97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2163

 

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Tim Bivins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 705/6  from Ch. 85, par. 506
50 ILCS 705/6.1
50 ILCS 705/6.2 new
50 ILCS 705/8.1  from Ch. 85, par. 508.1
50 ILCS 705/8.2

    Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires full-time and part-time police officers to be licensed rather than certified. Makes related changes. Provides that the Board has the power to require local governmental units to furnish personnel rosters, employment status reports, and annual training plans to the Board. Provides that a police officer who has been licensed, certified, or granted a valid waiver shall be decertified or have his or her license or waiver revoked upon a determination by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel that he or she knowingly and willfully violated a rule or regulation of his or her department or agency that has as a penalty the discharge or dismissal of the officer from the department or agency. Establishes hearing procedures on decertification. Contains other provisions.


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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 Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
5changing Sections 6, 6.1, 8.1, and 8.2 and adding Section 6.2
6as follows:
 
7    (50 ILCS 705/6)  (from Ch. 85, par. 506)
8    Sec. 6. Powers and duties of the Board; selection and
9certification of schools. selection and certification of
10schools. The Board shall select and certify schools within the
11State of Illinois for the purpose of providing basic training
12for probationary police officers, probationary county
13corrections officers, and court security officers and of
14providing advanced or in-service training for permanent police
15officers or permanent county corrections officers, which
16schools may be either publicly or privately owned and operated.
17In addition, the Board has the following power and duties:
18        a. To require local governmental units to furnish such
19    reports and information as the Board deems necessary to
20    fully implement this Act, including, but not limited to,
21    personnel rosters, employment status reports, and annual
22    training plans.
23        b. To establish appropriate mandatory minimum

 

 

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1    standards relating to the training of probationary local
2    law enforcement officers or probationary county
3    corrections officers.
4        c. To provide appropriate licensure or certification
5    to those probationary officers who successfully complete
6    the prescribed minimum standard basic training course.
7        d. To review and approve annual training curriculum for
8    county sheriffs.
9        e. To review and approve applicants to ensure that no
10    applicant is admitted to a certified academy unless the
11    applicant is a person of good character and has not been
12    convicted of a felony offense, any of the misdemeanors in
13    Sections 11-6, 11-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2, 12-15,
14    16-1, 17-1, 17-2, 28-3, 29-1, 31-1, 31-6, 31-7, 32-4a, or
15    32-7 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or Section 5 or 5.2 of
16    the Cannabis Control Act, or a crime involving moral
17    turpitude under the laws of this State or any other state
18    which if committed in this State would be punishable as a
19    felony or a crime of moral turpitude. The Board may appoint
20    investigators who shall enforce the duties conferred upon
21    the Board by this Act.
22(Source: P.A. 91-495, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
23    (50 ILCS 705/6.1)
24    Sec. 6.1. Revocation of license or decertification
25Decertification of full-time and part-time police officers.

 

 

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1    (a) The Board must review police officer conduct and
2records to ensure that no police officer is licensed certified
3or provided a valid waiver if that police officer has been
4convicted of or has pled guilty to a felony offense under the
5laws of this State or any other state which if committed in
6this State would be punishable as a felony. The Board must also
7ensure that no police officer is licensed certified or provided
8a valid waiver if that police officer has been convicted on or
9after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999 of any
10misdemeanor specified in this Section or if committed in any
11other state would be an offense similar to Section 11-6,
1211-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2, 12-15, 16-1, 17-1, 17-2,
1328-3, 29-1, 31-1, 31-6, 31-7, 32-4a, or 32-7 of the Criminal
14Code of 1961 or to Section 5 or 5.2 of the Cannabis Control
15Act. The Board must appoint investigators to enforce the duties
16conferred upon the Board by this Act.
17    (b) It is the responsibility of the sheriff or the chief
18executive officer of every local law enforcement agency or
19department within this State to report to the Board any arrest
20or conviction of any officer for an offense identified in this
21Section.
22    (c) It is the duty and responsibility of every full-time
23and part-time police officer in this State to report to the
24Board within 30 days, and the officer's sheriff or chief
25executive officer, of his or her arrest or conviction for an
26offense identified in this Section. Any full-time or part-time

 

 

