Full Text of SR0806 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The General Assembly created the Police Training | 3 | | Institute (PTI) at the University of Illinois in 1955; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The PTI is the largest police training academy in | 5 | | this State, has trained officers in all 102 counties of this | 6 | | State, and has trained 64% of the officers outside of the City | 7 | | of Chicago; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In 2005, the PTI trained 32% of officers | 9 | | statewide, and that percentage rose to 42% in 2010, while | 10 | | enrollment fell in all academies due to the recession; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The PTI trains the trainers for other police | 12 | | training academies throughout Illinois; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The General Assembly created the Illinois Law | 14 | | Enforcement Training Standards Board (ILETSB) in 1965; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The ILETSB wishes to close the PTI and use the | 16 | | funds to open a new academy under its management; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, State statute requires that the Director of the | 18 | | PTI be a member of the ILETSB; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The State statute creating the ILETSB does not | 2 | | authorize it to override the statute creating the PTI; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, The State statute establishing the ILETSB does not | 4 | | give it the authority to run an academy; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The ILETSB has also "decertified" the Illinois | 6 | | State Police Academy in the past, although it was later | 7 | | restored; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the PTI shall remain | 10 | | open and its funding must not be diverted to create a new | 11 | | academy; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That the ILETSB shall abide by the laws that | 13 | | created the PTI and the ILETSB and not assume new powers | 14 | | without legislative authority; and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That no new police training academies shall be | 16 | | created until the level of enrollment and the condition of | 17 | | State finances would make this academically reasonable and | 18 | | financially feasible; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That the ILETSB is directed to establish | 20 | | objective professional standards for decertifying courses at |
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| 1 | | police training academies so that minor disagreements do not | 2 | | escalate into disruptions of training; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 4 | | delivered to President and the members of the Board of Trustees | 5 | | of the University of Illinois, the Director of the Police | 6 | | Training Institute, and to the Executive Director and members | 7 | | of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.
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