Matt joined Steve Cochran to discuss the proposed changes to the SAFE-T Act that lawmakers debated on December 1, the language that still needs to be changed and whether or not any of this will make a difference. Getting rid of the 48-hour free roaming pass for EM defendants, making more crimes detainable before trial and restoring the community threat standard for pretrial detention is a start, but much more has to be done.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- 100 a day: Chicago motor vehicle thefts explode as SAFE-T Act changes debated
- Electronic monitoring horror show grows as lawmakers skate past SAFE-T reforms
- Poor communities bear the brunt of crime unleashed by Cook County bail reform and the SAFE-T Act: New Manhattan Institute report
- Chicago’s progressive agenda has been destructive for black communities
- Chicago Transit Authority violent crime aims for five-year high in 2022; Red Line stuck in “Wild West”
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Audio and summary 
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.