Iwill discuss criminal arrest warrants in today’s column.

Several warrants can be issued in Illinois. They include failure-to-appear warrants, bench warrants and search warrants. My column will focus on arrest warrants.

If you think there is anybody out there at a local level hunting down fugitives, looking for offenders who skip court, you’re wrong. Most police agencies in Illinois, certainly at the regional level, do not have the staff, resources or funding to hunt down individuals wanted on warrants from arrests that the agency has made.

There are three types of warrants in this category. They include failure-to-appear warrants, which are exactly what the name indicates and are issued when arrestees do not show up for their first court date. There are also bench warrants, issued by j

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