Support Services

• Illinois Attorney General’s Victim Assistance (Programs & Services)
• Clove Alliance (formerly KCCASA)
• 24 Hour Crisis Lines: Kankakee County: 815-932-3322
• Illinois Department of Correction Victim Services
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Victim’s Assistance
• Automated National Victim Notifications on Inmate’s Release Status
• Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• Illinois Secretary of State Assistance for Victims of Violence
• Office for Victims of Crime
• Private Organization for Victim Services & Resources
• Information and Referral About Victims’ Rights, Services, and Criminal & Juvenile Justice Resources:
  TOLL FREE NUMBERS & VICTIM RESOURCES
• When the Offender is Behind Bars
• US Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Victim Notification

• Illinois Public Safety Website
• IL Public Safety, ISP Firearms Services Bureau (FOID)
• Firearm & Ammunition Transfer

• Illinois Attorney General’s Identity Theft Resources
• Illinois Attorney General’s Identity Theft Services
• Federal Trade Commission Identity Theft Resources
• Identity Theft Resources from the U.S. Government

Upon final disposition of cases prosecuted by the Kankakee County States Attorney’s office:

Contact the States Attorney’s office and request an evidence Disposal form. Be prepared to provide them with one or more of the following:

• Your personal information (including photo ID)
• Your case number
• Date of the crime
• Type of crime
• Offenders name (if adult)
• Description of the items you are wishing to obtain

Using some or all of this information and if statute allows, you will be issued an evidence release form.

Contact Officer Dersien by phone, in person or via e-mail and provide a copy of the evidence release form as well as your contact information.

Officer Dersien – 815 936 5128 – bddersien@bradleyil.org

Officer Dersien will then prepare all necessary local paperwork and comply with any special instructions from the States Attorney’s Office (IE Photos etc). He will then contact you and set up a time and date when the return of the items to you will take place.

If your case was NOT prosecuted by the Kankakee States Attorneys office (IE no suspect, juvenile offender etc).

Please contact the Detective who is working your particular case. They will at times have the authority to release your items.

If this is the case, please provide them with your contact information and they will make arrangements with Officer Dersien to return your items to you.

• First and foremost is your safety. If in doubt about anything….back away and contact local authorities (police, fire, code etc).
• If you come upon a crime scene try not to disturb it or touch anything. The Bradley police quite often use “touch DNA” to solve cases and if you touch an item it can contaminate the scene. If however, you do have to touch something (IE to assist an injured subject etc) simply advise the responding officer/s as there are simple procedures we can use to document and eliminate your DNA from the investigation if needed.
• Be observant to all your senses….relay anything you detected prior to police arrival on scene to the responding officer / investigator:
• Sight – Did you see something or someone that just seemed odd, out of place etc.
• Smell – Were there any smells that you recognized or were odd base on the situation at hand
• Sounds – did you hear something prior to or immediately following the incident

Often these things may seem insignificant at the onset, but could be crucial in linking a suspect to a scene.

Remember….if it just doesn’t feel right…it probably isn’t.