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Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Colton’s Task Force Committee met Nov. 6.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

Task Force Member Attendance	WebEx	Absent
Joyce Mason, Representative State of Illinois-61		x
Cassandra Tanner Miller		x
Sara Block, Ascend Justice	x
Amanda Pyron, Exec. Dir., The Network	x
Wendy Cohen, Illinois Attorney General’s Office		x
Sheriff Andy Hires, President of the Illinois Sheriff Association		x
Sally Kolb, Family Law Attorney		x
Hon. Ramona M. Sullivan is a circuit judge for the 6th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois	x
Hon. Judith Rice, Judge for the Domestic Relations Division of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois	x
Nicole Bockhorn, Probation Domestic Violence Unit, Supervision		x
Mary Ratliff, ICJIA	x
Stephany Ortiz, designee for Heather Dorsey		x
Illinois State Police, Lt Colonel, Rebecca Hooks, Chief of Staff	x
Teresa Tudor, Program Director, DHS		x
Retired Chief Tom Weitzel, President of Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police		x
Sen. Karina Villa		x
Shannon Hogan -Entwistle for Sen. Sue Rezin	x
Jamie Mosser, Kane County State’s Attorney		x
Jodie Hoos, Peoria County State’s Attorney		x
Yarissa Roman		x

ICJIA Staff Present: 

Kelly Pasholk, Deputy General Counsel

Karen Galbraith, Project Coordinator

Amanda Vasquez, Research Manager

Fernanda Gonzalez, Research Scientist II

Vincent Sarna, Task Force Coordinator and Report Writer

I. Mary Ratliff, Chair, welcomed members to the meeting. 

II. Call to Order and Roll Call

• Chair Mary Ratliff called the meeting to order at 12:04 PM and Kelly Pasholk conducted roll call and announced that quorum was not met.

III. Old Business

• Approval of the minutes from the June 5, 2024, August 7, 2024, and October 2, 2024, was postponed due to lack of quorum.

IV. New Business

• Past Presentation Review – Mary facilitated an activity to review and discuss key findings from past presentations, including:

• Community Supervision Strategies for IL

• April 3, 2024, meeting

• Nicole Bockhorn, Supervisor, Winnebago County Adult Probation

• Probation/Parole Strategies to Disarm Domestic Violence Offenders

• June 5, 2024, meeting

• Jennifer Waindle, Project Director, National Center on Improving Community Supervision Responses

• Domestic Violence & Firearms

• August 7, 2024, meeting

• Jennifer Becker, Esq., Project Director, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence & Firearms

• The Regional Domestic Violence Firearms Enforcement Unit - Seattle & King County, WA

• October 2, 2024, meeting

• Sandra Shanahan, Program Manager, The Regional Domestic Violence Firearms Enforcement Unit - Seattle & King County, WA

• Discussion: Members noted the importance of ongoing funding to support initiatives, as well as the necessity of clear communication/training about processes to ensure consistent implementation of initiatives (particularly firearms relinquishment) statewide.

Karina’s Bill would help to provide clarification.

• Report Outline Discussion – Chair Mary Ratliff shared an outline of the Task Force Report and provided an opportunity for members to provide input. Mary noted that ICJIA staff will continue to work on the draft and will share it with task force members to review in upcoming meetings with a goal of approving the report in March.

Next Meeting:

• The next task force meeting will be held on Friday, December 6, 2024, 12:00 - 1:30 pm.

V. Public Comments

• There were no public comments.

VI. Adjournment

• Chair Mary Ratliff asked for a motion to adjourn.

• Motion to Adjourn was made by: Amanda Pyron

• Seconded By: Ramona Sullivan

• The meeting was adjourned at 12:55 pm.

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