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Public Act 099-0261
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| HB4112 Enrolled | LRB099 09363 AWJ 29568 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by |
adding Section 10.17 as follows:
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(50 ILCS 705/10.17 new) |
Sec. 10.17. Crisis intervention team training. The |
Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board shall |
develop and approve a standard curriculum for a certified |
training program in crisis intervention addressing specialized |
policing responses to people with mental illnesses. The Board |
shall conduct Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training programs |
that train officers to identify signs and symptoms of mental |
illness, to de-escalate situations involving individuals who |
appear to have a mental illness, and connect that person in |
crisis to treatment. Officers who have successfully completed |
this program shall be issued a certificate attesting to their |
attendance of a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training |
program.
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