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    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
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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 Anti-Crime Advisory Council Act is amended  
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by changing Section 5 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 3910/5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1305)



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    Sec. 5. Duties. The Council shall have the following powers 
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and duties:

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    (a) to advise and assist in the creation of local 
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anti-crime programs,
such as Crime Stoppers, CPS Violence 
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Prevention Hotline, We-Tip and similar programs designed to 
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solve crimes;

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    (b) to foster the detection of crime and encourage persons 
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through the
program and otherwise to come forward with 
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information about criminal activity;

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    (c) to encourage the news media to promote local anti-crime 
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programs and
to inform the public of the functions of the 
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Council;

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    (d) to assist local anti-crime programs in channeling 
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information reported
to those programs concerning criminal 
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activity to the appropriate law
enforcement
agencies;

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    (e) to assist local anti-crime programs in promoting the 
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private funding
of local anti-crime programs; and

 


 






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    (f) to assist drug alert programs such as D.A.R.E. and 
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other drug alert
programs or drug task forces composed of or 
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created by State or local law
enforcement agencies.

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(Source: P.A. 90-775, eff. 1-1-99.)

 
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    Section 10. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
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34-21.8 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/34-21.8 new)
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    Sec. 34-21.8. Chicago public schools violence prevention 
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hotline.
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    (a) In consultation with the Anti-Crime Advisory Council 
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and the Chicago Police Department, the Board must establish a 
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hotline for the purpose of receiving anonymous phone calls for 
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information that may prevent violence.
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    (b) Calls that are placed to the hotline must be answered 
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by the Chicago Police Department.
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    (c) Each call placed to the hotline must be recorded and 
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investigated by the Chicago Police Department.
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    (d) The hotline shall be known as the "CPS Violence 
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Prevention Hotline" and its number and anonymous nature must be 
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posted in all Chicago Public Schools.