102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5449

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2610/9.5 new
50 ILCS 705/6.8 new

    Amends the Illinois State Police Act and the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that a person shall not be selected or appointed as an Illinois State Police officer or other law enforcement officer unless that person has performed satisfactorily in preemployment cognitive or personality tests, or both, prescribed by the Illinois State Police in the case of Illinois State Police officer cadets or by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for other law enforcement officers whose training is prescribed by the Board. Provides that a cadet or recruit shall take the Stanard & Associates' National Police Officer Selection Test (POST). Provides that the minimum satisfactory score to be eligible for employment is 70% on each of the 4 sections of this examination. Provides that the Illinois State Police or other law enforcement agency may require a higher satisfactory score than 70% on each or any of the sections of the test. Provides that the administration of the Stanard & Associates' National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2) shall be in accordance with directions of the Illinois State Police Merit Board with respect to Illinois State Police applicants or the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board with respect to other law enforcement agency applicants under the training standards of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning law enforcement officers.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois State Police Act is amended by
5adding Section 9.5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2610/9.5 new)
7    Sec. 9.5. Mandatory psychological testing and
8administrative procedures.
9    (a) A person shall not be selected or appointed as an
10Illinois State Police officer unless that person has performed
11satisfactorily in preemployment cognitive or personality
12tests, or both, prescribed by the Illinois State Police.
13    (b) A cadet Illinois State Police officer shall take the
14Stanard & Associates' National Police Officer Selection Test
15(POST).
16    (c) The minimum satisfactory score to be eligible for
17employment is 70% on each of the 4 sections of this
18examination. The Illinois State Police may require a higher
19satisfactory score than 70% on each or any of the sections of
20the test.
21    (d) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2
22(MMPI-2) test shall be taken by all applicants in the final
23selection process for an Illinois State Police officer

 

 

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1position.
2    (e) The prescribed personality test for an applicant in
3the final selection process shall be administered, scored, and
4interpreted by the Illinois State Police Merit Board or by an
5individual who has been approved by the Board. The prescribed
6personality test for an applicant in the final selection
7process shall be evaluated by the Board. These tests shall be
8evaluated and test results and evaluations shall be forwarded
9by the Board to the Director of the Illinois State Police for
10selection purposes only upon proper waiver by the applicant.
11    (f) Test results not prescribed in subsection (e) may be
12forwarded by the Board to the Director of the Illinois State
13Police for selection purposes only upon proper waiver by the
14applicant.
15    (g) The Board shall have prescheduled testing dates each
16fiscal year. Nonscheduled testing dates may also be provided.
17    (h) The administration of the Stanard & Associates'
18National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) and the
19Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2) shall
20be in accordance with directions of the Illinois State Police
21Merit Board.
 
22    Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
23adding Section 6.8 as follows:
 
24    (50 ILCS 705/6.8 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 6.8. Mandatory psychological testing and
2administrative procedures.
3    (a) A person shall not be selected or appointed as a law
4enforcement officer unless that person has performed
5satisfactorily in preemployment cognitive or personality
6tests, or both, prescribed by the Board.
7    (b) A recruit law enforcement officer shall take the
8Stanard & Associates' National Police Officer Selection Test
9(POST).
10    (c) The minimum satisfactory score to be eligible for
11employment is 70% on each of the 4 sections of this
12examination. A law enforcement agency may require a higher
13satisfactory score than 70% on each or any of the sections of
14the test.
15    (d) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2
16(MMPI-2) test shall be taken by all applicants in the final
17selection process for a law enforcement position.
18    (e) The prescribed personality test for an applicant in
19the final selection process shall be administered, scored, and
20interpreted by the Board or by an individual who has been
21approved by the Board. The prescribed personality test for an
22applicant in the final selection process shall be evaluated by
23the Board. These tests shall be evaluated and test results and
24evaluations shall be forwarded by the Board to a law
25enforcement agency for selection purposes only upon proper
26waiver by the applicant.

 

 

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1    (f) Test results not prescribed in subsection (e) may be
2forwarded by the Board to a law enforcement agency for
3selection purposes only upon proper waiver by the applicant.
4    (g) The Board shall have prescheduled testing dates each
5fiscal year. Nonscheduled testing dates may also be provided.
6    (h) The administration of the Stanard & Associates'
7National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) and the
8Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2) shall
9be in accordance with directions of the Board.