05-31-2010, 04:02 PM
Dear believeinwaukegan, I would be happy to serve my community on an unpaid volunteer basis, however, my state government won't provide me with the necessary state statute to protect myself. You surely don't expect local citizens to take an active part in watching and reporting miscreant behavior in their neighborhood without the necessary state statutes to protect themselves from retribution, prosecution and lawsuits. If the state of Illinois would adopt the same laws as Texas and Florida, I would be happy to help. P.S. I call the police all the time and talk to the police brass about these very issues and I don't get the feeling that they are interested in my input. I wonder if the city council is to blame. Note that I didn't mention the mayor, yet.