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1police officer who knowingly makes, submits, causes to be
2submitted, or files a false or untruthful report to the Board
3must have his or her license certificate or waiver immediately
4decertified or revoked.
5    (d) Any person, or a local or State agency, or the Board is
6immune from liability for submitting, disclosing, or releasing
7information of arrests or convictions in this Section as long
8as the information is submitted, disclosed, or released in good
9faith and without malice. The Board has qualified immunity for
10the release of the information.
11    (e) Whenever a Any full-time or part-time police officer
12with a license certificate or waiver issued by the Board who is
13convicted of or pleads guilty to any offense described in this
14Section, his or her license or waiver is automatically revoked
15by operation of law immediately becomes decertified or no
16longer has a valid waiver. The decertification and invalidity
17of waivers occurs as a matter of law. Failure of a convicted
18person to report to the Board his or her conviction as
19described in this Section or any continued law enforcement
20practice after receiving a conviction is a Class 4 felony.
21    (f) The Board's investigators are peace officers and have
22all the powers possessed by policemen in cities and by
23sheriff's, provided that the investigators may exercise those
24powers anywhere in the State, only after contact and
25cooperation with the appropriate local law enforcement
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1    (g) The Board must request and receive information and
2assistance from any federal, state, or local governmental
3agency as part of the authorized criminal background
4investigation. The Department of State Police must process,
5retain, and additionally provide and disseminate information
6to the Board concerning criminal charges, arrests,
7convictions, and their disposition, that have been filed
8before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
9of the 91st General Assembly against a basic academy applicant,
10law enforcement applicant, or law enforcement officer whose
11fingerprint identification cards are on file or maintained by
12the Department of State Police. The Federal Bureau of
13Investigation must provide the Board any criminal history
14record information contained in its files pertaining to law
15enforcement officers or any applicant to a Board certified
16basic law enforcement academy as described in this Act based on
17fingerprint identification. The Board must make payment of fees
18to the Department of State Police for each fingerprint card
19submission in conformance with the requirements of paragraph 22
20of Section 55a of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
21    (h) A police officer who has been certified, licensed, or
22granted a valid waiver shall also be decertified, have his or
23her license revoked, or have his or her waiver revoked upon a
24determination by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel
25that he or she, while under oath, has knowingly and willfully
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1of the offense of murder. If an appeal is filed, the
2determination shall be stayed.
3        (1) In the case of an acquittal on a charge of murder,
4    a verified complaint may be filed:
5            (A) by the defendant; or
6            (B) by a police officer with personal knowledge of
7        perjured testimony.
8        The complaint must allege that a police officer, while
9    under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements
10    as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of
11    murder. The verified complaint must be filed with the
12    Executive Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement
13    Training Standards Board within 2 years of the judgment of
14    acquittal.
15        (2) Within 30 days, the Executive Director of the
16    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall
17    review the verified complaint and determine whether the
18    verified complaint is frivolous and without merit, or
19    whether further investigation is warranted. The Illinois
20    Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall notify the
21    officer and the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor
22    Relations Board State Panel of the filing of the complaint
23    and any action taken thereon. If the Executive Director of
24    the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
25    determines that the verified complaint is frivolous and
26    without merit, it shall be dismissed. The Executive

 

 

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1    Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
2    Standards Board has sole discretion to make this
3    determination and this decision is not subject to appeal.
4    (i) If the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
5Enforcement Training Standards Board determines that the
6verified complaint warrants further investigation, he or she
7shall refer the matter to a task force of investigators created
8for this purpose. This task force shall consist of 8 sworn
9police officers: 2 from the Illinois State Police, 2 from the
10City of Chicago Police Department, 2 from county police
11departments, and 2 from municipal police departments. These
12investigators shall have a minimum of 5 years of experience in
13conducting criminal investigations. The investigators shall be
14appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
15Enforcement Training Standards Board. Any officer or officers
16acting in this capacity pursuant to this statutory provision
17will have statewide police authority while acting in this
18investigative capacity. Their salaries and expenses for the
19time spent conducting investigations under this paragraph
20shall be reimbursed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
21Standards Board.
22    (j) Once the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
23Enforcement Training Standards Board has determined that an
24investigation is warranted, the verified complaint shall be
25assigned to an investigator or investigators. The investigator
26or investigators shall conduct an investigation of the verified

 

 

