Full Text of HB1895 100th General Assembly
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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 1. This Act may be referred to as the Officer Greg | 5 | | Lindmark Memorial Law. | 6 | | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | 7 | | changing Section 7 as follows:
| 8 | | (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
| 9 | | Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall | 10 | | adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall | 11 | | include but not be limited to
the following:
| 12 | | a. The curriculum for probationary police officers | 13 | | which shall be
offered by all certified schools shall | 14 | | include but not be limited to
courses of procedural | 15 | | justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and | 16 | | seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights, | 17 | | human rights, human relations,
cultural competency, | 18 | | including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,
| 19 | | criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional | 20 | | and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and | 21 | | traffic law including
uniform and non-discriminatory | 22 | | enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control |
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| 1 | | and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining
| 2 | | physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, | 3 | | firearms
training, training in the use of electronic | 4 | | control devices, including the psychological and | 5 | | physiological effects of the use of those devices on | 6 | | humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary | 7 | | resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid | 8 | | antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) | 9 | | of Section 5-23 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and | 10 | | Dependency Act, handling of
juvenile offenders, | 11 | | recognition of
mental conditions, including, but not | 12 | | limited to, the disease of addiction, which require | 13 | | immediate assistance and methods to
safeguard and provide | 14 | | assistance to a person in need of mental
treatment, | 15 | | recognition of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, and | 16 | | self-neglect of adults with disabilities and older adults, | 17 | | as defined in Section 2 of the Adult Protective Services | 18 | | Act, crimes against the elderly, law of evidence, the | 19 | | hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases with an | 20 | | emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and
| 21 | | physical training. The curriculum shall include specific | 22 | | training in
techniques for immediate response to and | 23 | | investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of sexual | 24 | | assault of adults and children, including cultural | 25 | | perceptions and common myths of sexual assault and sexual | 26 | | abuse as well as interview techniques that are trauma |
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| 1 | | informed, victim centered, and victim sensitive. The | 2 | | curriculum shall include
training in techniques designed | 3 | | to promote effective
communication at the initial contact | 4 | | with crime victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to | 5 | | victims and witnesses their rights under the Rights
of | 6 | | Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims | 7 | | Compensation Act. The curriculum shall also include | 8 | | training in effective recognition of and responses to | 9 | | stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress experienced by | 10 | | police officers. The curriculum shall also include a block | 11 | | of instruction aimed at identifying and interacting with | 12 | | persons with autism and other developmental or physical | 13 | | disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes | 14 | | against persons with autism, and addressing the unique | 15 | | challenges presented by cases involving victims or | 16 | | witnesses with autism and other developmental | 17 | | disabilities. The curriculum for
permanent police officers | 18 | | shall include but not be limited to (1) refresher
and | 19 | | in-service training in any of the courses listed above in | 20 | | this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any of the | 21 | | subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training | 22 | | for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in | 23 | | subjects and fields to be selected by the board. The | 24 | | training in the use of electronic control devices shall be | 25 | | conducted for probationary police officers, including | 26 | | University police officers.
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| 1 | | b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements | 2 | | and equipment
requirements.
| 3 | | c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
| 4 | | d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 5 | | probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | 6 | | before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local | 7 | | law enforcement officer for a participating local
| 8 | | governmental agency. Those requirements shall include | 9 | | training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary | 10 | | resuscitation).
| 11 | | e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 12 | | probationary county
corrections officer must | 13 | | satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
| 14 | | permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a | 15 | | participating
local governmental agency.
| 16 | | f. Minimum basic training requirements which a | 17 | | probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | 18 | | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as | 19 | | a court security officer for a participating local
| 20 | | governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those | 21 | | training requirements which it considers appropriate for | 22 | | court
security officers and shall certify schools to | 23 | | conduct that training.
| 24 | | A person hired to serve as a court security officer | 25 | | must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to | 26 | | his or her successful completion of the
training course; |
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| 1 | | (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a | 2 | | training program of similar content and number of hours | 3 | | that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the | 4 | | provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's | 5 | | determination that the training
course is unnecessary | 6 | | because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
| 7 | | experience.
| 8 | | Individuals who currently serve as court security | 9 | | officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in | 10 | | that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by | 11 | | this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective | 12 | | date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, | 13 | | absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to | 14 | | forfeit his or her position.
| 15 | | All individuals hired as court security officers on or | 16 | | after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 | 17 | | shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of their | 18 | | hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or | 19 | | they
shall forfeit their positions.
| 20 | | The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | 21 | | Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | 22 | | shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | 23 | | applications to become court security officers and
who meet | 24 | | the eligibility requirements established under this Act. | 25 | | Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's | 26 | | Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall |
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| 1 | | establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for
| 2 | | verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this | 3 | | Act and as established by the Board.
| 4 | | g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | 5 | | police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. | 6 | | Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper | 7 | | use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, | 8 | | civil rights, human rights, and cultural competency. | 9 | | h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | 10 | | police officer must satisfactorily complete at least | 11 | | annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and | 12 | | use of force training which shall include scenario based | 13 | | training, or similar training approved by the Board. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-358, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, | 15 | | eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; | 16 | | 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. | 17 | | 1-1-17 .)
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