Pritzker administration: Lawsuits, lost funds could face law enforcement agencies that don’t enforce guv’s COVID orders – Cook County Record

On May 20, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency issued a memorandum to state and local law enforcement agencies, designated by state law as emergency services and emergence management agencies; The local agencies “are statutorily required to execute and enforce” the executive orders. “It is IEMA’s view that the Governor’s EO takes precedence over any home-rule authority,” the IEMA wrote.