Full Text of HB3454 95th General Assembly
HB3454 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB3454
Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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50 ILCS 705/7 |
from Ch. 85, par. 507 |
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Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum for probationary police officers in all certified schools shall include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and interacting with persons with autism and other developmental disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes against persons with autism, and addressing the unique challenges presented by cases involving victims or witnesses with autism and other developmental disabilities.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 7 as follows:
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| (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
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| Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall | 8 |
| adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall | 9 |
| include but not be limited to
the following:
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| a. The curriculum for probationary police officers which | 11 |
| shall be
offered by all certified schools shall include but not | 12 |
| be limited to
courses of arrest, search and seizure, civil | 13 |
| rights, human relations,
cultural
diversity, including racial | 14 |
| and ethnic sensitivity,
criminal law, law of criminal | 15 |
| procedure, vehicle and traffic law including
uniform and | 16 |
| non-discriminatory enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
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| traffic control and accident investigation, techniques of | 18 |
| obtaining
physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, | 19 |
| reports, firearms
training, first-aid (including | 20 |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation), handling of
juvenile | 21 |
| offenders, recognition of
mental conditions which require | 22 |
| immediate assistance and methods to
safeguard and provide | 23 |
| assistance to a person in need of mental
treatment, law of |
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| evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases with | 2 |
| an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and
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| physical training. The curriculum shall include specific | 4 |
| training in
techniques for immediate response to and | 5 |
| investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of sexual | 6 |
| assault of adults and children. The curriculum shall also | 7 |
| include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and | 8 |
| interacting with persons with autism and other developmental | 9 |
| disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes against | 10 |
| persons with autism, and addressing the unique challenges | 11 |
| presented by cases involving victims or witnesses with autism | 12 |
| and other developmental disabilities. The curriculum for
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| permanent police officers shall include but not be limited to | 14 |
| (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the courses | 15 |
| listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any | 16 |
| of the subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training | 17 |
| for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in | 18 |
| subjects and fields to be selected by the board.
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| b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements and | 20 |
| equipment
requirements.
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| c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
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| d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 23 |
| probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | 24 |
| before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local law | 25 |
| enforcement officer for a participating local
governmental | 26 |
| agency. Those requirements shall include training in first aid
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| (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
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| e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 3 |
| probationary county
corrections officer must satisfactorily | 4 |
| complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | 5 |
| county corrections officer for a participating
local | 6 |
| governmental agency.
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| f. Minimum basic training requirements which a | 8 |
| probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | 9 |
| complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | 10 |
| court security officer for a participating local
governmental | 11 |
| agency. The Board shall
establish those training requirements | 12 |
| which it considers appropriate for court
security officers and | 13 |
| shall certify schools to conduct that training.
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| A person hired to serve as a court security officer must | 15 |
| obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to his or her | 16 |
| successful completion of the
training course; (ii) attesting to | 17 |
| his or her satisfactory
completion of a training program of | 18 |
| similar content and number of hours that
has been found | 19 |
| acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or
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| (iii) attesting to the Board's determination that the training
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| course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior | 22 |
| law enforcement
experience.
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| Individuals who currently serve as court security officers | 24 |
| shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in that capacity | 25 |
| so long as they are certified
as provided by this Act within 24 | 26 |
| months of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1996. |
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| Failure to be so certified, absent a waiver from the
Board, | 2 |
| shall cause the officer to forfeit his or her position.
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| All individuals hired as court security officers on or | 4 |
| after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall | 5 |
| be certified within 12 months of the
date of their hire, unless | 6 |
| a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or they
shall forfeit | 7 |
| their positions.
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| The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | 9 |
| Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | 10 |
| shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | 11 |
| applications to become court security officers and
who meet the | 12 |
| eligibility requirements established under this Act. Either
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| the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's Office if no | 14 |
| Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall establish a schedule | 15 |
| of reasonable intervals for
verification of the applicants' | 16 |
| qualifications under
this Act and as established by the Board.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-209, eff. 7-18-03.)
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