fringe: Ex-emergency dispatch agency director given 6 months jail for illegal background checks

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1764493,illegal-background-checks-sentence-091109.article

BY DAN ROZEK
Staff Reporter
Chicago Sun-Times
September 10, 2009

Steven R. Cordes wanted to help his girlfriend keep tabs on who her 
teenage daughter was dating and hanging out with.

So Cordes -- director of a Kane County emergency dispatch agency -- 
searched confidential police databases and did criminal background checks 
on a boyfriend and other friends.

But the searches were unauthorized -- and illegal. On Thursday the 
44-year-old Lake in the Hills man on Thursday was sentenced to six months 
in jail and placed on 30 months probation after he pleaded guilty to 
official misconduct for running the searches between 2006 and 2008 while 
he ran Quadcomm, a 911 dispatch center. He had earlier resigned his post 
at the center.

Cordes did the searches -- including license plate checks and a background 
check on one person -- because he wanted to help his girlfriend keep her 
teenage daughter safe, Cordes. attorney said.

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