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90_HB0594
50 ILCS 705/1 from Ch. 85, par. 501
50 ILCS 705/2 from Ch. 85, par. 502
50 ILCS 705/6 from Ch. 85, par. 506
50 ILCS 705/8.1 from Ch. 85, par. 508.1
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that
the policy to improve law enforcement training includes
providing that training to civilian personnel. Provides that
a criminal justice program or police training curriculum at a
public college is an approved police training school.
Provides that a recruit or a "trainee" means any person (now
any full-time or part-time law enforcement officer or county
corrections officer) who is enrolled in an approved training
course. Provides that the provisions concerning course
certification by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board also apply to trainees. Effective January 1,
1998.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Police Training Act by
2 changing Sections 1, 2, 6, and 8.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended
6 by changing Sections 1, 2, 6, and 8.1 as follows:
7 (50 ILCS 705/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 501)
8 Sec. 1. Policy. It is hereby declared as a matter of
9 legislative determination that in order to promote and
10 protect citizen health, safety, and welfare, it is necessary
11 and in the public interest to provide for the creation of the
12 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for the
13 purpose of encouraging and aiding municipalities, counties,
14 park districts, State controlled universities, colleges, and
15 public community colleges, and other local governmental
16 agencies of this State and participating State agencies in
17 their efforts to raise the level of law enforcement by
18 upgrading and maintaining a high level of training and
19 standards for law enforcement executives and officers, county
20 corrections officers, sheriffs, county coroners, and law
21 enforcement support personnel, and civilian personnel under
22 this Act. It is declared to be the responsibility of the
23 board to ensure the required participation of the pertinent
24 local governmental units in the programs established under
25 this Act, to encourage the voluntary participation of other
26 local governmental units and participating State agencies, to
27 set standards, develop and provide quality training and
28 education, and to aid in the establishment of adequate
29 training facilities.
30 (Source: P.A. 88-586, eff. 8-12-94.)
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1 (50 ILCS 705/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 502)
2 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-685)
3 Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
4 context otherwise requires:
5 "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
6 Standards Board.
7 "Local governmental agency" means any local governmental
8 unit or municipal corporation in this State. It does not
9 include the State of Illinois or any office, officer,
10 department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of
11 the State, except that it does include a State-controlled
12 university, college or public community college.
13 "Police training school" means any school located within
14 the State of Illinois whether privately or publicly owned
15 which offers a course in police or county corrections
16 training and has been approved by the Board.
17 "Probationary police officer" means a recruit law
18 enforcement officer required to successfully complete initial
19 minimum basic training requirements at a police training
20 school to be eligible for permanent full-time employment as a
21 local law enforcement officer.
22 "Probationary part-time police officer" means a recruit
23 part-time law enforcement officer required to successfully
24 complete initial minimum part-time training requirements to
25 be eligible for employment on a part-time basis as a local
26 law enforcement officer.
27 "Permanent police officer" means a law enforcement
28 officer who has completed his or her probationary period and
29 is permanently employed on a full-time basis as a local law
30 enforcement officer by a participating local governmental
31 unit or as a security officer or campus policeman permanently
32 employed by a participating State-controlled university,
33 college, or public community college.
34 "Part-time police officer" means a law enforcement
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1 officer who has completed his or her probationary period and
2 is employed on a part-time basis as a law enforcement officer
3 by a participating unit of local government or as a campus
4 policeman by a participating State-controlled university,
5 college, or public community college.
6 "Law enforcement officer" means any police officer of a
7 local governmental agency who is primarily responsible for
8 prevention or detection of crime and the enforcement of the
9 criminal code, traffic, or highway laws of this State or any
10 political subdivision thereof.
11 "Recruit" means any full-time or part-time law
12 enforcement officer or county corrections officer who is
13 enrolled in an approved training course.
14 "Probationary county corrections officer" means a recruit
15 county corrections officer required to successfully complete
16 initial minimum basic training requirements at a police
17 training school to be eligible for permanent employment on a
18 full-time basis as a county corrections officer.
19 "Probationary part-time county corrections officer" means
20 a recruit part-time county corrections officer required to
21 successfully complete initial minimum part-time training
22 requirements to be eligible for part-time employment as a
23 county corrections officer.
