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Watching The Watchmen: The People's Attempt To Hold On-Duty Law Enforcement Officers Accountable For Misconduct And The Illinois Law That Stands In Their Way, Robert J. Tomei Jr.

Northern Illinois University Law Review

In the days when police brutality and public official corruption pump through the veins of society as a fermenting virus, a critical analysis of a controversial law curtailing efforts to intensify public awareness of government official transgressions is undertaken. In the great State of Illinois, legislative amendments to the Illinois Eavesdropping Act have established a moratorium on the audio recording, without prior consent, of any judge, state's attorney or law enforcement officer while in the performance of his or her official duties, regardless of whether or not the public official(s) had any objective, justifiable or reasonable expectation of privacy when …