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| Budget cuts take dogs out of the hunt for Illinois prison escapee |
| By qctimes.com - Kurt Erickson |
| Published: 09/11/2013 |
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SPRINGFIELD — When Illinois prison officials scrambled on Labor Day weekend to track down an escaped prisoner, among those involved in the manhunt were specially trained dogs. But the dogs weren't from the prison system's canine unit. Because of budget cuts imposed by Gov. Pat Quinn, the Illinois Department of Corrections relied instead on dogs handled by deputies from Crawford County. According to information obtained by the Freedom of Information Act, the Chicago Democrat's budget-cutting maneuver last year eliminated the positions of the five men who handled the agency's canines. Read More. |
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