• Compliance Administrator Mailed Notices of Determination on March 5, 2010
  
  
On March 5, 2010, the Compliance Administrator, Clifford L. Meacham, mailed Notices of Determination to all claimants who filed SRO Claims with his office, except those who withdrew their claims.  The Notices of Determination contain the decision whether the claim was allowed or not, and if it was allowed, the amount of the award.  Read more



• Compliance Administrator Appointed to Handle Shakman Issues in Cook County Sheriff’s Department

On November 17, 2008, pursuant to the Supplemental Relief Order (“SRO”), the United States District Court appointed The Honorable Clifford L. Meacham (ret.) as the Shakman Compliance Administrator for the Sheriff of Cook County (“SSCA”). Pursuant to the SRO, this office will ensure that the Sheriff’s Office is compliant with the Shakman Consent Decrees and is not conditioning employment decisions (hiring, promotion, transfer, discipline or discharge) on political factors for non-Shakman exempt employees. It should be noted that certain positions are exempt from the Consent Decrees and the SRO.  For the full text of the SRO, click here. Supplemental Relief Order

• Retaliation

The Compliance Administrator has the duty to monitor and investigate unlawful political discrimination occurring within the Office of the Sheriff of Cook County. The SSCA wants to thank those employees who have come forward with information and encourages others to do so. The SRO provides that no person shall take any retaliatory action against any individual who exercises any right provided by, or who reports violations of the Sheriff’s Consent Decrees or the SRO. Please see the Reporting Retaliation section of this website for information on how to handle retaliation.

• Notice to Former Employees

On January 27, 2009, the Sheriff’s Office mailed a Notice to Separated Employees to individuals who left the employ of the Sheriff’s Office between June 1, 2006 and October 30, 2008.  The former employees were notified of the SSCA’s appointment and the SRO and were invited to visit this website for information on how to make claims for political discrimination.