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1complaint and shall write a report of his or her findings. This
2report shall be submitted to the Executive Director of the
3Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel.
4    Within 30 days, the Executive Director of the Illinois
5Labor Relations Board State Panel shall review the
6investigative report and determine whether sufficient evidence
7exists to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the verified
8complaint. If the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor
9Relations Board State Panel determines upon his or her review
10of the investigatory report that a hearing should not be
11conducted, the complaint shall be dismissed. This decision is
12in the Executive Director's sole discretion, and this dismissal
13may not be appealed.
14    If the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations
15Board State Panel determines that there is sufficient evidence
16to warrant a hearing, a hearing shall be ordered on the
17verified complaint, to be conducted by an administrative law
18judge employed by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
19Panel. The Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations
20Board State Panel shall inform the Executive Director of the
21Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and the
22person who filed the complaint of either the dismissal of the
23complaint or the issuance of the complaint for hearing. The
24Executive Director shall assign the complaint to the
25administrative law judge within 30 days of the decision
26granting a hearing.

 

 

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1    (k) In the case of a finding of guilt on the offense of
2murder, if a new trial is granted on direct appeal, or a state
3post-conviction evidentiary hearing is ordered, based on a
4claim that a police officer, under oath, knowingly and
5willfully made false statements as to a material fact going to
6an element of the offense of murder, the Illinois Labor
7Relations Board State Panel shall hold a hearing to determine
8whether the officer should be decertified or have his or her
9license or waiver revoked if an interested party requests such
10a hearing within 2 years of the court's decision. The complaint
11shall be assigned to an administrative law judge within 30 days
12so that a hearing can be scheduled.
13    At the hearing, the accused officer shall be afforded the
14opportunity to:
15        (1) Be represented by counsel of his or her own
16    choosing;
17        (2) Be heard in his or her own defense;
18        (3) Produce evidence in his or her defense;
19        (4) Request that the Illinois Labor Relations Board
20    State Panel compel the attendance of witnesses and
21    production of related documents including but not limited
22    to court documents and records.
23    Once a case has been set for hearing, the verified
24complaint shall be referred to the Department of Professional
25Regulation. That office shall prosecute the verified complaint
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1Department of Professional Regulation shall have the
2opportunity to produce evidence to support the verified
3complaint and to request the Illinois Labor Relations Board
4State Panel to compel the attendance of witnesses and the
5production of related documents, including, but not limited to,
6court documents and records. The Illinois Labor Relations Board
7State Panel shall have the power to issue subpoenas requiring
8the attendance of and testimony of witnesses and the production
9of related documents including, but not limited to, court
10documents and records and shall have the power to administer
11oaths.
12    The administrative law judge shall have the responsibility
13of receiving into evidence relevant testimony and documents,
14including court records, to support or disprove the allegations
15made by the person filing the verified complaint and, at the
16close of the case, hear arguments. If the administrative law
17judge finds that there is not clear and convincing evidence to
18support the verified complaint that the police officer has,
19while under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements
20as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of
21murder, the administrative law judge shall make a written
22recommendation of dismissal to the Illinois Labor Relations
23Board State Panel. If the administrative law judge finds that
24there is clear and convincing evidence that the police officer
25has, while under oath, knowingly and willfully made false
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1offense of murder, the administrative law judge shall make a
2written recommendation so concluding to the Illinois Labor
3Relations Board State Panel. The hearings shall be transcribed.
4The Executive Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
5Standards Board shall be informed of the administrative law
6judge's recommended findings and decision and the Illinois
7Labor Relations Board State Panel's subsequent review of the
8recommendation.
9    (l) An officer named in any complaint filed pursuant to
10this Act shall be indemnified for his or her reasonable
11attorney's fees and costs by his or her employer. These fees
12shall be paid in a regular and timely manner. The State, upon
13application by the public employer, shall reimburse the public
14employer for the accused officer's reasonable attorney's fees
15and costs. At no time and under no circumstances will the
16accused officer be required to pay his or her own reasonable
17attorney's fees or costs.
18    (m) The accused officer shall not be placed on unpaid
19status because of the filing or processing of the verified
20complaint until there is a final non-appealable order
21sustaining his or her guilt and his or her license or
22certification is revoked. Nothing in this Act, however,
23restricts the public employer from pursuing discipline against
24the officer in the normal course and under procedures then in
25place.
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1review the administrative law judge's recommended decision and
2order and determine by a majority vote whether or not there was
3clear and convincing evidence that the accused officer, while
4under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements as to
5a material fact going to the offense of murder. Within 30 days
6of service of the administrative law judge's recommended
7decision and order, the parties may file exceptions to the
8recommended decision and order and briefs in support of their
9exceptions with the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel.
10The parties may file responses to the exceptions and briefs in
11support of the responses no later than 15 days after the
12service of the exceptions. If exceptions are filed by any of
13the parties, the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel
14shall review the matter and make a finding to uphold, vacate,
15or modify the recommended decision and order. If the Illinois
16Labor Relations Board State Panel concludes that there is clear
17and convincing evidence that the accused officer, while under
18oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements as to a
19material fact going to an element of the offense murder, the
20Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel shall inform the
21Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and the
22Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall revoke
23the accused officer's certification, license, or waiver. If the
24accused officer appeals that determination to the Appellate
25Court, as provided by this Act, he or she may petition the
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1certification, license, or waiver pending the court's review of
2the matter.
3    (o) None of the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
4Panel's findings or determinations shall set any precedent in
5any of its decisions decided pursuant to the Illinois Public
6Labor Relations Act by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
7Panel or the courts.
8    (p) A party aggrieved by the final order of the Illinois
9Labor Relations Board State Panel may apply for and obtain
10judicial review of an order of the Illinois Labor Relations
11Board State Panel, in accordance with the provisions of the
12Administrative Review Law, except that such judicial review
13shall be afforded directly in the Appellate Court for the
14district in which the accused officer resides. Any direct
