This report is a summary of an implementation and impact program evaluation of the Kankakee Metropolitan Enforcement Group, which a specialized law enforcement unit that operates overtly in addressing citizenidentified problem areas and covertly in developing large-scale drug investigations.
This publications is part of the "Research and program evaluation in Illinois: Studies on drug abuse and violent crime" series. In 1998, Justice Research Associates began a preliminary assessment of the Kankakee Metropolitan Enforcement Group to determine if there was substance for a full evaluation. This, the report of the evaluation, summarizes nearly two years of work evaluating the the Kankakee Metropolitan Enforcement Group unit. The evaluation included more than 100 observations of the unit, and nearly fifty interviews with police, sheriffs, community residents, key leaders, and representatives of the state's attorney's office. Justice Research Associates also examined all the Kankakee Metropolitan Enforcement Group overt unit arrest records, state's attorney records, and the chronic nuisance abatement enforcement records.
This report is a summary of a program evaluation of the specialized sex offender probation programs implemented in Coles, Madison, and Vermilion counties.