Jose Villagrana
Role at the time: Retired Kendall County sheriff's sergeant and attorney (D) running for Kendall County sheriff
Statement summary
Jose Villagrana said people are uneasy about law enforcement gathering information about where they go, questioned whether it amounts to a Fourth Amendment search and said the office should ease back and take a look at its use.
“People are just uneasy about us gathering all this information about where they are going, I think it kind of touches on the Fourth Amendment. Is it a search?...I think we need to ease back on that, take a look at it and make sure we’re making good decisions for everybody, not just for fighting crime.”
Shaw Local report on a Sept. 21, 2026, League of Women Voters Aurora Area forum for the candidates for Kendall County sheriff in Illinois.
Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate camera systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Villagrana says residents are uneasy, raises a Fourth Amendment question and says the office should ease back and review its use, which is a call to scale back and reconsider rather than to end the systems.