15appeal to the Appellate Court shall be filed within 35 days
16from the date that a copy of the decision sought to be reviewed
17was served upon the party affected by the decision.
18    (q) Interested parties. Only interested parties to the
19criminal prosecution in which the police officer allegedly,
20while under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements
21as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of
22murder may file a verified complaint pursuant to this Section.
23For purposes of this Section, "interested parties" shall be
24limited to the defendant and any police officer who has
25personal knowledge that the police officer who is the subject
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1made false statements as to a material fact going to an element
2of the offense of murder.
3    (r) Semi-annual reports. The Executive Director of the
4Illinois Labor Relations Board shall submit semi-annual
5reports to the Governor, President, and Minority Leader of the
6Senate, and to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
7Representatives beginning on June 30, 2004, indicating:
8        (1) the number of verified complaints received since
9    the date of the last report;
10        (2) the number of investigations initiated since the
11    date of the last report;
12        (3) the number of investigations concluded since the
13    date of the last report;
14        (4) the number of investigations pending as of the
15    reporting date;
16        (5) the number of hearings held since the date of the
17    last report; and
18        (6) the number of officers decertified or whose
19    licenses have been revoked since the date of the last
20    report.
21    (s) A police officer who has been licensed, certified, or
22granted a valid waiver shall also be decertified or have his or
23her license or waiver revoked upon a determination by the
24Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel that he or she,
25while serving as a police officer with a department or agency,
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1the department or agency, on or after the effective date of
2this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, that has as a
3penalty the discharge or dismissal of the officer from the
4department or agency.
5    In the case of an officer who resigned or retired from the
6department or agency before a formal determination, pursuant to
7department or agency rules and regulations, is made on the
8alleged violation, a verified complaint may be filed with the
9Board alleging that the officer knowingly and willfully
10violated a rule or regulation of his or her former department
11or agency, on or after the effective date of this amendatory
12Act of the 97th General Assembly, that results or may result in
13the officer's discharge or dismissal from the department or
14agency.
15        (1) A verified complaint may be filed under this
16    subsection (s) by the department or agency that employed
17    the officer, but only if the complaint is signed by all of
18    following:
19            (A) For a former police officer of a municipality:
20                (i) chief executive of the municipality;
21                (ii) head of the municipality's police
22            commission, if applicable;
23                (iii) police department chief of police or
24            chief executive officer;
25                (iv) labor representative, if applicable; and
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1            the officer was employed.
2            (B) For a former county sheriff or deputy sheriff:
3                (i) county board chairperson;
4                (ii) sheriff;
5                (iii) labor representative, if applicable; and
6                (iv) State's Attorney for the county in which
7            the officer was employed.
8        The verified complaint must be filed with the Executive
9    Director within 2 years after the officer's resignation or
10    retirement.
11        (2) Within 30 days after receiving the verified
12    complaint, the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
13    Enforcement Training Standards Board shall review the
14    verified complaint and determine whether the verified
15    complaint is frivolous and without merit, or whether
16    further investigation is warranted. The Illinois Law
17    Enforcement Training Standards Board shall notify the
18    officer and the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor
19    Relations Board State Panel of the filing of the complaint
20    and any action taken thereon. If the Executive Director of
21    the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
22    determines that the verified complaint is frivolous and
23    without merit, then the complaint shall be dismissed. The
24    Executive Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement
25    Training Standards Board has the sole discretion to make
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1    appeal.
2        (3) If the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
3    Enforcement Training Standards Board determines that the
4    verified complaint warrants further investigation, then he
5    or she shall refer the matter to a task force of
6    investigators created for this purpose. This task force
7    shall consist of 8 sworn police officers: 2 from the
8    Illinois State Police, 2 from the City of Chicago Police
9    Department, 2 from county police departments, and 2 from
10    municipal police departments. These investigators shall
11    have a minimum of 5 years of experience in conducting
12    investigations. The investigators shall be appointed by
13    the Executive Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement
14    Training Standards Board. Any officer or officers acting in
15    this capacity pursuant to this paragraph shall have
16    statewide police authority while acting in this
17    investigative capacity. Their salaries and expenses for
18    the time spent conducting investigations under this
19    paragraph shall be reimbursed by the Illinois Law
20    Enforcement Training Standards Board.
21        (4) The task force investigators shall conduct an
22    investigation of the verified complaint and shall file a
23    written report of their findings. The report shall be
24    submitted to the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor
25    Relations Board State Panel.
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1    Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations Board
2    State Panel shall review the investigative report and
3    determine whether sufficient evidence exists to conduct an
4    evidentiary hearing on the verified complaint. If the
5    Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations Board
6    State Panel determines upon his or her review of the
7    investigatory report that a hearing should not be
8    conducted, the complaint shall be dismissed. This decision
9    is in the Executive Director's sole discretion, and a
10    dismissal may not be appealed.
11        If the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor
12    Relations Board State Panel determines that there is
13    sufficient evidence to warrant a hearing, then a hearing
14    shall be ordered on the verified complaint, to be conducted
15    by an administrative law judge employed by the Illinois
16    Labor Relations Board State Panel. The Executive Director
17    of the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel shall
18    inform the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
19    Enforcement Training Standards Board and the department or
20    agency that filed the complaint of the dismissal of the
21    complaint or the issuance of the complaint for hearing. The
22    Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations Board
23    State Panel shall assign the complaint to the
24    administrative law judge within 30 days after the decision
25    granting a hearing.
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1    department or agency, pursuant to department or agency
2    rules and regulations, that the officer be discharged or
3    dismissed for knowingly and willfully violating a rule or
4    regulation of the department or agency, on or after the
5    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
6    Assembly, the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel
7    shall hold a hearing to determine whether the officer shall
