by Check CU | Jan 8, 2024 | Latest Articles
Custom Champaign Police Department graphics created by Zach Royce for the Grand Theft Auto video game The Champaign, Illinois Police Department was not happy when they saw images from the popular video game Grand Theft Auto showing squad cars and police officers...
by Check CU | Jan 8, 2024 | Latest Articles
Champaign, Illinois Police officers stand with the Mayor and City Council after being sworn in The City of Champaign is paying out yet again to settle a lawsuit related to unlawfully denied public records. Check CU filed the lawsuit in April of 2022 when the...
by Check CU | Dec 29, 2023 | Latest Articles
After initially denying a public records request, the City of Champaign, Illinois agreed to provide the records and pay the legal fees incurred by Check CU founder Christopher Hansen in response to an associated lawsuit. In March of 2022, Check CU published an article...
by Check CU | Mar 17, 2023 | Latest Articles
A screenshot of the Illinois Documents website, where hundreds of Central Illinois public officials are listed in a single directory In recognition of Sunshine Week, Check CU would like to draw attention to some Central Illinois resources that make public records and...
by Check CU | Mar 10, 2023 | Latest Articles
This is the moment that University of Illinois Police Officer Kiel Cotter learned that he was going to Champaign County jail for his crimes A few brave college students did what the University of Illinois Police Training Institute failed to do: screen police trainees...
by Check CU | Aug 8, 2022 | Latest Articles
Champaign, Illinois City Council member and licensed attorney Tom Bruno At the July 26th, 2022 meeting of the Champaign City Council, local attorney and Council member Tom Bruno made some blatantly false legal claims regarding the Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA). A...
by Check CU | Jun 2, 2022 | Latest Articles
Tracy Chong (author of CU Perspective) interviews a Flock Safety employee as he installs a license plate reader at the intersection of Windsor & Galen in Champaign, IL Residents of Champaign have likely started to notice the dozens of automatic license plate...
by Check CU | Apr 8, 2022 | Latest Articles
(Champaign, Illinois City Building – Photo by ILDocs.com) On March 21st, 2022 Check CU asked the City of Champaign, Illinois to provide copies of complaints submitted against police officers in 2021 and 2022. Three days later, City Clerk Shannon Myers fully...
by Check CU | Apr 8, 2022 | Latest Articles
Champaign Police Officers Kevin Olmstead (left) and Bruce Ramseyer (right) at the January 8th, 2020 meeting of the Citizen Review Subcommittee meeting. On that date, Ramseyer passed his police complaint review responsibilities over to Olmstead. Check CU recently...
by Check CU | Apr 8, 2022 | Latest Articles
On March 21st, 2022 Check CU Founder Christopher Hansen asked the City of Champaign, Illinois to provide copies of complaints submitted against police officers in 2021 and 2022. Three days later, City Clerk Shannon Myers fully denied the request. Myers claimed...
by Check CU | Apr 4, 2022 | Latest Articles
Members of the public who tuned in to the Champaign Government Television livestream today were greeted with this screen The Champaign, Illinois Human Relations Commission (HRC) cancelled their monthly meeting for the six time today. Assuming they actually...
by Check CU | Apr 3, 2022 | Latest Articles
On March 29th, Check CU published an article about the City of Champaign, Illinois hiring private security to patrol their downtown area. The City’s Request for Proposals (RFP) describes issues such as noise, trash, loitering, fights, and shootings. On...
by Check CU | Apr 2, 2022 | Latest Articles
From left to right: Champaign Officer Dillon Holloway, Sgt. Kaitlin Fisher, University of Illinois Officer Kennedy Hartman Sergeant Kaitlin Fisher of the Champaign, Illinois Police Department recently expressed her feelings for a significant portion of the populace...
by Check CU | Apr 2, 2022 | Latest Articles
The scene outside of the Red Lion bar in Champaign, Illinois shortly after an altercation between a bar employee and a patron resulted in “significant injuries” on March 5th, 2022. Check CU has acquired nearly an hour of police body camera video from the...
by Check CU | Mar 29, 2022 | Latest Articles
The City of Champaign, Illinois recently posted a Request for Proposals (RFP) on their website seeking private firms to patrol the downtown area during weekends and events. From the thirty-six page proposal document (provided in full below): 2.1 Services Summary: The...
by Check CU | Mar 26, 2022 | Latest Articles
The City of Champaign, Illinois is advising use of force training for bar staff who were involved in an incident which resulted in a young woman leaving in an ambulance on March 5th. Deputy City Manager Matt Roeschley, Lieutenant Andre Davis, and Assistant City...
by Check CU | Mar 21, 2022 | Latest Articles
Check CU filed a lawsuit today alleging that the City of Champaign willfully violated the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by refusing to provide records related to the Champaign County Community Coalition (CCCC). Two days ago, Check CU published an article...
by Check CU | Mar 11, 2022 | Latest Articles
The last time the Champaign, Illinois Human Relations Commission had enough members in attendance was October 2021 The Champaign, Illinois Human Relations Commission (HRC) cancelled their monthly meeting for the fifth time this past Monday. Assuming they...
by Check CU | Mar 1, 2022 | Latest Articles
Champaign Police Department Command staff on March 11th, 2020. Three of the four officers have since left the department. The Champaign, Illinois City Council granted a hefty bonus to their police officers at this evening’s City Council meeting. Upon the...
by Check CU | Jan 16, 2022 | Latest Articles
Assistant City Attorney Jennifer Glover Bannon cost the City of Champaign $5,000 in legal fees after unlawfully concealing copies of human rights complaints. In the spring of 2021, Check CU published an article about denial of public records by the City of Champaign...
