County seeing less from fees and fines

During this morning’s meeting of the Kankakee Count Board’s Criminal Justice Committee, County Sheriff’ Mike Downey addressed the downturn the county has seen in income from local fees and fines – something Downey places at the feet of the SAFE-T Act

Downey noted state law now prohibits the county from collecting things like probation fees,  cash bail and even makes it difficult to collect money owed for traffic tickets.