8    be decertified or have his or her license or waiver
9    revoked. The department or agency must file a verified
10    complaint within 2 years after the officer's discharge or
11    dismissal for the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
12    Panel to hold a hearing. The complaint shall be assigned to
13    an administrative law judge within 30 days so that a
14    hearing can be scheduled.
15        (6) Once a case has been set for hearing, the verified
16    complaint shall be referred to the Department of
17    Professional Regulation. The Department of Professional
18    Regulation shall prosecute the verified complaint at the
19    hearing before the administrative law judge. The
20    Department of Professional Regulation shall have the
21    opportunity to produce evidence to support the verified
22    complaint and to request the Illinois Labor Relations Board
23    State Panel to compel the attendance of witnesses and the
24    production of related documents, including, but not
25    limited to, court documents and records. The Illinois Labor
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1    subpoenas requiring the attendance of and testimony of
2    witnesses and the production of related documents
3    including, but not limited to, court documents and records
4    and shall have the power to administer oaths.
5        At the hearing, the accused officer shall be afforded
6    the opportunity to:
7            (A) be represented by counsel of his or her own
8        choosing;
9            (B) be heard in his or her own defense;
10            (C) produce evidence in his or her defense; and
11            (D) request that the Illinois Labor Relations
12        Board State Panel compel the attendance of witnesses
13        and production of related documents including, but not
14        limited to, court documents and records.
15        (7) The administrative law judge shall have the
16    responsibility of receiving into evidence relevant
17    testimony and documents, including court records, to
18    support or disprove the allegations made by the department
19    or agency filing the verified complaint and, at the close
20    of the case, hear arguments. If the administrative law
21    judge finds that there is not clear and convincing evidence
22    to support the verified complaint that the police officer
23    knowingly and willfully violated a rule or regulation of
24    his or her department or agency, on or after the effective
25    date of this Amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly,
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1    the officer from the department or agency, the
2    administrative law judge shall make a written
3    recommendation of dismissal to the Illinois Labor
4    Relations Board State Panel. If the administrative law
5    judge finds that there is clear and convincing evidence
6    that the police officer knowingly and willfully violated a
7    rule or regulation of his or her department or agency, on
8    or after the effective date of this Amendatory Act of the
9    97th General Assembly, that results or may result in the
10    discharge or dismissal of the officer from the department
11    or agency, the administrative law judge shall make a
12    written recommendation so concluding to the Illinois Labor
13    Relations Board State Panel. The hearings shall be
14    transcribed. The Executive Director of the Illinois Law
15    Enforcement Training Standards Board shall be informed of
16    the administrative law judge's recommended findings and
17    decision and the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
18    Panel's subsequent review of the recommendation.
19        (8) The Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel
20    shall review the administrative law judge's recommended
21    decision and order and determine by a majority vote whether
22    or not there was clear and convincing evidence that the
23    accused officer knowingly and willfully violated a rule or
24    regulation of his or her department or agency, on or after
25    the effective date of this Amendatory Act of the 97th
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1    discharge or dismissal of the officer from the department
2    or agency. Within 30 days after service of the
3    administrative law judge's recommended decision and order,
4    the parties may file exceptions to the recommended decision
5    and order and briefs in support of their exceptions with
6    the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel. The parties
7    may file responses to the exceptions and briefs in support
8    of the responses no later than 15 days after the service of
9    the exceptions. If exceptions are filed by any of the
10    parties, the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel
11    shall review the matter and make a finding to uphold,
12    vacate, or modify the recommended decision and order.
13        If the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel
14    concludes that there is clear and convincing evidence that
15    the accused officer knowingly and willfully violated a rule
16    or regulation of his or her department or agency, on or
17    after the effective date of this Amendatory Act of the 97th
18    General Assembly, that results or may result in the
19    discharge or dismissal of the officer from the department
20    or agency, the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel
21    shall inform the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
22    Standards Board and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
23    Standards Board shall revoke the accused officer's
24    certification, license, or waiver. If the accused officer
25    appeals that determination to the Appellate Court, as
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1    Court to stay the revocation of his or her certification,
2    license, or waiver pending the court's review of the
3    matter.
4        (9) The accused officer shall not be placed on unpaid
5    status in any currently held police officer position
6    because of the filing or processing of a verified complaint
7    until there is a final non-appealable order sustaining his
8    or her guilt and his or her license or certification is
9    revoked.
10        (10) None of the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
11    Panel's findings or determinations shall set any precedent
12    in any of its decisions decided pursuant to the Illinois
13    Public Labor Relations Act by the Illinois Labor Relations
14    Board State Panel or the courts.
15        (11) A party aggrieved by the final order of the
16    Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel may apply for
17    and obtain judicial review of an order of the Illinois
18    Labor Relations Board State Panel, in accordance with the
19    provisions of the Administrative Review Law, except that
20    such judicial review shall be afforded directly in the
21    Appellate Court for the district in which the accused
22    officer resides. Any direct appeal to the Appellate Court
23    shall be filed within 35 days after the date that a copy of
24    the decision sought to be reviewed was served upon the
25    party affected by the decision.
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1    or the chief executive officer of a local law enforcement
2    agency or department within this State to report to the
3    Board any discharge or dismissal of any officer for a
4    violation identified in this subsection (s). It is the duty
5    and responsibility of a full-time or part-time police
6    officer in this State to report to the Board within 30 days
7    after his or her discharge or dismissal for a violation
8    identified in this subsection (s).
9        (13) Any full-time or part-time police officer who
10    knowingly makes, submits, causes to be submitted, or files
11    a false or untruthful report to the Board, under this
12    subsection (s), must have his or her license, certificate,
13    or waiver immediately decertified or revoked.
14        (14) Any person, or a local or State agency, or the
15    Board is immune from liability for submitting, disclosing,
16    or releasing information of violations pursuant to this
17    subsection (s) as long as the information is submitted,
18    disclosed, or released in good faith and without malice.
19    The Board has qualified immunity for the release of the
20    information.
21(Source: P.A. 93-605, eff. 11-19-03; 93-655, eff. 1-20-04.)
 
