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Public Act 101-0224
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| HB0051 Enrolled | LRB101 04573 SLF 49581 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 1. This Act may be referred to as the Peter Mendez |
Act.
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Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by |
changing Section 7 as follows:
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(50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
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Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall |
adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall |
include, but not be limited to,
the following:
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a. The curriculum for probationary police officers |
which shall be
offered by all certified schools shall |
include, but not be limited to,
courses of procedural |
justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and |
seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights, |
human rights, human relations,
cultural competency, |
including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,
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criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional |
and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and |
traffic law including
uniform and non-discriminatory |
enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control |
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and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining
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physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, |
firearms
training, training in the use of electronic |
control devices, including the psychological and |
physiological effects of the use of those devices on |
humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary |
resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid |
antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) |
of Section 5-23 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, handling |
of
juvenile offenders, recognition of
mental conditions |
and crises, including, but not limited to, the disease of |
addiction, which require immediate assistance and response |
and methods to
safeguard and provide assistance to a person |
in need of mental
treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect, |
financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with |
disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of |
the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the |
elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police |
vehicle
chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the |
high-speed chase, and
physical training. The curriculum |
shall include specific training in
techniques for |
immediate response to and investigation of cases of |
domestic
violence and of sexual assault of adults and |
children, including cultural perceptions and common myths |
of sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as interview |
techniques that are age sensitive and are trauma informed, |
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victim centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum |
shall include
training in techniques designed to promote |
effective
communication at the initial contact with crime |
victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to victims and |
witnesses their rights under the Rights
of Crime Victims |
and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims Compensation Act. |
The curriculum shall also include training in effective |
recognition of and responses to stress, trauma, and |
post-traumatic stress experienced by police officers. The |
curriculum shall also include a block of instruction aimed |
at identifying and interacting with persons with autism and |
other developmental or physical disabilities, reducing |
barriers to reporting crimes against persons with autism, |
and addressing the unique challenges presented by cases |
involving victims or witnesses with autism and other |
developmental disabilities. The curriculum shall also |
include instruction in trauma-informed responses designed |
to ensure the physical safety and well-being of a child of |
an arrested parent or immediate family member; this |
instruction must include, but is not limited to: (1) |
understanding the trauma experienced by the child while |
maintaining the integrity of the arrest and safety of |
officers, suspects, and other involved individuals; (2) |
de-escalation tactics that would include the use of force |
when reasonably necessary; and (3) inquiring whether a |
child will require supervision and care. The curriculum for
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permanent police officers shall include, but not be limited |
to: (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the |
courses listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced |
courses in any of the subjects listed above in
this |
subparagraph, (3) training for supervisory personnel, and |
(4)
specialized training in subjects and fields to be |
selected by the board. The training in the use of |
electronic control devices shall be conducted for |
probationary police officers, including University police |
officers.
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b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements |
and equipment
requirements.
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c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
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d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a |
probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete |
before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local |
law enforcement officer for a participating local
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governmental agency. Those requirements shall include |
training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary |
resuscitation).
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e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a |
probationary county
corrections officer must |
satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
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permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a |
participating
local governmental agency.
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f. Minimum basic training requirements which a |
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probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily |
complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as |
a court security officer for a participating local
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governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those |
training requirements which it considers appropriate for |
court
security officers and shall certify schools to |
conduct that training.
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A person hired to serve as a court security officer |
must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to |
his or her successful completion of the
training course; |
(ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a |
training program of similar content and number of hours |
that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the |
provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's |
determination that the training
course is unnecessary |
because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
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experience.
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Individuals who currently serve as court security |
officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in |
that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by |
this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective |
date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, |
absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to |
forfeit his or her position.
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All individuals hired as court security officers on or |
after June 1, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act |
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89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of |
their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, |
or they
shall forfeit their positions.
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The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the |
Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, |
shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed |
applications to become court security officers and
who meet |
the eligibility requirements established under this Act. |
Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's |
Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall |
establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for
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verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this |
Act and as established by the Board.
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g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a |
police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. |
Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper |
use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, |
civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and |
response, and cultural competency. |
h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a |
police officer must satisfactorily complete at least |
annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and |
use of force training which shall include scenario based |
training, or similar training approved by the Board. |
(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, |
eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-121, eff. 1-1-18; |