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| Public Act 098-0650 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources | ||||
(Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | ||||
is amended by adding Section 805-537 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 805/805-537 new) | ||||
Sec. 805-537. Conservation Police Officer quotas | ||||
prohibited. The Department may not require a Conservation | ||||
Police Officer to issue a specific number of citations within a | ||||
designated period of time. This prohibition shall not affect | ||||
the conditions of any federal or State grants or funds awarded | ||||
to the Department and used to fund traffic enforcement | ||||
programs. | ||||
The Department may not, for purposes of evaluating a | ||||
Conservation Police Officer's job performance, compare the | ||||
number of citations issued by the Conservation Police Officer | ||||
to the number of citations issued by any other Conservation | ||||
Police Officer who has similar job duties. Nothing in this | ||||
Section shall prohibit the Department from evaluating a | ||||
Conservation Police Officer based on the Conservation Police | ||||
Officer's points of contact. For the purposes of this Section, | ||||
"points of contact" means any quantifiable contact made in the | ||||
furtherance of the Conservation Police Officer's duties, | ||
including, but not limited to, the number of traffic stops | ||
completed, arrests, written warnings, and crime prevention | ||
measures. Points of contact shall not include either the | ||
issuance of citations or the number of citations issued by a | ||
Conservation Police Officer. | ||
Section 10. The State Police Act is amended by adding | ||
Section 24 as follows: | ||
(20 ILCS 2610/24 new) | ||
Sec. 24. State Police quotas prohibited. The Department may | ||
not require a Department of State Police officer to issue a | ||
specific number of citations within a designated period of | ||
time. This prohibition shall not affect the conditions of any | ||
federal or State grants or funds awarded to the Department and | ||
used to fund traffic enforcement programs. | ||
The Department may not, for purposes of evaluating a | ||
Department of State Police officer's job performance, compare | ||
the number of citations issued by the Department of State | ||
Police officer to the number of citations issued by any other | ||
Department of State Police officer who has similar job duties. | ||
Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the Department from | ||
evaluating a Department of State Police officer based on the | ||
Department of State Police officer's points of contact. For the | ||
purposes of this Section, "points of contact" means any | ||
quantifiable contact made in the furtherance of the Department | ||
of State Police officer's duties, including, but not limited | ||
to, the number of traffic stops completed, arrests, written | ||
warnings, and crime prevention measures. Points of contact | ||
shall not include either the issuance of citations or the | ||
number of citations issued by a Department of State Police | ||
officer. | ||
Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section | ||
5-1136 as follows: | ||
(55 ILCS 5/5-1136 new) | ||
Sec. 5-1136. Quotas prohibited. A county may not require a | ||
law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of citations | ||
within a designated period of time. This prohibition shall not | ||
affect the conditions of any federal or State grants or funds | ||
awarded to the county and used to fund traffic enforcement | ||
programs. | ||
A county may not, for purposes of evaluating a law | ||
enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of
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citations issued by the law enforcement officer
to the number | ||
of citations issued by any other law
enforcement officer who | ||
has similar job duties. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit | ||
a county from evaluating a law enforcement officer based on the | ||
law enforcement officer's points of contact. | ||
For the purposes of this Section: | ||
(1) "Points of contact" means any quantifiable contact | ||
made in the furtherance of the law enforcement officer's | ||
duties, including, but not limited to, the number of | ||
traffic stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and | ||
crime prevention measures. Points of contact shall not | ||
include either the issuance of citations or the number of | ||
citations issued by a law enforcement officer. | ||
(2) "Law enforcement officer" includes any sheriff, | ||
undersheriff, deputy sheriff, county police officer, or | ||
other person employed by the county as a peace officer. | ||
A home rule unit may not establish requirements for or | ||
assess the performance of law enforcement officers in a manner | ||
inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a denial and | ||
limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection | ||
(g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. | ||
Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||
adding Section 11-1-12 as follows: | ||
(65 ILCS 5/11-1-12 new) | ||
Sec. 11-1-12. Quotas prohibited. A municipality may not | ||
require a police officer to issue a specific number of | ||
citations within a designated period of time. This prohibition | ||
shall not affect the conditions of any federal or State grants | ||
or funds awarded to the municipality and used to fund traffic | ||
enforcement programs. | ||
A municipality may not, for purposes of evaluating a police | ||
officer's job performance, compare the number of
citations | ||
issued by the police officer
to the number of citations issued | ||
by any other police officer who has similar job duties. Nothing | ||
in this Section shall prohibit a municipality from evaluating a | ||
police officer based on the police officer's points of contact. | ||
For the purposes of this Section, "points of contact" means any | ||
quantifiable contact made in the furtherance of the police | ||
officer's duties, including, but not limited to, the number of | ||
traffic stops completed, arrests, written warnings, and crime | ||
prevention measures. Points of contact shall not include either | ||
the issuance of citations or the number of citations issued by | ||
a police officer. | ||
This Section shall not apply to a municipality subject to | ||
Section 10-1-18.1 of this Code with its own independent | ||
inspector general and law enforcement review authority. | ||
A home rule municipality may not establish requirements for | ||
or assess the performance of police officers in a manner | ||
inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a denial and | ||
limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection | ||
(g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
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