Technology and Innovation Committee Meeting - June 10, 2026
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Technology and Innovation Committee Meeting - June 10, 2026
The Technology and Innovation Committee of Cook County, Illinois, met on June 10, 2026, at 1:00 PM. The meeting was called to order by the Chair, with all members present except Commissioner Sean Morrison (excused). The committee addressed approval of previous meeting minutes, a deferred contract amendment, and heard public comments.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Jessica Jackson expressed grievances regarding the presence of sheriff's deputies in the meeting room, alleging they were sent to harass her. She claimed a fraudulent eviction sticker was placed on her door by the Sheriff's Department, citing discrepancies in case numbers. She stated she had filed a retaliation charge and intended to amend it or file a new charge against the sheriff's department.
- Taiwan Sims raised concerns about a case (23 OP72315) in which they were initially the petitioner for an order of protection but later became the respondent. They alleged a procedural or clerical error, and noted that they are currently facing a criminal matter requiring a behavioral clinical exam (BCX) and potential jail time if they refuse. They had previously spoken to the city council and Mayor Brandon Johnson.
- George Blake Moore spoke about the importance of embracing new technology, particularly for the Black community. He urged that young people must be educated in advanced technology to avoid being left behind in a caste system, drawing parallels to India. He called for unity and knowledge sharing.
Discussion Items
- Item 26-1682: Approval of Meeting Minutes (May 13, 2026) – Commissioner Vasquez moved to approve, seconded by Commissioner Trevor. All members voted in favor, and the minutes were approved unanimously.
- Item 26-1268: Proposed Contract Amendment between Insight Public Sector Inc. and the Sheriff's Office – Commissioner Trevor moved to defer the item, seconded by Commissioner Miller. The Sheriff's Office had not yet completed the required risk assessment under the AI regulatory framework. The motion carried unanimously, and the item was deferred to the next committee meeting.
Key Outcomes
- The meeting minutes from May 13, 2026, were approved.
- The contract amendment with Insight Public Sector Inc. was deferred until the Sheriff's Office completes the necessary AI risk assessment.
- No other business was discussed, and the meeting was adjourned.
Note: The Chair made a personal remark about leading the effort to ban caste discrimination in Cook County, but no formal action was taken on that topic.
Meeting Transcript
Technology. With the time of one o'clock come in and been a long, long while back. I would like to call the technology and innovation committee back to order. Thank you, Chairman, at your recess meeting. You had all members present except for excuse absence for Commissioner Sean Morrison. Fantastic. Uh, are there any registered public speakers for uh this meeting? Yes, yes, you do. I don't see them all in the room. So as I call your name, please let us know that you are still present. Jessica Jackson, Taiwan Sims, George Blake Moore, Christian Harris, and Zoe Lee. I see two of them in that and three of them in that order. Jessica Taiwan, George, you may begin. My name is Jessica Jackson. And I see that they send sheriffs in here when I'm in here. Matter of fact, you got a white shirt right here. I'm curious to know how is it that they send the sheriffs in here? Matter of fact, it was five. I took their pictures, right? I'm trying to figure out how they send sheriffs in here to take me out if I say something that's in response to something that's a lie coming from that podium. But for some reason, they can't seem to get the sheriffs and sheriff Dart to deal with this fraudulent lime cream sticker that was put on my basement door. I don't understand it. You got a whole fraudulent sticker here with a fraudulent case number on it to protect the public administrators who was doing a fraudulent eviction. And you send sheriffs in here. You got a white shirt in here right now. Now it's on camera, it's on camera. Well, I'm telling this white shirt. Come on, white shirt that's up here looking for me. I'm telling you, this is a fraudulent document that the sheriff department, Sheriff Rodriguez, in fact, put on my door. And how do I how do I know it's fraudulent from the case number? The case number on here says 2025 37940. The case number that's actually on the eviction that I did is 2025 1709 328. This fraudulent document, this fraudulent sticker, doesn't even have enough numbers on it. And then you all are going to use sheriff personnel to come up in here with the intention of harassing me instead of dealing with their own corruption. Their own corruption. One minute. So now, my retaliation charge just got filed, and you all should be getting the summons from pretty soon. What I need to do, I'm going to amend it. Or in fact, I'm going to do one that's completely against the sheriff department. Y'all gonna stop harassing me. You're gonna stop harassing me unless you're willing to deal with this with what y'all doing. I'm sending I'm putting charges on all the sheriffs. Yeah, that's how we doing that. Next speaker, please. Um good afternoon, committee. This doesn't have anything to do with technology. My apology. Well, it does though, because okay. Well, sorry about that. Um good afternoon, Commission.
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