of the head, Officers Michael Cervantes and James Cory Koker pin down a resident so that Officer Eric Ruff can knee her in the ribs. The City of Urbana has devoted considerable time and energy to debating...
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