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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Private College Campus Police Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing Section 1 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 1020/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 1951)
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7 | Sec. 1.
The Board of Trustees of a private college or | ||||||
8 | private
university, may appoint persons to be members of a | ||||||
9 | campus police
department. The Board shall assign duties, | ||||||
10 | including the enforcement of
college or university | ||||||
11 | regulations, and prescribe the oath of office. With
respect to | ||||||
12 | any such campus police department established for police
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13 | protection, the members of such campus police department shall | ||||||
14 | be persons
who have successfully completed the Minimum | ||||||
15 | Standards Basic Law Enforcement
Training Course offered at a | ||||||
16 | police training school established under the
Illinois Police | ||||||
17 | Training Act, as such Act may be now or hereafter amended.
All | ||||||
18 | members of such campus police departments must also | ||||||
19 | successfully
complete the Firearms Training for Peace Officers | ||||||
20 | established under an Act
in Relation To Firearms Training for | ||||||
21 | Peace Officers, as such Act may be now
or hereafter amended.
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22 | Members of the campus police department shall have the powers | ||||||
23 | of municipal
peace officers and county sheriffs, including the |
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1 | power to make arrests
under the circumstances prescribed in | ||||||
2 | Section 107-2 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure of 1963, as | ||||||
3 | amended, for violations of state statutes or ,
municipal or | ||||||
4 | county ordinances, including the ability to regulate and | ||||||
5 | control traffic on the public way contiguous to the provided, | ||||||
6 | however, that such powers may be
exercised only on college or | ||||||
7 | university property, for the protection of
students, | ||||||
8 | employees, visitors and their property, and the property | ||||||
9 | branches, and interests of the college or university, in the | ||||||
10 | county where the college or university is located of the
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11 | college or university, unless otherwise authorized by a county | ||||||
12 | or
municipality . Campus police shall have no authority to serve | ||||||
13 | civil process.
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14 | Members of the campus police department at a private | ||||||
15 | college or private
university shall not be eligible to | ||||||
16 | participate in any State, county or
municipal retirement fund | ||||||
17 | and shall not be reimbursed for training with
state funds. the | ||||||
18 | uniforms, vehicles, and badges of such officers shall be
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19 | distinctive from those of the local law enforcement agency | ||||||
20 | where the main campus is located.
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21 | The Board of Trustees shall provide liability insurance | ||||||
22 | coverage for each
member of the campus police department | ||||||
23 | without cost to the member, which
insures the member against | ||||||
24 | any liability which arises out of or in the
course of the | ||||||
25 | member's employment for no less than $250,000 of coverage,
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26 | unless such indemnification is provided by a program of |
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1 | self-insurance.
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2 | For the purposes of this Section, "private college" or | ||||||
3 | "private
university" means: (1) any college or university which | ||||||
4 | is not owned or
controlled by the State or any political | ||||||
5 | subdivision thereof, and (2) which
provides a program of | ||||||
6 | education in residence leading to a baccalaureate
degree, or | ||||||
7 | which provides a program of education in residence, for which
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8 | the baccalaureate degree is a prerequisite, leading to an | ||||||
9 | academic or
professional degree, and (3) which is accredited by | ||||||
10 | the
North Central Association or other nationally recognized | ||||||
11 | accrediting agency.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 85-1440.)
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