Full Text of HB0131 98th General Assembly
HB0131ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Monique D. Davis Filed: 2/28/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 131
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 131 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 7 and adding Section 10.14 as follows:
| 6 | | (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
| 7 | | 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:
| 10 | | 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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| 1 | | traffic control and accident investigation, techniques of | 2 | | obtaining
physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, | 3 | | reports, firearms
training, training in the use of electronic | 4 | | control devices, including the psychological and physiological | 5 | | effects of the use of those devices on humans, first-aid | 6 | | (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation), handling of
| 7 | | juvenile offenders, recognition of
mental conditions which | 8 | | require immediate assistance and methods to
safeguard and | 9 | | provide assistance to a person in need of mental
treatment, | 10 | | recognition of elder abuse and neglect , as defined in Section 2 | 11 | | of the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, crimes against the elderly, | 12 | | law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle
| 13 | | chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed | 14 | | chase, and
physical training. The curriculum shall include | 15 | | specific training in
techniques for immediate response to and | 16 | | investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of sexual | 17 | | assault of adults and children. The curriculum shall include
| 18 | | training in techniques designed to promote effective
| 19 | | communication at the initial contact with crime victims and | 20 | | ways to comprehensively
explain to victims and witnesses their | 21 | | rights under the Rights
of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and | 22 | | the Crime
Victims Compensation Act. The curriculum shall also | 23 | | include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and | 24 | | interacting with persons with autism and other developmental | 25 | | disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes against | 26 | | persons with autism, and addressing the unique challenges |
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| 1 | | presented by cases involving victims or witnesses with autism | 2 | | and other developmental disabilities. The curriculum for
| 3 | | permanent police officers shall include but not be limited to | 4 | | (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the courses | 5 | | listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any | 6 | | of the subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training | 7 | | for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in | 8 | | subjects and fields to be selected by the board. The training | 9 | | in the use of electronic control devices shall be conducted for | 10 | | probationary police officers, including University police | 11 | | officers.
| 12 | | b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements and | 13 | | equipment
requirements.
| 14 | | c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
| 15 | | d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 16 | | probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | 17 | | before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local law | 18 | | enforcement officer for a participating local
governmental | 19 | | agency. Those requirements shall include training in first aid
| 20 | | (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
| 21 | | e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 22 | | probationary county
corrections officer must satisfactorily | 23 | | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | 24 | | county corrections officer for a participating
local | 25 | | governmental agency.
| 26 | | f. Minimum basic training requirements which a |
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| 1 | | probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | 2 | | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | 3 | | court security officer for a participating local
governmental | 4 | | agency. The Board shall
establish those training requirements | 5 | | which it considers appropriate for court
security officers and | 6 | | shall certify schools to conduct that training.
| 7 | | A person hired to serve as a court security officer must | 8 | | obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to his or her | 9 | | successful completion of the
training course; (ii) attesting to | 10 | | his or her satisfactory
completion of a training program of | 11 | | similar content and number of hours that
has been found | 12 | | acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or
| 13 | | (iii) attesting to the Board's determination that the training
| 14 | | course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior | 15 | | law enforcement
experience.
| 16 | | Individuals who currently serve as court security officers | 17 | | shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in that capacity | 18 | | so long as they are certified
as provided by this Act within 24 | 19 | | months of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1996. | 20 | | Failure to be so certified, absent a waiver from the
Board, | 21 | | shall cause the officer to forfeit his or her position.
| 22 | | All individuals hired as court security officers on or | 23 | | after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall | 24 | | be certified within 12 months of the
date of their hire, unless | 25 | | a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or they
shall forfeit | 26 | | their positions.
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| 1 | | The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | 2 | | Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | 3 | | shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | 4 | | applications to become court security officers and
who meet the | 5 | | eligibility requirements established under this Act. Either
| 6 | | the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's Office if no | 7 | | Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall establish a schedule | 8 | | of reasonable intervals for
verification of the applicants' | 9 | | qualifications under
this Act and as established by the Board.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 97-815, eff. 1-1-13; 97-862, eff. 1-1-13; revised | 11 | | 8-3-12.)
| 12 | | (50 ILCS 705/10.14 new) | 13 | | Sec. 10.14. Electronic control devices used by local law | 14 | | enforcement agencies; inspections. | 15 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section, "electronic control | 16 | | device" means: | 17 | | (1) any device
which is powered by electrical charging | 18 | | units, such as, batteries, and
which fires one or several | 19 | | barbs attached to a length of wire and
which, upon hitting | 20 | | a human, can send out a current capable of disrupting
the | 21 | | person's nervous system in such a manner as to render the | 22 | | person incapable of
normal functioning; or | 23 | | (2) any device which is powered by electrical
charging | 24 | | units, such as batteries, and which, upon contact with a | 25 | | human or
clothing worn by a human, can send out current |
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| 1 | | capable of disrupting
the person's nervous system in such a | 2 | | manner as to render the person incapable
of normal | 3 | | functioning. | 4 | | (b) Beginning January 1, 2014 and ending December 31, 2015, | 5 | | the Board shall randomly inspect police departments of units of | 6 | | local government and university police departments concerning | 7 | | the use of electronic control devices by law enforcement | 8 | | officers of the departments to determine whether the officers | 9 | | received appropriate training in their use. The Board shall | 10 | | compile the information from the random inspections and analyze | 11 | | the results. | 12 | | (c) Based on the analysis required in subsection (b), the | 13 | | Board shall issue a report and present its report and findings | 14 | | to the Governor and General Assembly on or before June 30, | 15 | | 2016. The Board in its report may recommend legislation | 16 | | concerning the use of electronic control devices by law | 17 | | enforcement officers and the training of law enforcement | 18 | | officers in the use of those devices. | 19 | | (d) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2016.
| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 21 | | 1, 2014.".
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