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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, There have recently been a rash of police officer 
3shootings across this nation that have resulted in the death of 
4suspects, especially of young black males, many of which  have 
5been determined to be unjustified shootings; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, In many instances these suspects could have been 
7subdued without the use of lethal force; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, New technologies exist that employ non-lethal 
9force in subduing suspects; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, To avoid these incidents in the future, each 
11police department in this State should develop a plan or 
12strategy for the use of non-lethal force on a person suspected 
13of committing or having committed a criminal offense, or 
14resisting arrest; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, The plan or strategy should include the use of new 
16technologies and alternatives to the use of firearms in both 
17apprehending a suspect and in protecting a police officer from 
18harm by a suspect; therefore, be it

  
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
20NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
 
 
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1urge each police department in this State to develop a plan or 
2strategy for the use of non-lethal force on a person suspected 
3of committing or having committed a criminal offense, or 
4resisting arrest, including the use of new technologies and 
5alternatives to the use of firearms in both apprehending a 
6suspect and in protecting a police officer from harm by a 
7suspect; and be it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
9forwarded to the Director of State Police, the  Superintendent 
10of the Chicago Police Department, the Cook County Sheriff, the 
11Illinois Sheriffs' Association,  and the Illinois Association 
12of Chiefs of Police.