La Salle County courts receive $171,980 grant for technology, including AI web chatbot

La Salle County Circuit Clerk Greg Vaccaro announced Monday that the Illinois Supreme Court has awarded a Court Technology Modernization Grant in the amount of $171,980 to La Salle County courts.

The purpose of the grant is to upgrade technology and related support systems for the operations of the La Salle County courts.

This grant will allow the purchase of equipment and software, the digitization of files and allow for the implementation of a third artificial intelligence web chatbot. The AI chatbot will address consumers' needs, offer multi-language support and gets smarter with every use. The AI chatbot is a tool that will be beneficial to all users. La Salle County will be a leader in using a multi-language kiosk with capabilities to assist the general public.

About $45,000 of the grant will pay for a year of the e-citation Quicket program.

All of the police agencies in La Salle County can enroll in this program at no charge.

The agencies only will have to lease or pay for the equipment for their vehicles.

“By receiving this grant, this will help offset the taxpayer dollars to keep the La Salle County courts technologically advanced,” Vaccaro said. “We are fortunate to have received this funding from the Illinois Supreme Court.”