(20 ILCS 2640/10)
Sec. 10. Duties of the Illinois State Police. The Illinois State Police may:
(a) provide a uniform reporting format for the entry of pertinent
information regarding the report of an arrested organized gang member or
organized gang affiliate into SWORD;
(b) notify all law enforcement agencies that reports of arrested
organized gang members or organized gang affiliates shall be entered into
the database as soon as the minimum level of data specified by the Illinois State Police
is available to the reporting agency, and that no waiting period
for the entry of that data exists;
(c) develop and implement a policy for notifying law enforcement
agencies of the emergence of new organized gangs, or the change of a name or
other identifying sign by an existing organized gang;
(d) compile and retain information regarding organized gangs and their
members and affiliates, in a manner that allows the information to be used
by law enforcement and other agencies, deemed appropriate by the Director,
for investigative purposes;
(e) compile and maintain a historic data repository relating to
organized gangs and their members and affiliates in order to develop and
improve techniques utilized by law enforcement agencies and prosecutors in
the investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of members and affiliates
of organized gangs;
(f) create a quality control program regarding confirmation of organized
gang membership and organized gang affiliation data, timeliness and
accuracy of information entered into SWORD, and performance audits of all
entering agencies;
(g) locate all law enforcement agencies that could, in the opinion of
the Director, benefit from access to SWORD, and notify them of its
existence; and
(h) cooperate with all law enforcement agencies wishing to gain access
to the SWORD system, and facilitate their entry into the system and their
continued maintenance of access to it.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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