99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3876
 
Introduced , by Rep. Michael Unes
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
70 ILCS 1325/5 new

     Amends the Park District Police Act.  Provides that a park district may employ auxiliary police officers and use auxiliary police officers when it is impractical for members of the regular park district police force to perform their normal and regular police duties.  Provides that the auxiliary officers may not carry firearms without permission of the chief of police.   Provides for hiring and training requirements for the auxiliary officers.  Further provides that the Line of Duty Compensation Act shall be applicable to auxiliary officers upon their death in the line of duty. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Park District Police Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 1325/5 new)
7    Sec. 5. Auxiliary police officers.
8    (a) Auxiliary police officers shall
not be members of the 
9police force of the park district.
Auxiliary police officers 
10shall not supplement members of the regular
police force of any 
11park district in the performance of their
assigned and normal 
12duties, except as otherwise provided in this Code.
When it is 
13impractical for members of the regular
police force to perform 
14normal and regular police duties,
the
chief of police of the 
15regular police force may
assign auxiliary police officers to 
16perform those normal and regular police
duties. Identification 
17symbols worn by auxiliary police officers shall be
different 
18and distinct from those used by members of the regular police

19force.  Auxiliary police officers shall at all times during the

20performance of their duties be subject to the direction and 
21control of
the chief of police of the park district.  Auxiliary 
22police officers

shall not carry firearms, except with the 
23permission of the chief of
police and while in uniform and in 
 
 
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1the performance of their duties.
Auxiliary police officers, 
2when on duty, shall also be conservators of the
peace and shall 
3have the powers specified in Section 3.1-15-25 of the Illinois 
4Municipal Code.
5    (b) Auxiliary police officers, before entering upon any of 
6their duties,
shall receive a course of training in the use of 
7weapons and other
police procedures appropriate for the 
8exercise of the powers
conferred upon them.  The training and 
9course of study
shall be determined and provided by the 
10corporate authorities of each
park district employing 
11auxiliary police officers. Before being permitted to carry a 
12firearm, however, an auxiliary police officer must have the 
13same course of training as required of peace officers under 
14Section 2 of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm 
15Training Act. The park district authorities may
require that 
16all auxiliary police officers be residents of a municipality

17near the park district.  Before the appointment of an auxiliary 
18police officer, the
person's fingerprints shall be taken, and 
19no person shall be appointed as an
auxiliary police officer if 
20that person has been convicted of a felony or other
crime

21involving moral turpitude.
22    (c) The Line of Duty Compensation Act
shall be applicable 
23to auxiliary police officers

upon their death in the line of 
24duty described in subsection (e) of Section 2 of that Act.
 
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
26becoming law.