SB3272 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3272

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Chuck Weaver

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/10-20.58 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.50 new

Amends the School Code. Allows a school board to employ a police force, as may be required, and to define and prescribe such employees' respective duties and compensation. Provides that, after receiving a certificate attesting to the successful completion of a training course administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, school police officers shall be conservators of the peace within and upon the schools, boulevards, driveways, and property controlled by the school district and shall have the power to make arrests. Sets forth provisions relating to arrests. Requires a school police officer to comply with the requirements of the Illinois Police Training Act and, before carrying a firearm, complete a training course under the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections 10-20.58 and 34-18.50 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.58 new)

Sec. 10-20.58. School police force.

(a) A school board may employ a police force, as may be required, and may define and prescribe such employees' respective duties and compensation. After receiving a certificate attesting to the successful completion of a training course administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, school police officers employed under this Section shall be conservators of the peace within and upon the schools, boulevards, driveways, and property controlled by the school district and shall have the power to make arrests, subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section.

(b) Each school police officer employed under this Section is vested with police powers, is authorized to act as a conservator of the peace within the school district, and may arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without a warrant, any person who breaks the peace or who violates any ordinance of a city, town, or village where the school district is located or any criminal law of this State. The authority granted under this subsection (b) is expressly limited to school district property and shall not be construed to extend to any other jurisdiction, except in cases of fresh pursuit or under a validly executed intergovernmental cooperation agreement.

An arrest may be made by a school police officer without a warrant when a criminal offense is committed or attempted in his or her presence or when a criminal offense has been committed and the officer has reasonable ground for believing that the person to be arrested has committed it. Any person so arrested shall, without unnecessary delay, be taken by the officer before the circuit court of the county having jurisdiction, and the officer shall file a complaint in writing under oath, charging the defendant with a violation of a statute or ordinance.

(c) A school police officer employed under this Section shall comply with the requirements of the Illinois Police Training Act. In addition, before carrying a firearm, each officer shall complete a training course under the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.

(105 ILCS 5/34-18.50 new)

Sec. 34-18.50. School police force.

(a) The board may employ a police force, as may be required, and may define and prescribe such employees' respective duties and compensation. After receiving a certificate attesting to the successful completion of a training course administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, school police officers employed under this Section shall be conservators of the peace within and upon the schools, boulevards, driveways, and property controlled by the school district and shall have the power to make arrests, subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section.

(b) Each school police officer employed under this Section is vested with police powers, is authorized to act as a conservator of the peace within the school district, and may arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without a warrant, any person who breaks the peace or who violates any ordinance of the city or any criminal law of this State. The authority granted under this subsection (b) is expressly limited to school district property and shall not be construed to extend to any other jurisdiction, except in cases of fresh pursuit or under a validly executed intergovernmental cooperation agreement.

An arrest may be made by a school police officer without a warrant when a criminal offense is committed or attempted in his or her presence or when a criminal offense has been committed and the officer has reasonable ground for believing that the person to be arrested has committed it. Any person so arrested shall, without unnecessary delay, be taken by the officer before the circuit court of the county, and the officer shall file a complaint in writing under oath, charging the defendant with a violation of a statute or ordinance.

(c) A school police officer employed under this Section shall comply with the requirements of the Illinois Police Training Act. In addition, before carrying a firearm, each school police officer shall complete a training course under the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.