Complaint No. 1771345824 - 2038052450

Kristen L Hoepfinger

Belleville Police Department

720 West Main Street

Belleville, Illinois 62220

(618) 234-1212

https://www.bellevi…

Date of Offense

May 12, 2025

Complaint

Abuse of Authority

Supporting Document(s)

2911 Reiss Avenue-Eviction Notice.pdf

Statement

Officer Kristen Hoepfinger created, signed and delivered the attached "eviction notice" to my landlord without a proper court order. Hoepfinger is the Crime-Free Housing Assistant for the Belleville Police Department. Hoepfinger created this document before I was ever charged with a crime. I reached out to Hoepfinger multiple times in which she did not respond but she did forward my emails to Officer Brenda Donat and Master Sergeant Samuel Parsons of the Belleville Police Department.

Belleville police officers do not have the authority to issue, deliver or enforce eviction notices, this is a clear issue of abuse of power. Officer Donat will be a named person in an upcoming Federal 1983 lawsuit which will be filed in the court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Location

720 West Main Street, Belleville, IL, USA

38.513587, -89.9947121

Illinois Freedom of Information Act

5 Illinois Compiled Statutes 140

The Illinois Freedom of Information Act, enacted in 1989 and recently updated in 2010, is a series of laws designed to guarantee that the public has access to public records of government bodies at all levels in Illinois. The updates effective in 2012 greatly strengthened the act. The law requires each public agency to nominate an officer to be the official keeper of public records, as well as complete an online training course, established by the attorney general. The act defines public records as all records, reports, forms, writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, maps, photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic data processing records, recorded information and all other documentary materials under the control of any public body.

Anyone can request public documents but the Illinois Freedom of Information Act is not supposed to be used to further a commercial enterprise, violate individual privacy, or disrupt the day-to-day working of the public body. Government agencies must either comply with or deny a written request for public records within five working days after receiving it.