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90_SB0369eng
65 ILCS 5/11-1-2 from Ch. 24, par. 11-1-2
65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25 rep.
70 ILCS 1205/4-7 from Ch. 105, par. 4-7
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that police
officers (now the mayor, alderman, president, trustees,
marshals, deputy marshals, and policemen) shall be
conservators of the peace and have the corresponding police
powers. Amends the Park District Code. Provides that police
officers (now board members and police officers) shall be
conservators of the peace. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning conservators of the peace.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 3. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended
5 by adding Section 10.5 as follows:
6 (50 ILCS 705/10.5 new)
7 Sec. 10.5. Conservators of the Peace training course.
8 The Board shall initiate, administer, and conduct a training
9 course for conservators of the peace. The training course
10 may include all or any part of the subjects enumerated in
11 Section 7. The Board shall issue a certificate to those
12 persons successfully completing the course.
13 For the purposes of this Section, "conservators of the
14 peace" means those persons designated under Section 3.1-15-25
15 of the Illinois Municipal Code and Section 4-7 of the Park
16 District Code.
17 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
18 changing Section 11-1-2 as follows:
19 (65 ILCS 5/11-1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-1-2)
20 Sec. 11-1-2. Duties and powers of police officers.
21 (a) Police officers in municipalities shall be
22 conservators of the peace. They shall have the power (i) to
23 arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all
24 persons who break the peace or are found violating any
25 municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the State, (ii) to
26 commit arrested persons for examination, (iii) if necessary,
27 to detain arrested persons in custody over night or Sunday in
28 any safe place or until they can be brought before the proper
29 court, and (iv) to exercise all other powers as conservators
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1 of the peace prescribed by the corporate authorities.
2 (b) All warrants for the violation of municipal
3 ordinances or the State criminal law, directed to any person,
4 may be served and executed within the limits of a
5 municipality by any police officer of the municipality. For
6 that purpose, police officers have all the common law and
7 statutory powers of sheriffs.
8 (c) The corporate authorities of each municipality may
9 prescribe any additional the duties and powers of the all
10 police officers.
11 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
12 Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
13 changing Section 3.1-15-25 as follows:
14 (65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-25)
15 Sec. 3.1-15-25. Conservators of the peace; service of
16 warrants.
17 (a) After receiving a certificate attesting to the
18 successful completion of a training course administered by
19 the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, the
20 mayor, aldermen, president, trustees, marshal, deputy
21 marshals, and policemen in municipalities shall be
22 conservators of the peace. Those persons and others
23 authorized by ordinance shall have power (i) to arrest or
24 cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons
25 who break the peace or are found violating any municipal
26 ordinance or any criminal law of the State, (ii) to commit
27 arrested persons for examination, (iii) if necessary, to
28 detain arrested persons in custody over night or Sunday in
29 any safe place or until they can be brought before the proper
30 court, and (iv) to exercise all other powers as conservators
31 of the peace prescribed by the corporate authorities.
32 (b) All warrants for the violation of municipal
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1 ordinances or the State criminal law, directed to any person,
2 may be served and executed within the limits of a
3 municipality by any policeman or marshal of the municipality.
4 For that purpose, policemen and marshals have all the common
5 law and statutory powers of sheriffs.
6 (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
7 Section 15. The Park District Code is amended by
8 changing Section 4-7 as follows:
9 (70 ILCS 1205/4-7) (from Ch. 105, par. 4-7)
10 Sec. 4-7. Employees; police force. The board of any
11 park district may employ engineers, attorneys, clerks and
12 other employees, including a police force, as may be
13 required, and may define and prescribe their respective
14 duties and compensation. After receiving a certificate
15 attesting to the successful completion of a training course
16 administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
17 Standards Board, the members of the board and all police
18 officers appointed by the board shall be conservators of the
19 peace within and upon the parks, boulevards, driveways, and
20 property controlled by that park district, and shall have
21 power to make arrests subject to the provisions of the Park
22 District Police Act. The exercise of such authority shall not
23 permit the possession or use of firearms by members of the
24 board.
25 (Source: P.A. 89-458, eff. 5-24-96.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.