by Check CU | Mar 21, 2023 | Latest Articles
Village of Rantoul Police Officer Jose Aceves shows other officers the trail of blood on the ground after fatally shooting a man during a car theft investigation The Village of Rantoul, Illinois has released some records related to a fatal officer involved shooting...
by Check CU | Jul 26, 2022 | Latest Articles
Rantoul, Illinois Village Attorney David Wesner and Police Chief Tony Brown are not only concealing police misconduct records, they are asking the court to overturn public records laws that have existed for over four decades A Champaign County judge denied an attempt...
by Check CU | Apr 6, 2022 | Latest Articles
On December 16th, 2021 Check CU Founder Christopher Hansen filed a lawsuit against the Village of Rantoul alleging violations of the Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Rantoul unlawfully denied access to copies of complaints against police officers, and...
by Check CU | Apr 6, 2022 | Latest Articles
On January 21st, 2022 Check CU sent a public records request to Village of Rantoul Clerk and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer Janet Gray seeking police complaints from 2010 through 2018. Gray passed the request off to Village Attorney David Wesner who,...
by Check CU | Mar 30, 2022 | Latest Articles
One of more than a dozen automatic license plate reader (ALPR) installations in the Village of Rantoul, Illinois. The Village of Rantoul, Illinois has asserted for the second time that they are permitted to keep locations of automatic license plate readers a secret...
by Check CU | Jan 21, 2022 | Latest Articles
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...
by Check CU | Jan 18, 2022 | Latest Articles
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,...
by Check CU | Jan 17, 2022 | Latest Articles
(click image to view full 3 page PDF) As public bodies in Champaign County, such as the City of Urbana, City of Champaign, the Champaign Sherriff’s Office, and the University of Illinois continue to consider and implement automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), the...
by Check CU | Jan 16, 2022 | Latest Articles
Rantoul Police Officer Marcus Beach (right) and Rikki McComas (distant left) outside of the Village of Rantoul Police Department building Check CU has recently become aware that Rantoul Police Officers are directing victims of police misconduct to call METCAD 9-1-1 to...
by Check CU | Jan 16, 2022 | Latest Articles
Village of Rantoul Police Officer Rikki McComas guards the parking lot east of the Police Department building from “all sorts of crimes” The Village of Rantoul Police Department appears to have a prized section of asphalt that may be off limits for...
by Check CU | Nov 17, 2021 | Latest Articles
A Flock Safety automatic license plate reader (ALPR) failed to capture this motorcyclist passing by, along with hundreds of other vehicles On October 17th, Check CU visited the Village of Rantoul to observe the automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) that had been...
by Check CU | Nov 14, 2021 | Latest Articles
During the past two months, the City of Urbana and the City of Champaign have held a number of meetings wherein the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) have been discussed. One issue that has been raised numerous times is the failure of normal...