24 "Part-time county corrections officer" means a county
25 corrections officer who has completed his or her probationary
26 period and is employed on a part-time basis as a county
27 corrections officer by a participating local governmental
28 unit.
29 "Permanent county corrections officer" means a county
30 corrections officer who has completed his probationary period
31 and is permanently employed on a full-time basis as a county
32 corrections officer by a participating local governmental
33 unit.
34 "County corrections officer" means any sworn officer of
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1 the sheriff who is primarily responsible for the control and
2 custody of offenders, detainees or inmates.
3 (Source: P.A. 88-586, eff. 8-12-94; 89-170, eff. 1-1-96.)
4 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-685)
5 Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
6 context otherwise requires:
7 "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
8 Standards Board.
9 "Local governmental agency" means any local governmental
10 unit or municipal corporation in this State. It does not
11 include the State of Illinois or any office, officer,
12 department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of
13 the State, except that it does include a State-controlled
14 university, college, or public community college.
15 "Police training school" means any school located within
16 the State of Illinois whether privately or publicly owned
17 that which offers a course in police or county corrections
18 training and has been approved by the Board. Any criminal
19 justice program or police training curriculum at a public
20 college is recognized as an approved police training school.
21 "Probationary police officer" means a recruit law
22 enforcement officer required to successfully complete initial
23 minimum basic training requirements at a police training
24 school to be eligible for permanent full-time employment as a
25 local law enforcement officer.
26 "Probationary part-time police officer" means a recruit
27 part-time law enforcement officer required to successfully
28 complete initial minimum part-time training requirements to
29 be eligible for employment on a part-time basis as a local
30 law enforcement officer.
31 "Permanent police officer" means a law enforcement
32 officer who has completed his or her probationary period and
33 is permanently employed on a full-time basis as a local law
34 enforcement officer by a participating local governmental
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1 unit or as a security officer or campus policeman permanently
2 employed by a participating State-controlled university,
3 college, or public community college. "Part-time police
4 officer" means a law enforcement officer who has completed
5 his or her probationary period and is employed on a part-time
6 basis as a law enforcement officer by a participating unit of
7 local government or as a campus policeman by a participating
8 State-controlled university, college, or public community
9 college.
10 "Law enforcement officer" means any police officer of a
11 local governmental agency who is primarily responsible for
12 prevention or detection of crime and the enforcement of the
13 criminal code, traffic, or highway laws of this State or any
14 political subdivision thereof.
15 "Recruit" or "trainee" means any person full-time or
16 part-time law enforcement officer or county corrections
17 officer who is enrolled in an approved training course.
18 "Probationary county corrections officer" means a recruit
19 county corrections officer required to successfully complete
20 initial minimum basic training requirements at a police
21 training school to be eligible for permanent employment on a
22 full-time basis as a county corrections officer.
23 "Probationary part-time county corrections officer" means
24 a recruit part-time county corrections officer required to
25 successfully complete initial minimum part-time training
26 requirements to be eligible for part-time employment as a
27 county corrections officer.
28 "Part-time county corrections officer" means a county
29 corrections officer who has completed his or her probationary
30 period and is employed on a part-time basis as a county
31 corrections officer by a participating local governmental
32 unit.
33 "Permanent county corrections officer" means a county
34 corrections officer who has completed his probationary period
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1 and is permanently employed on a full-time basis as a county
2 corrections officer by a participating local governmental
3 unit.
4 "County corrections officer" means any sworn officer of
5 the sheriff who is primarily responsible for the control and
6 custody of offenders, detainees, or inmates.
7 "Probationary court security officer" means a recruit
8 court security officer required to successfully complete
9 initial minimum basic training requirements at a designated
10 training school to be eligible for permanent employment as a
11 court security officer.
12 "Permanent court security officer" means a court security
13 officer who has completed his or her probationary period and
14 is permanently employed as a court security officer by a
15 participating local governmental unit.
16 "Court security officer" has the meaning ascribed to it
17 in Section 3-6012.1 of the Counties Code.
18 (Source: P.A. 88-586, eff. 8-12-94; 89-170, eff. 1-1-96;
19 89-685, eff. 6-1-97.)
