Full Text of HB5136 101st General Assembly
HB5136 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB5136 Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Mary Edly-Allen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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50 ILCS 705/7 | from Ch. 85, par. 507 |
50 ILCS 705/10.17 | |
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Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the in-service training requirements for mental health awareness and response shall consist of at least 16 hours of training that must be satisfactorily completed every 3 years. Provides that the crisis intervention training addressing specialized policing responses to people with mental illnesses shall consist of at least 16 hours of training.
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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 Sections 7 and 10.17 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 Substance Use Disorder Act, handling | 7 | | of
juvenile offenders, recognition of
mental conditions | 8 | | and crises, including, but not limited to, the disease of | 9 | | addiction, which require immediate assistance and response | 10 | | and methods to
safeguard and provide assistance to a person | 11 | | in need of mental
treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect, | 12 | | financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with | 13 | | disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of | 14 | | the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the | 15 | | elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police | 16 | | vehicle
chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the | 17 | | high-speed chase, and
physical training. The curriculum | 18 | | shall include specific training in
techniques for | 19 | | immediate response to and investigation of cases of | 20 | | domestic
violence and of sexual assault of adults and | 21 | | children, including cultural perceptions and common myths | 22 | | of sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as interview | 23 | | techniques that are age sensitive and are trauma informed, | 24 | | victim centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum | 25 | | shall include
training in techniques designed to promote | 26 | | effective
communication at the initial contact with crime |
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| 1 | | victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to victims and | 2 | | witnesses their rights under the Rights
of Crime Victims | 3 | | and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims Compensation Act. | 4 | | The curriculum shall also include training in effective | 5 | | recognition of and responses to stress, trauma, and | 6 | | post-traumatic stress experienced by police officers that | 7 | | is consistent with Section 25 of the Illinois Mental Health | 8 | | First Aid Training Act in a peer setting, including | 9 | | recognizing signs and symptoms of work-related cumulative | 10 | | stress, issues that may lead to suicide, and solutions for | 11 | | intervention with peer support resources. The curriculum | 12 | | shall include a block of instruction addressing the | 13 | | mandatory reporting requirements under the Abused and | 14 | | Neglected Child Reporting Act. The curriculum shall also | 15 | | include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and | 16 | | interacting with persons with autism and other | 17 | | developmental or physical disabilities, reducing barriers | 18 | | to reporting crimes against persons with autism, and | 19 | | addressing the unique challenges presented by cases | 20 | | involving victims or witnesses with autism and other | 21 | | developmental disabilities. The curriculum shall include | 22 | | training in the detection and investigation of all forms of | 23 | | human trafficking. The curriculum shall also include | 24 | | instruction in trauma-informed responses designed to | 25 | | ensure the physical safety and well-being of a child of an | 26 | | arrested parent or immediate family member; this |
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| 1 | | instruction must include, but is not limited to: (1) | 2 | | understanding the trauma experienced by the child while | 3 | | maintaining the integrity of the arrest and safety of | 4 | | officers, suspects, and other involved individuals; (2) | 5 | | de-escalation tactics that would include the use of force | 6 | | when reasonably necessary; and (3) inquiring whether a | 7 | | child will require supervision and care. The curriculum for
| 8 | | permanent police officers shall include, but not be limited | 9 | | to: (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the | 10 | | courses listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced | 11 | | courses in any of the subjects listed above in
this | 12 | | subparagraph, (3) training for supervisory personnel, and | 13 | | (4)
specialized training in subjects and fields to be | 14 | | selected by the board. The training in the use of | 15 | | electronic control devices shall be conducted for | 16 | | probationary police officers, including University police | 17 | | officers.
| 18 | | b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements | 19 | | and equipment
requirements.
| 20 | | c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
| 21 | | d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 22 | | probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | 23 | | before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local | 24 | | law enforcement officer for a participating local
| 25 | | governmental agency. Those requirements shall include | 26 | | training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary |
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| 1 | | resuscitation).
