Police Supt. David Brown said the number of officers on no-pay status has fluctuated and is down to 35 from about 50 officers at one point. The increase means almost 78% of the more than 12,000 department employees, a number that includes sworn officers and civilian employees, has disclosed their vaccination status.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.