I just moved to Will county a couple of years ago. What this sheriff told you kinda worries me. Did he happen to tell you a reason WHY they won’t try and help protect the public?
At the time I moved out here, the area was unincorporated. The Will County Sheriff at the time allocated only two police officers to cover the entire township in which I live. The township spans some 36 square miles, and some 20,000 people at that time.
Two deputies to cover 36 square miles with 20.000 people isn’t a lot of police protection. The Sheriff at that time was gutsy enough to acknowledge that fact and wasn’t bashful about telling folks why it took his two deputies so long to respond whenever there was trouble.
In fact, up until we incorporated about eight years ago, it was impossible out here to get thrown in jail for drunk driving, unless you caused an accident. The reason for that was it would take one of the two deputies off the road for at least four hours to transport the drunk driver to Joliet, process all the paperwork, and get back on the road. If you were pulled over for drunk driving back then, the deputy took your car keys, cuffed you, ran your license and absent any outstanding warrants took you straight home without your car and handed you your keys at the front door.
I’ve been out here since April of 1992 and used to drag race put here before that. Some of the stuff one could get away with out here was incredible.