In a letter to the sheriff after he announced the limits on who qualified for electronic monitors, county Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Dart's own data did not support his concerns that releasing more gun suspects endangered the public. Dart, she noted, had pointed out that only five of the 195 defendants facing gun charges who had been released while awaiting trial had picked up new weapon offenses in the first 4 1/2 months since the bond changes took effect in September.