DuPage County Judicial and Public Safety Committee Meeting, Tuesday 10/6/26

The DuPage County Judicial and Public Safety Committee met on October 6, 2026. A motion was brought forward on requisition JPS-48-26 for a contract purchase order to Journal Technologies, Inc. for the Public Defender’s Office case management system, storage, and upgrades, covering December 1, 2026–November 30, 2027. The contract total and the vote outcome are not audible in the transcript. The committee approved resolutions authorizing the Sheriff’s Office to sell inventory to the West Chicago and Bartlett police departments; discussion identified the radios as older Motorola APX 4000 models, with the remaining inventory count unknown.

The committee also approved grant acceptances and appropriations, including an ILDCFS Children’s Advocacy Center grant of $353,633 and a Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program Special Project Grant of $35,555. A separate Victims of Crime Act Child Advocacy grant was also considered, but its amount is unclear in the transcript. As an action item, the chair agreed to provide information about the number of Flock license-plate-reader cameras the county has purchased and the cameras monitored by the Sheriff’s Office; no related purchasing decision was made.