Whistleblower wins $260K in police database dispute with suburban mayor

20 days ago by ØR10N5B3LT to c/chicago

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A south suburban mayor allegedly ordered a village worker to perform an improper search of a law enforcement database, and when a whistleblower reported it to the Illinois State Police, he was fired.

“She told me: ‘I had no right. She was the mayor,'” Josh Watson told WGN Investigates.

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