FOIA

Please send all FOIA requests to Major Thomas Knapp

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ST. CLAIR COUNTY SHERIFF'S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

POSTING PURSUANT TO 5 ILCS 140/1 ET. SEQ.

 

The policing of a free, diverse and vibrant society is an awesome and complex task.  The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department is charged with responsibilities that rank second to none in importance in our democratic society.  The Sheriff’s Department service is that branch of government that is assigned the awesome task of security compliance with the multitude of laws and regulations deemed beneficial to society.  Since law is society’s means of achieving performance to desired norms, the Sheriff’s Department is society’s agents for the maintenance of harmony within the county.

      2010 Budget is 8.4 Million

      176 Full Time, 12 Part Time Employees, Total 188

  
 

The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department operations and budget are overseen by the St. Clair County Board Chairman.

HOW TO REQUEST DOCUMNETS

     

            The St. Clair County Office of Legislative Oversight’s Freedom of Information Act Officers are: Assistant State’s Attorney, Leonard E. Cleary Jr. and Assistant State’s Attorney Benjamin P. Henning. St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department officials are Major Thomas Knapp, Major James Lay and Major Phillip McLaurin.

 In order for any member of the public to request information and/or public records from the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department, he or she must make such a request in written format and must specifically request the information and/or documents requested.  Furthermore, therequest must be directed either in written format to sheriff@norcom2000.com, or to the following address either by United State’s Mail or in person:

             St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department

            700 North Fifth St.

            Belleville, IL 62220

             The following records are available and under this offices control are as follows:

    1)      Criminal offense reports and investigative reports

2)      Incident reports (non-crime)

3)      Booking records of detainees in the St. Clair County Jail

4)      Sex Offender registrations

The preceding aforementioned documents are alternatively available in electronic format as kept by the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department:

 SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR DOCUMENTS REQUESTED PURSUANT TO THE ILLINOIS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 5 ILCS 140/1 et. seq.

    1)         The first fifty (50) pages of black and white, letter or legal sized copies are FREE.

 2)         Each copy after the 50^th page of black and white, letter or legal sized is 15 CENTS per page.

 3)         A request of color copies or copies in a size other than legal or letter will be charged the office’s ACTUAL COST OF REPRODUCTION of these copies.

 4)         For documents produced in electronic format, the requestor will be charged the office’s ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING THE MEDIA (cd, dvd, diskette, etc.) which will contain the documents requested.  No per page cost will be charged for documents provided only in electronic format.

 5)         For obtaining a certified copy an additional fee of $1.00 PER CERTIFIED DOCUMENT will be assessed.

 

Please Note:                This office may require payment of all fees prior to the initiation of any copying of documents pursuant to statute.  Reproduction fees for requests to be used for commercial purposes require advance payment of all fees.