(725 ILCS 210/4.10) (from Ch. 14, par. 204.10)
Sec. 4.10.
The Office may conduct and charge tuition for training
programs for State's Attorneys, Assistant State's Attorneys and other
law enforcement officers. The Office shall conduct training programs and provide technical trial assistance for Illinois State's Attorneys, Assistant State's Attorneys, and
law enforcement officers on: (1) constitutional, statutory, and case law issues; (2) forensic evidence; (3) prosecutorial ethics and professional responsibility; and (4) a continuum of trial advocacy
techniques and methods, including an emphasis on the elimination of or reduction in the trauma of
testifying in criminal proceedings for vulnerable populations including seniors, persons with disabilities, and children who serve as witnesses in
such proceedings. The Office may make grants for these purposes. In addition, the Office may
publish, disseminate
and sell publications and newsletters which digest current Appellate and
Supreme Court cases and legislative developments of importance to prosecutors
and law enforcement officials. The moneys collected by the Office from
the programs and publications provided for in this Section shall be deposited
in the Continuing Legal Education Trust Fund, which special fund is hereby
created in the State Treasury. In addition, such appropriations, gifts or grants of money
as the Office may secure from any public or private
source for the purposes
described in this
Section shall be deposited in the Continuing Legal Education Trust Fund.
The General Assembly
shall make appropriations from the Continuing Legal Education Trust Fund
for the expenses of the Office incident to conducting the programs and
publishing the materials provided for in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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