In Alsip red-light-camera investigation, feds have done new interviews, issued subpoenas

Alsip Mayor John Ryan said in 2019 he’d been approached by federal agents asking about SafeSpeed but said, “I’m not being investigated, nor is the village.” He called the agents’ interest “informational.” Four years later, Alsip’s decision to select the red-light-camera operator appears to be a subject of renewed interest by the FBI and the IRS. (Village of Alsip)

In 2019, Alsip Mayor John Ryan acknowledged that he’d been approached by federal agents asking about SafeSpeed, the company that village officials had decided to hire for red-light camera services in the south suburb.

“I’m not being investigated, nor is the village,” Ryan said then, calling the agents’ interest “informational.”