Full Text of SB1410 100th General Assembly
SB1410 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB1410 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Michael Connelly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 50 ILCS 705/7 | from Ch. 85, par. 507 | 50 ILCS 705/10.22 new | |
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Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum for probationary police officers offered by all certified schools shall include courses on cyber-crimes and crimes committed with personal technology devices. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may conduct or approve a training program in personal technology devices for law enforcement officers of local government agencies. Provides that the program shall train law enforcement officers to identify and investigate issues relating to crimes arising out of the use of personal technology devices on social media, internet communication, cell phone applications dealing with child exploitation, sending or receiving of sexually explicit messages, computer tampering, financial fraud, harassment, and stalking through electronic means. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 7 and by adding Section 10.22 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 | 11 | | which shall be
offered by all certified schools shall | 12 | | include but not be limited to
courses of procedural | 13 | | justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and | 14 | | seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights, | 15 | | human rights, human relations,
cultural competency, | 16 | | including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,
| 17 | | criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional | 18 | | and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and | 19 | | traffic law including
uniform and non-discriminatory | 20 | | enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control | 21 | | and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining
| 22 | | physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, | 23 | | firearms
training, training in the use of electronic |
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| 1 | | control devices, including the psychological and | 2 | | physiological effects of the use of those devices on | 3 | | humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary | 4 | | resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid | 5 | | antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) | 6 | | of Section 5-23 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and | 7 | | Dependency Act, handling of
juvenile offenders, | 8 | | cyber-crimes, crimes committed with personal technology | 9 | | devices, recognition of
mental conditions, including, but | 10 | | not limited to, the disease of addiction, which require | 11 | | immediate assistance and methods to
safeguard and provide | 12 | | assistance to a person in need of mental
treatment, | 13 | | recognition of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, and | 14 | | self-neglect of adults with disabilities and older adults, | 15 | | as defined in Section 2 of the Adult Protective Services | 16 | | Act, crimes against the elderly, law of evidence, the | 17 | | hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases with an | 18 | | emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and
| 19 | | physical training. The curriculum shall include specific | 20 | | training in
techniques for immediate response to and | 21 | | investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of sexual | 22 | | assault of adults and children, including cultural | 23 | | perceptions and common myths of sexual assault and sexual | 24 | | abuse as well as interview techniques that are trauma | 25 | | informed, victim centered, and victim sensitive. The | 26 | | curriculum shall include
training in techniques designed |
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| 1 | | to promote effective
communication at the initial contact | 2 | | with crime victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to | 3 | | victims and witnesses their rights under the Rights
of | 4 | | Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims | 5 | | Compensation Act. The curriculum shall also include a block | 6 | | of instruction aimed at identifying and interacting with | 7 | | persons with autism and other developmental or physical | 8 | | disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes | 9 | | against persons with autism, and addressing the unique | 10 | | challenges presented by cases involving victims or | 11 | | witnesses with autism and other developmental | 12 | | disabilities. The curriculum for
permanent police officers | 13 | | shall include but not be limited to (1) refresher
and | 14 | | in-service training in any of the courses listed above in | 15 | | this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any of the | 16 | | 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. The | 19 | | training in the use of electronic control devices shall be | 20 | | conducted for probationary police officers, including | 21 | | University police officers.
| 22 | | b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements | 23 | | and equipment
requirements.
| 24 | | c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
| 25 | | d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 26 | | probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete |
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| 1 | | before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local | 2 | | law enforcement officer for a participating local
| 3 | | governmental agency. Those requirements shall include | 4 | | training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary | 5 | | resuscitation).
| 6 | | e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 7 | | probationary county
corrections officer must | 8 | | satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
| 9 | | permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a | 10 | | participating
local governmental agency.
| 11 | | f. Minimum basic training requirements which a | 12 | | probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | 13 | | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as | 14 | | a court security officer for a participating local
| 15 | | governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those | 16 | | training requirements which it considers appropriate for | 17 | | court
security officers and shall certify schools to | 18 | | conduct that training.
| 19 | | A person hired to serve as a court security officer | 20 | | must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to | 21 | | his or her successful completion of the
training course; | 22 | | (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a | 23 | | training program of similar content and number of hours | 24 | | that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the | 25 | | provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's | 26 | | determination that the training
course is unnecessary |
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| 1 | | because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
| 2 | | experience.
| 3 | | Individuals who currently serve as court security | 4 | | officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in | 5 | | that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by | 6 | | this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective | 7 | | date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, | 8 | | absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to | 9 | | forfeit his or her position.
| 10 | | All individuals hired as court security officers on or | 11 | | after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 | 12 | | shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of their | 13 | | hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or | 14 | | they
shall forfeit their positions.
| 15 | | The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | 16 | | Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | 17 | | shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | 18 | | applications to become court security officers and
who meet | 19 | | the eligibility requirements established under this Act. | 20 | | Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's | 21 | | Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall | 22 | | establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for
| 23 | | verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this | 24 | | Act and as established by the Board.
| 25 | | g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | 26 | | police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. |
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| 1 | | Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper | 2 | | use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, | 3 | | civil rights, human rights, and cultural competency. | 4 | | h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | 5 | | police officer must satisfactorily complete at least | 6 | | annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and | 7 | | use of force training which shall include scenario based | 8 | | training, or similar training approved by the Board. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-358, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, | 10 | | eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; | 11 | | 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. | 12 | | 1-1-17 .)
| 13 | | (50 ILCS 705/10.22 new) | 14 | | Sec. 10.22. Personal technology devices. The Illinois Law | 15 | | Enforcement Training Standards Board may conduct or approve a | 16 | | training program in personal technology devices for law | 17 | | enforcement officers of local government agencies. The program | 18 | | shall train law enforcement officers to identify and | 19 | | investigate issues relating to crimes arising out of the use of | 20 | | personal technology devices on social media, internet | 21 | | communication, cell phone applications dealing with child | 22 | | exploitation, sending or receiving of sexually explicit | 23 | | messages, computer tampering, financial fraud, harassment, and | 24 | | stalking through electronic means.
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| 1 | | becoming law.
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