Full Text of SB2346 99th General Assembly
SB2346eng 99TH 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 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 7 and by adding Section 10.19 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 procedural justice, arrest and use and | 13 | | control tactics, search and seizure, including temporary | 14 | | questioning, civil rights, human rights, human relations,
| 15 | | cultural competency, including implicit bias and racial and | 16 | | ethnic sensitivity,
criminal law, law of criminal procedure, | 17 | | constitutional and proper use of law enforcement authority, | 18 | | vehicle and traffic law including
uniform and | 19 | | non-discriminatory enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
| 20 | | traffic control and accident investigation, techniques of | 21 | | obtaining
physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, | 22 | | reports, firearms
training, training in the use of electronic | 23 | | control devices, including the psychological and physiological |
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| 1 | | effects of the use of those devices on humans, first-aid | 2 | | (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation), training in the | 3 | | administration of opioid antagonists as defined in paragraph | 4 | | (1) of subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the Alcoholism and | 5 | | Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, handling of
juvenile | 6 | | offenders, cyber-crimes, crimes committed with personal | 7 | | technology devices, recognition of
mental conditions, | 8 | | including, but not limited to, the disease of addiction, which | 9 | | require immediate assistance and methods to
safeguard and | 10 | | provide assistance to a person in need of mental
treatment, | 11 | | recognition of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, and | 12 | | self-neglect of adults with disabilities and older adults, as | 13 | | defined in Section 2 of the Adult Protective Services Act, | 14 | | crimes against the elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of | 15 | | high-speed police vehicle
chases with an emphasis on | 16 | | alternatives to the high-speed chase, and
physical training. | 17 | | The curriculum shall include specific training in
techniques | 18 | | for immediate response to and investigation of cases of | 19 | | domestic
violence and of sexual assault of adults and children, | 20 | | including cultural perceptions and common myths of rape as well | 21 | | as interview techniques that are trauma informed, victim | 22 | | centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum shall include
| 23 | | training in techniques designed to promote effective
| 24 | | communication at the initial contact with crime victims and | 25 | | ways to comprehensively
explain to victims and witnesses their | 26 | | rights under the Rights
of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and |
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| 1 | | the Crime
Victims Compensation Act. The curriculum shall also | 2 | | include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and | 3 | | interacting with persons with autism and other developmental or | 4 | | physical disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes | 5 | | against persons with autism, and addressing the unique | 6 | | challenges presented by cases involving victims or witnesses | 7 | | with autism and other developmental disabilities. The | 8 | | curriculum for
permanent police officers shall include but not | 9 | | be limited to (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of | 10 | | the 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 (4)
| 13 | | specialized training in subjects and fields to be selected by | 14 | | the board. The training in the use of electronic control | 15 | | devices shall be conducted for probationary police officers, | 16 | | including University police officers.
| 17 | | b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements and | 18 | | equipment
requirements.
| 19 | | c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
| 20 | | d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 21 | | probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | 22 | | before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local law | 23 | | enforcement officer for a participating local
governmental | 24 | | agency. Those requirements shall include training in first aid
| 25 | | (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
| 26 | | e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a |
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| 1 | | probationary county
corrections officer must satisfactorily | 2 | | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | 3 | | county corrections officer for a participating
local | 4 | | governmental agency.
| 5 | | f. Minimum basic training requirements which a | 6 | | probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | 7 | | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | 8 | | court security officer for a participating local
governmental | 9 | | agency. The Board shall
establish those training requirements | 10 | | which it considers appropriate for court
security officers and | 11 | | shall certify schools to conduct that training.
| 12 | | A person hired to serve as a court security officer must | 13 | | obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to his or her | 14 | | successful completion of the
training course; (ii) attesting to | 15 | | his or her satisfactory
completion of a training program of | 16 | | similar content and number of hours that
has been found | 17 | | acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or
| 18 | | (iii) attesting to the Board's determination that the training
| 19 | | course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior | 20 | | law enforcement
experience.
| 21 | | Individuals who currently serve as court security officers | 22 | | shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in that capacity | 23 | | so long as they are certified
as provided by this Act within 24 | 24 | | months of June 1, 1997 ( the effective date of Public Act | 25 | | 89-685) this
amendatory Act of 1996 . Failure to be so | 26 | | certified, absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the |
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| 1 | | officer to forfeit his or her position.
| 2 | | All individuals hired as court security officers on or | 3 | | after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall | 4 | | be certified within 12 months of the
date of their hire, unless | 5 | | a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or they
shall forfeit | 6 | | their positions.
| 7 | | The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | 8 | | Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | 9 | | shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | 10 | | applications to become court security officers and
who meet the | 11 | | eligibility requirements established under this Act. Either
| 12 | | the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's Office if no | 13 | | Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall establish a schedule | 14 | | of reasonable intervals for
verification of the applicants' | 15 | | qualifications under
this Act and as established by the Board.
| 16 | | g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | 17 | | police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. | 18 | | Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper use | 19 | | of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, civil | 20 | | rights, human rights, and cultural competency. | 21 | | h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | 22 | | police officer must satisfactorily complete at least annually. | 23 | | Those requirements shall include law updates and use of force | 24 | | training which shall include scenario based training, or | 25 | | similar training approved by the Board. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-358, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, |
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| 1 | | eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; | 2 | | 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; revised 10-20-15.)
| 3 | | (50 ILCS 705/10.19 new) | 4 | | Sec. 10.19. Personal technology devices. The Illinois Law | 5 | | Enforcement Training Standards Board may conduct or approve a | 6 | | training program in personal technology devices for law | 7 | | enforcement officers of local government agencies. The program | 8 | | shall train law enforcement officers to identify and | 9 | | investigate issues relating to crimes arising out of the use of | 10 | | personal technology devices on social media, internet | 11 | | communication, cell phone applications dealing with child | 12 | | exploitation, sending or receiving of sexually explicit | 13 | | messages, computer tampering, financial fraud, harassment, and | 14 | | stalking through electronic means.
| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 | | becoming law.
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