Saturday, January 26, 2013

Private cops get permission to ticket: Illinois Supreme Court rules subdivision police can detain drivers

The Chicago Tribune reports:
The homeowners associations responsible for managing subdivisions across the state have the power to enforce their own traffic rules through a private security force, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday, overturning a lower-court ruling that found they could be unlawful.
No word yet on whether Illinois Supreme Court justices have read this book.