22    (50 ILCS 705/6.2 new)
23    Sec. 6.2. Conversion of certificates to licenses.
24    (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
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1persons who have successfully completed the prescribed minimum
2standard basic training course for police officers shall be
3known as licensure rather than certification.
4    (b) If a person has successfully completed the prescribed
5minimum standard basic training course for police officers and
6holds a valid certification to that effect on the effective
7date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, that
8certification shall be deemed to be a license for the purposes
9of this Act.
10    (c) If, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1197th General Assembly, a person holds a valid waiver from one
12of the certification requirements of this Act for police
13officers, that waiver shall be deemed a waiver from the
14corresponding licensure requirement of this Act.
15    (d) The Board shall replace the certificates or other
16evidences of certification or waiver for police officers in use
17on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
18General Assembly with new credentials reflecting the change in
19nomenclature instituted by this amendatory Act of the 97th
20General Assembly.
 
21    (50 ILCS 705/8.1)  (from Ch. 85, par. 508.1)
22    Sec. 8.1. Full-time police and county corrections
23officers.
24    (a) After January 1, 1976, no person shall receive a
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1in this Act, nor shall any person receive, after the effective
2date of this amendatory Act of 1984, a permanent appointment as
3a county corrections officer, unless that person has been
4awarded, within 6 six months of his or her initial full-time
5employment, a license or certificate attesting to his or her
6successful completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law
7Enforcement and County Correctional Training Course as
8prescribed by the Board; or has been awarded a license or
9certificate attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of
10a training program of similar content and number of hours and
11which course has been found acceptable by the Board under the
12provisions of this Act; or by reason of extensive prior law
13enforcement or county corrections experience the basic
14training requirement is determined by the Board to be illogical
15and unreasonable.
16    If such training is required and not completed within the
17applicable 6 six months, then the officer must forfeit his or
18her position, or the employing agency must obtain a waiver from
19the Board extending the period for compliance. Such waiver
20shall be issued only for good and justifiable reasons, and in
21no case shall extend more than 90 days beyond the initial 6 six
22months.
23    (b) No provision of this Section shall be construed to mean
24that a law enforcement officer employed by a local governmental
25agency at the time of the effective date of this amendatory
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1police officer, shall require licensure or certification under
2the provisions of this Section.
3    No provision of this Section shall be construed to mean
4that a county corrections officer employed by a local
5governmental agency at the time of the effective date of this
6amendatory Act of 1984, either as a probationary county
7corrections or as a permanent county corrections officer, shall
8require certification under the provisions of this Section.
9    No provision of this Section shall be construed to apply to
10licensure or certification of elected county sheriffs.
11    (c) This Section does not apply to part-time police
12officers or probationary part-time police officers.
13(Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96; 90-271, eff. 7-30-97.)
 
