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“We’re collecting all sorts of information from radar data, to pictures, to even, sometimes, we get personal accounts from people,” Lincoln said. “They tell us about what they saw, how it behaved, how long it took, and we’re collecting all of that information, putting it in one place, and then we’re kind of doing an investigation, basically. Trying to look at all the factors together and coming to a conclusion from that.”

Beyer, who was not present for the call but said he learned details through a witness account and by watching police body camera footage, alleged that responding officers did not follow proper procedure on the call. Beyer said sobriety tests were not performed on the driver, an ambulance was not called, a detailed report documenting the incident was not completed, and the driver was given a ride to his home 40 miles away in a police vehicle.

While Vice President Kamala Harris is leading the vaccination effort, focusing her visits on the South, Emhoff and first lady Jill Biden have been assigned to travel to areas of the Midwest where inoculation rates are low — though the second gentleman has traveled to other parts of the country to get the message out. Vaccination rates have fallen off overall, but concerns have been raised about lower rates among Black and Latino residents, so officials have been taking their message to vaccine sites and barber shops, hair salons and other businesses in those communities.

Those employees work in offices under the Cook County president, in the County Clerk’s Office, in civilian positions in the Sheriff’s Office, and Cook County Health. About 1,473 of those workers are part of Cook County Health, working at Stroger and Provident hospitals, clinics, and in mental health services at Cermak. They include health care professionals, technicians, technologists, and service and maintenance workers.