All of Illinois should not be judged by the shenanigans of Chicago and Cook County. Unfortunately, all of Illinois is governed by Chicago and Cook County.seamusTX wrote:When I lived in Chicago law enforcement officials could and did hand out "deputy sheriff" or "reserve officer" credentials like Halloween candy, which was effectively an unofficial CHL.
After quite a few of these goofballs got in trouble, including drunk-driving crashes, shooting up bars, shooting at their estranged ex-spouses and former in-laws, trying to arrest people in road-rage incidents, and other raucous good fun, the legislature clamped down on that in the 1980s.
I don't know what they do now. I don't much care unless it is entertaining or an educational bad example.
- Jim
It's kinda' like New York and California and Nevada, etc. in that the heavily populated gangster ridden cities dictate to the rest of the state. Fortunately for us, there is more of Texas than there is of Austin.