20 (50 ILCS 705/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 506)
21 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-685)
22 Sec. 6. The Board shall select and certify schools
23 within the State of Illinois for the purpose of providing
24 basic training for probationary police officers or
25 probationary county corrections officers, and advanced or
26 in-service training for permanent police officers or
27 permanent county corrections officers, which schools may be
28 either publicly or privately owned and operated. In
29 addition, the Board has the following power and duties:
30 a. To require local governmental units to furnish
31 such reports and information as the Board deems necessary
32 to fully implement this Act.
33 b. To establish appropriate mandatory minimum
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1 standards relating to the training of probationary local
2 law enforcement officers or probationary county
3 corrections officers.
4 c. To provide appropriate certification to those
5 probationary officers who successfully complete the
6 prescribed minimum standard basic training course.
7 d. To review and approve annual training curriculum
8 for county sheriffs.
9 e. To review and approve applicants to ensure no
10 applicant is admitted to a certified academy unless the
11 applicant is a person of good character and has not been
12 convicted of a felony offense or a crime involving moral
13 turpitude under the laws of this State or any other state
14 which if committed in this State would be punishable as a
15 felony or a crime of moral turpitude. The Board may
16 appoint investigators who shall enforce the duties
17 conferred upon the Board by this Act.
18 (Source: P.A. 87-182; 88-461.)
19 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-685)
20 Sec. 6. Selection and certification of schools. The
21 Board shall select and certify schools within the State of
22 Illinois for the purpose of providing basic training for
23 probationary police officers, probationary county corrections
24 officers, trainees, and court security officers and of
25 providing advanced or in-service training for permanent
26 police officers or permanent county corrections officers,
27 which schools may be either publicly or privately owned and
28 operated. In addition, the Board has the following power and
29 duties:
30 a. To require local governmental units to furnish
31 such reports and information as the Board deems necessary
32 to fully implement this Act.
33 b. To establish appropriate mandatory minimum
34 standards relating to the training of probationary local
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1 law enforcement officers or probationary county
2 corrections officers.
3 c. To provide appropriate certification to those
4 probationary officers and trainees who successfully
5 complete the prescribed minimum standard basic training
6 course.
7 d. To review and approve annual training curriculum
8 for county sheriffs.
9 e. To review and approve applicants to ensure no
10 applicant is admitted to a certified academy unless the
11 applicant is a person of good character and has not been
12 convicted of a felony offense or a crime involving moral
13 turpitude under the laws of this State or any other state
14 which if committed in this State would be punishable as a
15 felony or a crime of moral turpitude. The Board may
16 appoint investigators who shall enforce the duties
17 conferred upon the Board by this Act.
18 (Source: P.A. 88-461; 89-685, eff. 6-1-97.)
19 (50 ILCS 705/8.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 508.1)
20 Sec. 8.1. Full-time police and county corrections
21 officers.
22 (a) After January 1, 1976, no person shall receive an a
23 permanent appointment as a law enforcement officer as defined
24 in this Act nor shall any person receive, after the effective
25 date of this amendatory Act of 1984, a permanent appointment
26 as a county corrections officer unless that person has been
27 awarded, within 6 six months of his or her initial full-time
28 such training is required and not completed within
6 the applicable 6 six months, then the officer must forfeit
7 his position, or the employing agency must obtain a waiver
8 from the Board extending the period for compliance. The Such
9 waiver shall be issued only for good and justifiable reasons,
10 and in no case shall extend more than 90 days beyond the
11 initial 6 six months.
12 (b) No provision of this Section shall be construed to
13 mean that a law enforcement officer employed by a local
14 governmental agency at the time of the effective date of this
15 amendatory Act, either as a probationary police officer or as
16 a permanent police officer, shall require certification under
17 the provisions of this Section. No provision of this Section
18 shall be construed to mean that a county corrections officer
19 employed by a local governmental agency at the time of the
20 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1984, either as a
21 probationary county corrections or as a permanent county
22 corrections officer, shall require certification under the
23 provisions of this Section. No provision of this Section
24 shall be construed to apply to certification of elected
25 county sheriffs.
26 (c) This Section does not apply to part-time police
27 officers, probationary part-time police officers, part-time
28 county corrections officers, or probationary part-time county
29 corrections officers.
30 (Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96.)
31 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
32 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
33 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
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1 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
2 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
3 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
4 any other Public Act.
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
6 January 1, 1998.