State's Attorney Mosser Honored By Illinois Police Chiefs

St. Charles IL

03 May, 2022

11:24 AM

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Press release from the Office of the Kane County State's Attorney: May 3, 2022 Kane County State's Attorney Jamie Mosser is one of three people to be selected The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police's Public Official of the Year for 2021. SA Mosser was recognized by the Illinois chiefs for her work benefiting law enforcement statewide. SA Mosser, serving in her first year as state's attorney, spent countless hours assisting the association and other law-enforcement advocates during negotiations with members of the Illinois General Assembly on changes to major criminal justice laws. SA Mosser provided her expertise in recommending specific language to improve the SAFE-T Act and to make subsequent related bills more effective for law enforcement while ensuring the bills still achieved necessary reforms. Ed Wojcicki, executive director of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, said: "We provided training to hundreds of chiefs and their departments to help them understand and implement the laws, and Jamie took a leading role in preparing the materials for the training and then being one of our primary trainers. Our association's leaders were so grateful that she devoted that much time and expertise on our behalf; the law is now much improved because of her insights and collaborative style." Lemont Chief of Police Marc Maton said: "Jamie was instrumental in crafting amendments that fixed language problems in the original SAFE-T Act. The original version was poorly written from a legal perspective. Her involvement was invaluable because of her credibility and her tenacious presentation of legal fact." Montgomery Deputy Police Chief Armando Sanders, president of the Kane County Chiefs of Police Association, said: "The Kane County Chiefs of Police Association is fortunate to have State's Attorney Jamie Mosser in our association and we appreciate her dedication and tireless work efforts to assist all those linked to law enforcement and our legal justice system," SA Mosser joins State Rep. Dan Ugaste of St. Charles and State Sen. Rachelle Crowe of Glen Carbon as the other recipients. Mitchell R. Davis III, the ILACP president, said: "All three of these people have been good friends of law enforcement as new laws have been proposed and discussed." State's Attorney Mosser said: "I made a promise to advocate for criminal justice reform guided by public safety. The proposals offered by members of the General Assembly contained unintended consequences. If the laws were to work both for police and for the people of Illinois and accomplish the criminal justice reform that is greatly needed, we had to work together to make the law better. I'm grateful to our leaders in Springfield for their willingness to work with us on these changes. I believe the final product achieved everyone's goals. My thanks to DuPage County State's Attorney Bob Berlin, Will County State's Attorney Jim Glasgow and Will Count Assistant State's Attorney Dant Foulk for their advocacy with me to change these law for the better. My thanks also to Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly, the chiefs association and the sheriff's association for letting me be a part of the process with you." This press release was produced by the Office of the Kane County State's Attorney. The views expressed here are the author's own.