Rep. John E. Bradley
Filed: 3/9/2010
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5453
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5453 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the
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| 5 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 6 | 2605-490 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 2605/2605-490 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2605-490. Endangered peace officer notification | ||||||
| 9 | program. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) The Department of State Police shall develop a | ||||||
| 11 | coordinated program for a statewide emergency alert system to | ||||||
| 12 | notify persons in the State when an attempt has been made to | ||||||
| 13 | kill or severely injure a person known to be a peace officer or | ||||||
| 14 | a peace officer has been killed in the line of duty. | ||||||
| 15 | (b) The Department of State Police shall establish a Task | ||||||
| 16 | Force to monitor and review the implementation and operation of | ||||||
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| 1 | the system developed under subsection (a), including | ||||||
| 2 | procedures, budgetary requirements, and response protocols. | ||||||
| 3 | The Task Force shall also develop additional network resources | ||||||
| 4 | for use in apprehending perpetrators who severely injure or | ||||||
| 5 | kill police officers. | ||||||
| 6 | (c) The Department of State Police shall also develop and | ||||||
| 7 | implement a community outreach program to promote awareness | ||||||
| 8 | about the program among law enforcement agencies in and | ||||||
| 9 | citizens of the State. | ||||||
| 10 | (d) The Department shall appoint a Coordinator to assist in | ||||||
| 11 | the establishment of State standards for the protection of | ||||||
| 12 | peace officers from violence and to advocate for the | ||||||
| 13 | achievement of those standards. The Coordinator shall have the | ||||||
| 14 | qualifications and experience that the Department shall | ||||||
| 15 | require by rule. The Coordinator shall receive no compensation | ||||||
| 16 | but shall be reimbursed for his or her expenses from the | ||||||
| 17 | Department's operations budget. No funds shall be appropriated | ||||||
| 18 | solely for the expenses of the Coordinator. The Department | ||||||
| 19 | shall provide technical assistance for the Coordinator from its | ||||||
| 20 | existing resources. | ||||||
| 21 | (e) For the purposes of this Section, "peace officer" has | ||||||
| 22 | the same meaning as in Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of | ||||||
| 23 | 1961. | ||||||
| 24 | (f) The obligation of the Department of State Police to | ||||||
| 25 | perform the duties assigned to it under this Section is | ||||||
| 26 | contingent upon moneys being specifically appropriated to the | ||||||
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| 1 | Department for the purpose of carrying out those duties.".
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