Illinois State Police Won’t Arrest Anyone for Violating Executive Orders

A police officer keeps watch as demonstrators gather outside of the Thompson Center to protest restrictions instituted by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker in an attempt to curtail the spread of the CCP virus in Chicago, Illinois on May 1, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Illinois state police officers won’t arrest people for violating Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s executive orders.

“No individual will be arrested or taken to jail for a violation of the Executive Orders or emergency rules,” the Illinois State Police said in a statement.