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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3217 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Jason Bunting SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Creates within the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board a Recruitment Division. Provides that the Division shall establish a Back the Badge program, which shall establish recruitment plans for law enforcement agencies.
Provides that the Division shall determine and prioritize specific characteristics that a law enforcement agency and community desire in their police officers.
Provides that the Division shall cooperate with law enforcement agencies to determine a strategy to hire and retain sworn police officers who are diverse and reflective of the community and the priorities of the law enforcement agencies.
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| | HB3217 | | LRB103 30071 AWJ 56495 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 3.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 705/3.2 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3.2. Recruitment Division; Back the Badge program. |
| 8 | | (a) Statement of purpose.
Given the current environment of |
| 9 | | the policing profession, recruiting law enforcement officers |
| 10 | | and retaining officers are the greatest challenges facing law |
| 11 | | enforcement agencies. The recruitment of and retention of |
| 12 | | officers is imperative to public safety. |
| 13 | | (b) Recruitment Division. There is created within the |
| 14 | | Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board a |
| 15 | | Recruitment Division. |
| 16 | | (c)
Duties.
The Division shall establish a Back the Badge |
| 17 | | program, which shall establish recruitment plans for law |
| 18 | | enforcement agencies.
The Division shall determine and |
| 19 | | prioritize specific characteristics that a law enforcement |
| 20 | | agency and community desire in their police officers.
The |
| 21 | | Division shall cooperate with law enforcement agencies to |
| 22 | | determine a strategy to hire and retain sworn police officers |
| 23 | | who are diverse and reflective of the community, and the |