Public Act 095-0171
 		





HB3454 Enrolled
LRB095 09846 HLH 30057 b






    AN ACT concerning local government.

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


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended  by 
changing Section 7 as follows:
 



    (50 ILCS 705/7)  (from Ch. 85, par. 507)



    Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall 
adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall 
include but not be limited to
the following:

    a. The curriculum for probationary police officers which 
shall be
offered by all certified schools shall include but not 
be limited to
courses of arrest, search and seizure, civil 
rights, human relations,
cultural
diversity, including racial 
and ethnic sensitivity,
criminal law, law of criminal 
procedure, vehicle and traffic law including
uniform and 
non-discriminatory enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,

traffic control and accident investigation, techniques of 
obtaining
physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, 
reports, firearms
training, first-aid (including 
cardiopulmonary resuscitation), handling of
juvenile 
offenders, recognition of
mental conditions which require 
immediate assistance and methods to
safeguard and provide 
assistance to a person in need of mental
treatment, law of 
evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases with 
an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and

physical training. The curriculum shall include specific 
training in
techniques for immediate response to and 
investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of sexual 
assault of adults and children. The curriculum shall also 
include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and 
interacting with persons with autism and other developmental 
disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes against 
persons with autism, and addressing  the unique challenges 
presented by cases involving victims or witnesses with autism 
and other developmental disabilities. The curriculum for

permanent police officers shall include but not be limited to 
(1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the courses 
listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any 
of the subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training 
for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in 
subjects and fields to be selected by the board.

    b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements and 
equipment
requirements.

    c. Minimum requirements for instructors.

    d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete 
before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local law 
enforcement officer for a participating local
governmental 
agency.  Those requirements shall include training in first aid

(including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).

    e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
probationary county
corrections officer must satisfactorily 
complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a 
county corrections officer for a participating
local 
governmental agency.

    f. Minimum basic training requirements which a 
probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily 
complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a 
court security officer for a participating local
governmental 
agency.   The Board shall
establish those training requirements 
which it considers appropriate for court
security officers and 
shall certify schools to conduct that training. 

    A person hired to serve as a court security officer must 
obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to his or her 
successful completion of the
training course; (ii) attesting to 
his or her satisfactory
completion of a training program of 
similar content and number of hours that
has been found 
acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or

(iii) attesting to the Board's determination that the training

course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior 
law enforcement
experience.

    Individuals who currently serve as court security officers 
shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in that capacity 
so long as they are certified
as provided by this Act within 24 
months of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1996.  
Failure to be so certified, absent a waiver from the
Board, 
shall cause the officer to forfeit his or her position.

    All individuals hired as court security officers on or 
after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall 
be certified within 12 months of the
date of their hire, unless 
a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or they
shall forfeit 
their positions.

    The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the 
Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, 
shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed 
applications to become court security officers and
who meet the 
eligibility requirements established under this Act.  Either

the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's Office if no 
Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall establish a schedule 
of reasonable intervals for
verification of the applicants' 
qualifications under
this Act and as established by the Board.

(Source: P.A. 93-209, eff. 7-18-03.)