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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0134
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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30 ILCS 105/5.675 new |
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50 ILCS 705/7 |
from Ch. 85, par. 507 |
50 ILCS 705/7.1 new |
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Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum for probationary officers in all certified schools shall include specific training for responses to domestic abuse. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Domestic Abuse and Domestic Violence Police Training Fund. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall make grants from the fund to approved law enforcement training academies for research, development, and implementation of curricula and improved training programs related to issues of domestic abuse and domestic violence.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0134 |
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| AN ACT concerning State 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 State Finance Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 5.675 as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new) |
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| Sec. 5.675. The Domestic Abuse and Domestic Violence Police |
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| Training Fund. |
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| Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 7 and by adding Section 7.1 as follows:
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| (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
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| Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall |
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| adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall |
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| include but not be limited to
the following:
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| a. The curriculum for probationary police officers which |
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| shall be
offered by all certified schools shall include but not |
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| be limited to
courses of arrest, search and seizure, civil |
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| rights, human relations,
cultural
diversity, including racial |
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| and ethnic sensitivity,
criminal law, law of criminal |
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| procedure, vehicle and traffic law including
uniform and |
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| non-discriminatory enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
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| traffic control and accident investigation, techniques of |
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| obtaining
physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, |
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| reports, firearms
training, first-aid (including |
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| cardiopulmonary resuscitation), handling of
juvenile |
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| offenders, recognition of
mental conditions which require |
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| immediate assistance and methods to
safeguard and provide |
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| assistance to a person in need of mental
treatment, law of |
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| evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases with |
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| an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and
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| physical training. The curriculum shall include specific |
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| training in
techniques for immediate response to and |
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| investigation of cases of domestic
violence , abuse, and of |
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| sexual assault of adults and children. "Abuse" and "domestic |
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| violence" shall have the same meanings as in Section 112A-3 of |
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| the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. The curriculum for
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| permanent police officers shall include but not be limited to |
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| (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the courses |
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| listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any |
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| of the subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training |
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| for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in |
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| subjects and fields to be selected by the board.
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| b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements and |
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| equipment
requirements.
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| c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
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| d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a |
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| probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete |
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| before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local law |
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| enforcement officer for a participating local
governmental |
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| agency. Those requirements shall include training in first aid
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| (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
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| e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a |
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| probationary county
corrections officer must satisfactorily |
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| complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a |
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| county corrections officer for a participating
local |
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| governmental agency.
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| f. Minimum basic training requirements which a |
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| probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily |
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| complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a |
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| court security officer for a participating local
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| agency. The Board shall
establish those training requirements |
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| which it considers appropriate for court
security officers and |
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| shall certify schools to conduct that training.
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| A person hired to serve as a court security officer must |
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| obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to his or her |
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| successful completion of the
training course; (ii) attesting to |
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| his or her satisfactory
completion of a training program of |
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| similar content and number of hours that
has been found |
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| acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or
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| (iii) attesting to the Board's determination that the training
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| course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior |
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| law enforcement
experience.
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| Individuals who currently serve as court security officers |
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| shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in that capacity |
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| so long as they are certified
as provided by this Act within 24 |
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| months of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1996. |
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| Failure to be so certified, absent a waiver from the
Board, |
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| shall cause the officer to forfeit his or her position.
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| All individuals hired as court security officers on or |
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| after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall |
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| be certified within 12 months of the
date of their hire, unless |
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| a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or they
shall forfeit |
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| their positions.
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| The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the |
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| Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, |
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| shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed |
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| applications to become court security officers and
who meet the |
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| eligibility requirements established under this Act. Either
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| the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's Office if no |
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| Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall establish a schedule |
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| of reasonable intervals for
verification of the applicants' |
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| qualifications under
this Act and as established by the Board.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-209, eff. 7-18-03.)
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| (50 ILCS 705/7.1 new) |
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| Sec. 7.1. Domestic Abuse and Domestic Violence Police |
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| Training Fund. The Domestic Abuse and Domestic Violence Police |
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| Training Fund is created as a special fund in the State |
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| Treasury. The Board may accept gifts, grants, donations, |
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| appropriations, and other amounts from any legal source for |
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| deposit into the Fund. The Board shall make grants from the |
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| fund to approved Illinois law enforcement academies for |
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| research, development, and implementation of new curricula for |
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| improved training related to issues of domestic abuse and |
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| domestic violence for probationary law enforcement officers |
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| and certified law enforcement officers undergoing retraining. |
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| The Board shall implement this program in accordance with rules |
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| adopted under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
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