MCSD Take-home car program abuse

Gus Philpott
Woodstock Advocate
February 7, 2011

Just looked again at the list of take-home cars on McHenry County Blog.

What does the MCSD P.R. deputy get a take-home vehicle?

Why does the Court Security Chief get one? All his work is at the courthouse. He commutes to and from work.

Why does the Jail Chief get one? He just commutes.

And the Asst. Jail Chief. The only reason he doesn't get one is that he lives in Lake County. So he gets $340/month car allowance. To commute!

And then, as I looked down the list of names, I was struck by the absence of Hispanic-sounding names. Here we are in a county with 35% Hispanic population, and now I wonder what percentage of sworn officers at MCSD are Hispanic or Latino. Anyone know?

And what percentage speak Spanish fluently, so that they can communicate with the residents of McHenry County?