100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5203

 

Introduced , by Rep. Nicholas K Smith

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2605/2605-98
50 ILCS 705/10.21

    Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Department of State Police, for State Police officers, and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, for local law enforcement officers, shall adopt rules to require law enforcement officers to receive victim sensitivity training concerning the investigation of incidents of sexual assault and sexual abuse, including the interviewing of victims, when the victim of the sexual assault or sexual abuse is under 13 years of age for all probationary, full-time, and part-time law enforcement officers. Provides that the training shall be at least 40 hours and the officer shall receive and successfully complete the training every 5 years.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning law enforcement training.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
62605-98 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-98)
8    Sec. 2605-98. Training; sexual assault and sexual abuse.
9    (a) The Department of State Police shall conduct or approve
10training programs in trauma-informed responses and
11investigations of sexual assault and sexual abuse, which
12include, but is not limited to, the following:
13        (1) recognizing the symptoms of trauma;
14        (2) understanding the role trauma has played in a
15    victim's life;
16        (3) responding to the needs and concerns of a victim;
17        (4) delivering services in a compassionate, sensitive,
18    and nonjudgmental manner;
19        (5) interviewing techniques in accordance with the
20    curriculum standards in subsection (f) of this Section;
21        (6) understanding cultural perceptions and common
22    myths of sexual assault and sexual abuse; and
23        (7) report writing techniques in accordance with the

 

 

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1    curriculum standards in subsection (f) of this Section.
2    (b) This training must be presented in all full and
3part-time basic law enforcement academies on or before July 1,
42018.
5    (c) The Department must present this training to all State
6police officers within 3 years after the effective date of this
7amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly and must present
8in-service training on sexual assault and sexual abuse response
9and report writing training requirements every 3 years.
10    (d) The Department must provide to all State police
11officers who conduct sexual assault and sexual abuse
12investigations, specialized training on sexual assault and
13sexual abuse investigations within 2 years after the effective
14date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly and
15must present in-service training on sexual assault and sexual
16abuse investigations to these officers every 3 years.
17    (e) Instructors providing this training shall have
18successfully completed training on evidence-based,
19trauma-informed, victim-centered responses to cases of sexual
20assault and sexual abuse and have experience responding to
21sexual assault and sexual abuse cases.
22    (f) The Department shall adopt rules, in consultation with
23the Office of the Illinois Attorney General and the Illinois
24Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, to determine the
25specific training requirements for these courses, including,
26but not limited to, the following:

 

 

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1        (1) evidence-based curriculum standards for report
2    writing and immediate response to sexual assault and sexual
3    abuse, including trauma-informed, victim-centered
4    interview techniques, which have been demonstrated to
5    minimize retraumatization, for all State police officers;
6    and
7        (2) evidence-based curriculum standards for
8    trauma-informed, victim-centered investigation and
9    interviewing techniques, which have been demonstrated to
10    minimize retraumatization, for cases of sexual assault and
11    sexual abuse for all State Police officers who conduct
12    sexual assault and sexual abuse investigations; and .
13        (3) victim sensitivity training concerning the
14    investigation of incidents of sexual assault and sexual
15    abuse, including the interviewing of victims, when the
16    victim of the sexual assault or sexual abuse is under 13
17    years of age for all recruits and sworn State Police
18    officers. The training shall be at least 40 hours and the
19    officer shall receive and successfully complete the
20    training every 5 years.
21(Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
22    Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
23changing Section 10.21 as follows:
 
24    (50 ILCS 705/10.21)

 

 

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1    Sec. 10.21. Training; sexual assault and sexual abuse.
2    (a) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
3shall conduct or approve training programs in trauma-informed
4responses and investigations of sexual assault and sexual
5abuse, which include, but is not limited to, the following:
6        (1) recognizing the symptoms of trauma;
7        (2) understanding the role trauma has played in a
8    victim's life;
9        (3) responding to the needs and concerns of a victim;
10        (4) delivering services in a compassionate, sensitive,
11    and nonjudgmental manner;
12        (5) interviewing techniques in accordance with the
13    curriculum standards in subsection (f) of this Section;
14        (6) understanding cultural perceptions and common
15    myths of sexual assault and sexual abuse; and
16        (7) report writing techniques in accordance with the
17    curriculum standards in subsection (f) of this Section.
18    (b) This training must be presented in all full and
19part-time basic law enforcement academies on or before July 1,
202018.
21    (c) Agencies employing law enforcement officers must
22present this training to all law enforcement officers within 3
23years after January 1, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
2499-801) and must present in-service training on sexual assault
25and sexual abuse response and report writing training
26requirements every 3 years.

 

 

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1    (d) Agencies employing law enforcement officers who
2conduct sexual assault and sexual abuse investigations must
3provide specialized training to these officers on sexual
4assault and sexual abuse investigations within 2 years after
5January 1, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 99-801) and
6must present in-service training on sexual assault and sexual
7abuse investigations to these officers every 3 years.
8    (e) Instructors providing this training shall have
9successfully completed training on evidence-based,
10trauma-informed, victim-centered response to cases of sexual
11assault and sexual abuse and have experience responding to
12sexual assault and sexual abuse cases.
13    (f) The Board shall adopt rules, in consultation with the
14Office of the Illinois Attorney General and the Department of
15State Police, to determine the specific training requirements
16for these courses, including, but not limited to, the
17following:
18        (1) evidence-based curriculum standards for report
19    writing and immediate response to sexual assault and sexual
20    abuse, including trauma-informed, victim-centered
21    interview techniques, which have been demonstrated to
22    minimize retraumatization, for probationary police
23    officers and all law enforcement officers; and
24        (2) evidence-based curriculum standards for
25    trauma-informed, victim-centered investigation and
26    interviewing techniques, which have been demonstrated to

 

 

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1    minimize retraumatization, for cases of sexual assault and
2    sexual abuse for law enforcement officers who conduct
3    sexual assault and sexual abuse investigations; and .
4        (3) victim sensitivity training concerning the
5    investigation of incidents of sexual assault and sexual
6    abuse, including the interviewing of victims, when the
7    victim of the sexual assault or sexual abuse is under 13
8    years of age for all probationary, full-time, and part-time
9    law enforcement officers. The training shall be at least 40
10    hours and the officer shall receive and successfully
11    complete the training every 5 years.
12(Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)