THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE IS VISITING BUSINESSES VIOLATING COVID-19 SAFETY RESTRICTIONS.

I-S-P DIRECTOR BRENDAN KELLY SAYS THEY HAVE A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO ENFORCEMENT…FIRST ISSUING A VERBAL WARNING FOR NON-COMPLIANCE, THEN A WRITTEN WARNING. FOR THE MOST FLAGRANT OFFENDERS, TROOPERS WILL ISSUE A MISDEMEANOR CITATION.

KELLY SAYS THEY HAVE ISSUED CITATIONS IN FIVE ILLINOIS COUNTIES SO FAR, BUT THAT FOR THE MOST PART, BUSINESSES ARE COMPLYING AFTER GETTING A WARNING.

CITATIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN FIVE ILLINOIS COUNTIES SO FAR. KELLY STRESSES THEY WILL NOT BE ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES.