My question involves traffic court in the State of: Illinois
I got a citation for 75 in a 55 on I-355 in Will County, Illinois. There was a training officer and his "trainee" or whatever - after it was all done the training officer seemed to feel bad about giving the ticket (I was driving a doctor and we had medical samples that needed to get to a lab as quickly as possible). He told us that if I go to court and no officer is there, it will be dismissed - and the he candidly said that unless he gets subpoenaed, he will not show up to court. He also said that he would have to be the one to go because he held the radar gun.
My question is: doesn't he automatically get a subpoena to appear if I plead not guilty? Or do I have to request a subpoena for him? And if he doesn't get subpoenaed and doesn't show, is it true that the ticket will get dismissed, or is it just a "most likely" situation? Basically, WILL he get subpoenaed?
Two other questions. Let's say I plead not guilty and go to court, and he isn't there, and the ticket gets dismissed. Will I still have to pay court fees, even if not convicted?
And second, let's say I plead not guilty, go to court, and he is there and I am found guilty. Can I still request court supervision? Or am I better off just not going to court and requesting supervision? That is an option (court appearance is not required).
Also, if anyone who happens to know what Will County court fees and safety class costs are, that would be great to know. I tried looking at the website but their schedule of fees is unclear and the info seems hard to get ahold of.