| 2 | | e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 3 | | probationary county
corrections officer must | 4 | | satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
| 5 | | permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a | 6 | | participating
local governmental agency.
| 7 | | f. Minimum basic training requirements which a | 8 | | probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | 9 | | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as | 10 | | a court security officer for a participating local
| 11 | | governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those | 12 | | training requirements which it considers appropriate for | 13 | | court
security officers and shall certify schools to | 14 | | conduct that training.
| 15 | | A person hired to serve as a court security officer | 16 | | must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to | 17 | | his or her successful completion of the
training course; | 18 | | (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a | 19 | | training program of similar content and number of hours | 20 | | that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the | 21 | | provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's | 22 | | determination that the training
course is unnecessary | 23 | | because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
| 24 | | experience.
| 25 | | Individuals who currently serve as court security | 26 | | officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in |
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| 1 | | that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by | 2 | | this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective | 3 | | date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, | 4 | | absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to | 5 | | forfeit his or her position.
| 6 | | All individuals hired as court security officers on or | 7 | | after June 1, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act | 8 | | 89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of | 9 | | their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, | 10 | | or they
shall forfeit their positions.
| 11 | | The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | 12 | | Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | 13 | | shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | 14 | | applications to become court security officers and
who meet | 15 | | the eligibility requirements established under this Act. | 16 | | Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's | 17 | | Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall | 18 | | establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for
| 19 | | verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this | 20 | | Act and as established by the Board.
| 21 | | g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | 22 | | police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. | 23 | | Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper | 24 | | use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, | 25 | | civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and | 26 | | response, officer wellness, reporting child abuse and |
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| 1 | | neglect, and cultural competency. The in-service training | 2 | | requirements for mental health awareness and response | 3 | | shall consist of at least 16 hours of training that must be | 4 | | satisfactorily completed every 3 years. | 5 | | h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | 6 | | police officer must satisfactorily complete at least | 7 | | annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and | 8 | | use of force training which shall include scenario based | 9 | | training, or similar training approved by the Board. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 100-121, eff. 1-1-18; 100-247, eff. 1-1-18; | 11 | | 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-910, eff. | 12 | | 1-1-19; 101-18, eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-215, | 13 | | eff. 1-1-20; 101-224, eff. 8-9-19; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; | 14 | | 101-564, eff. 1-1-20; revised 9-10-19.)
| 15 | | (50 ILCS 705/10.17) | 16 | | Sec. 10.17. Crisis intervention team training; mental | 17 | | health awareness training. | 18 | | (a) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board | 19 | | shall develop and approve a standard curriculum for certified | 20 | | training programs in crisis intervention addressing | 21 | | specialized policing responses to people with mental | 22 | | illnesses. The Board shall conduct Crisis Intervention Team | 23 | | (CIT) training programs that train officers to identify signs | 24 | | and symptoms of mental illness, to de-escalate situations | 25 | | involving individuals who appear to have a mental illness, and |
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| 1 | | connect that person in crisis to treatment. Officers who have | 2 | | successfully completed this program shall be issued a | 3 | | certificate attesting to their attendance of a Crisis | 4 | | Intervention Team (CIT) training program.
| 5 | | (b) The Board shall create an introductory course | 6 | | incorporating adult learning models that provides law | 7 | | enforcement officers with an awareness of mental health issues | 8 | | including a history of the mental health system, types of | 9 | | mental health illness including signs and symptoms of mental | 10 | | illness and common treatments and medications, and the | 11 | | potential interactions law enforcement officers may have on a | 12 | | regular basis with these individuals, their families, and | 13 | | service providers including de-escalating a potential crisis | 14 | | situation. This course, in addition to other traditional | 15 | | learning settings, may be made available in an electronic | 16 | | format. | 17 | | (c) The training required under this Section shall be at | 18 | | least 16 hours. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 99-261, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; | 20 | | 100-247, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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