"You talk about whether or not criminals are gaming the system by taking advantage and exploiting this no-cash bond system, the SAFE-T Act, as it's called. Absolutely," retired chief detective Eugene Roy said. "They are professionals at what they do. They're as professional at what they do – whether it's committing armed robberies, burglaries, auto thefts, shootings – they're just as good at doing that as the police are at doing their jobs, except there's no constraints on the bad guys."
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.