14    (50 ILCS 705/8.2)
15    Sec. 8.2. Part-time police officers.
16    (a) A person hired to serve as a part-time police officer
17must obtain from the Board a license or certificate (i)
18attesting to his or her successful completion of the part-time
19police training course; (ii) attesting to his or her
20satisfactory completion of a training program of similar
21content and number of hours that has been found acceptable by
22the Board under the provisions of this Act; or (iii) attesting
23to the Board's determination that the part-time police training
24course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior
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1effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
2Assembly must obtain this certificate within 18 months after
3the initial date of hire as a probationary part-time police
4officer in the State of Illinois. The probationary part-time
5police officer must be enrolled and accepted into a
6Board-approved course within 6 months after active employment
7by any department in the State. A person hired on or after
8January 1, 1996 and before the effective date of this
9amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly must obtain this
10license or certificate within 18 months after the date of hire.
11A person hired before January 1, 1996 must obtain this license
12or certificate within 24 months after the effective date of
13this amendatory Act of 1995.
14    The employing agency may seek a waiver from the Board
15extending the period for compliance. A waiver shall be issued
16only for good and justifiable reasons, and the probationary
17part-time police officer may not practice as a part-time police
18officer during the waiver period. If training is required and
19not completed within the applicable time period, as extended by
20any waiver that may be granted, then the officer must forfeit
21his or her position.
22    (b) (Blank).
23    (c) The part-time police training course referred to in
24this Section shall be of similar content and the same number of
25hours as the courses for full-time officers and shall be
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1Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer's In-Service
2Training Act or by another approved program or facility in a
3manner prescribed by the Board.
4    (d) For the purposes of this Section, the Board shall adopt
5rules defining what constitutes employment on a part-time
6basis.
7(Source: P.A. 92-533, eff. 3-14-02.)