Civil rights group raises concerns for Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office using AI

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Ill. (WIFR) – A bottle of Wite-Out followed Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana earlier in his career.

“When I was a road deputy, we’d take all kinds of reports,” recounted Caruana. “We’re sitting alongside of the street writing reports, and I remember we’d make a mistake, we had to Wite-Out eight sheets or something.”

It was an “ineffective” process,” the Sheriff argues – one that removed law enforcement from patrols for potentially hours to write case…