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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 1. This Act may be referred to as Sam's Act. | ||||||
5 | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | ||||||
6 | changing Sections 7 and 10.17 as follows:
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7 | (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
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8 | Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall | ||||||
9 | adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall | ||||||
10 | include but not be limited to
the following:
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11 | a. The curriculum for probationary police officers | ||||||
12 | which shall be
offered by all certified schools shall | ||||||
13 | include but not be limited to
courses of procedural | ||||||
14 | justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and | ||||||
15 | seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights, | ||||||
16 | human rights, human relations,
cultural competency, | ||||||
17 | including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,
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18 | criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional | ||||||
19 | and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and | ||||||
20 | traffic law including
uniform and non-discriminatory | ||||||
21 | enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control | ||||||
22 | and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining
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1 | physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, | ||||||
2 | firearms
training, training in the use of electronic | ||||||
3 | control devices, including the psychological and | ||||||
4 | physiological effects of the use of those devices on | ||||||
5 | humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary | ||||||
6 | resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid | ||||||
7 | antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) | ||||||
8 | of Section 5-23 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and | ||||||
9 | Dependency Act, handling of
juvenile offenders, | ||||||
10 | recognition of
mental conditions and crises , including, | ||||||
11 | but not limited to, the disease of addiction, which require | ||||||
12 | immediate assistance and response and methods to
safeguard | ||||||
13 | and provide assistance to a person in need of mental
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14 | treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect, financial | ||||||
15 | exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with disabilities | ||||||
16 | and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of the Adult | ||||||
17 | Protective Services Act, crimes against the elderly, law of | ||||||
18 | evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases | ||||||
19 | with an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, | ||||||
20 | and
physical training. The curriculum shall include | ||||||
21 | specific training in
techniques for immediate response to | ||||||
22 | and investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of | ||||||
23 | sexual assault of adults and children, including cultural | ||||||
24 | perceptions and common myths of sexual assault and sexual | ||||||
25 | abuse as well as interview techniques that are trauma | ||||||
26 | informed, victim centered, and victim sensitive. The |
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1 | curriculum shall include
training in techniques designed | ||||||
2 | to promote effective
communication at the initial contact | ||||||
3 | with crime victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to | ||||||
4 | victims and witnesses their rights under the Rights
of | ||||||
5 | Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims | ||||||
6 | Compensation Act. The curriculum shall also include a block | ||||||
7 | of instruction aimed at identifying and interacting with | ||||||
8 | persons with autism and other developmental or physical | ||||||
9 | disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes | ||||||
10 | against persons with autism, and addressing the unique | ||||||
11 | challenges presented by cases involving victims or | ||||||
12 | witnesses with autism and other developmental | ||||||
13 | disabilities. The curriculum for
permanent police officers | ||||||
14 | shall include but not be limited to (1) refresher
and | ||||||
15 | in-service training in any of the courses listed above in | ||||||
16 | this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any of the | ||||||
17 | subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training | ||||||
18 | for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in | ||||||
19 | subjects and fields to be selected by the board. The | ||||||
20 | training in the use of electronic control devices shall be | ||||||
21 | conducted for probationary police officers, including | ||||||
22 | University police officers.
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23 | b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements | ||||||
24 | and equipment
requirements.
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25 | c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
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26 | d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a |
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1 | probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | ||||||
2 | before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local | ||||||
3 | law enforcement officer for a participating local
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4 | governmental agency. Those requirements shall include | ||||||
5 | training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary | ||||||
6 | resuscitation).
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7 | e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | ||||||
8 | probationary county
corrections officer must | ||||||
9 | satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
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10 | permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a | ||||||
11 | participating
local governmental agency.
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12 | f. Minimum basic training requirements which a | ||||||
13 | probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | ||||||
14 | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as | ||||||
15 | a court security officer for a participating local
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16 | governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those | ||||||
17 | training requirements which it considers appropriate for | ||||||
18 | court
security officers and shall certify schools to | ||||||
19 | conduct that training.
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20 | A person hired to serve as a court security officer | ||||||
21 | must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to | ||||||
22 | his or her successful completion of the
training course; | ||||||
23 | (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a | ||||||
24 | training program of similar content and number of hours | ||||||
25 | that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the | ||||||
26 | provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's |
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1 | determination that the training
course is unnecessary | ||||||
2 | because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
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3 | experience.
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4 | Individuals who currently serve as court security | ||||||
5 | officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in | ||||||
6 | that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by | ||||||
7 | this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective | ||||||
8 | date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, | ||||||
9 | absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to | ||||||
10 | forfeit his or her position.
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11 | All individuals hired as court security officers on or | ||||||
12 | after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 | ||||||
13 | shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of their | ||||||
14 | hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or | ||||||
15 | they
shall forfeit their positions.
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16 | The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | ||||||
17 | Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | ||||||
18 | shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | ||||||
19 | applications to become court security officers and
who meet | ||||||
20 | the eligibility requirements established under this Act. | ||||||
21 | Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's | ||||||
22 | Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall | ||||||
23 | establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for
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24 | verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this | ||||||
25 | Act and as established by the Board.
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26 | g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a |
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1 | police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. | ||||||
2 | Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper | ||||||
3 | use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, | ||||||
4 | civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and | ||||||
5 | response, and cultural competency. | ||||||
6 | h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | ||||||
7 | police officer must satisfactorily complete at least | ||||||
8 | annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and | ||||||
9 | use of force training which shall include scenario based | ||||||
10 | training, or similar training approved by the Board. | ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-358, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, | ||||||
12 | eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; | ||||||
13 | 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. | ||||||
14 | 1-1-17 .)
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15 | (50 ILCS 705/10.17) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 10.17. Crisis intervention team training ; mental | ||||||
17 | health awareness training . | ||||||
18 | (a) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards | ||||||
19 | Board shall develop and approve a standard curriculum for a | ||||||
20 | certified training programs program in crisis intervention | ||||||
21 | addressing specialized policing responses to people with | ||||||
22 | mental illnesses. The Board shall conduct Crisis Intervention | ||||||
23 | Team (CIT) training programs that train officers to identify | ||||||
24 | signs and symptoms of mental illness, to de-escalate situations | ||||||
25 | involving individuals who appear to have a mental illness, and |
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1 | connect that person in crisis to treatment. Officers who have | ||||||
2 | successfully completed this program shall be issued a | ||||||
3 | certificate attesting to their attendance of a Crisis | ||||||
4 | Intervention Team (CIT) training program.
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5 | (b) The Board shall create an introductory course | ||||||
6 | incorporating adult learning models that provides law | ||||||
7 | enforcement officers with an awareness of mental health issues | ||||||
8 | including a history of the mental health system, types of | ||||||
9 | mental health illness including signs and symptoms of mental | ||||||
10 | illness and common treatments and medications, and the | ||||||
11 | potential interactions law enforcement officers may have on a | ||||||
12 | regular basis with these individuals, their families, and | ||||||
13 | service providers including de-escalating a potential crisis | ||||||
14 | situation. This course, in addition to other traditional | ||||||
15 | learning settings, may be made available in an electronic | ||||||
16 | format. | ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 99-261, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
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