Peoria County Court Watching

Thank you for your interest in Court Watching with the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice for the implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act in Peoria County.

We are still welcoming more court watchers and need your help to ensure a just implementation.

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How to Court Watch With Us

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Change Peoria is here to help you make a difference in our community.

With our Court Watching program, you can be part of the change. Just watch our training video and complete the post-training session questionnaire to become an official watcher. Then, sign up for a day through our Bookings system and make a real impact.

Come back here any time to access helpful materials, contact your team leads or learn more information.

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Team Leads

Your Peoria County Team Leads are:

David Mingus – Change Peoria David@ChangePeoria.org - 808.382.8149

Sawyer Krause – Change Peoria Sawyer@ChangePeoria.org - 309.863.0746

State Leads:

Jennifer, Austin & Ray - Court-Watching@ChicagoAppleseed.org

Court Watch with Us!

You can access the forms to bring with and complete in court here. Team Leads can provide paper copies to you if you are unable to print.

Please contact a team lead if needed.

Court Watching Forms

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We will be using this Microsoft Bookings to schedule and ensure partnerships for each watching session.

A team lead will partner for your first shift to provide paper copies of the watching form and make sure you're comfortable.

Scheduling Spreadsheet

View Schedule

At the end of each day you can recap any notable daily impressions using the form here.

This form is optional but please try and substantiate any claims made with examples.

Optional Daily Impressions

Leave Impression

A one-page sheet with the court logistics that you can print and bring with you if desired.

Court Logistics

View Logistics

County Sherrif Court Calendar Search.

Choose Court Calendar.
Select to "Search By:" "Date Range"
Uncheck all but "Criminal" for "Case Category:"
Input Desired "Date Range" (select same day in both boxes for single day results.

Search Court Docket

Search Docket

Book Your Time

Schedule to court watch with us.

Learn Why We Court-Watch