94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0491

 

Introduced 1/27/2005, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 705/7   from Ch. 85, par. 507

    Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires that the police training curriculum include cultural sensitivity training.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning law enforcement.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
5 changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6     (50 ILCS 705/7)  (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
7     Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall
8 adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools which shall
9 include but not be limited to the following:
10     a. The curriculum for probationary police officers which
11 shall be offered by all certified schools shall include but not
12 be limited to courses of arrest, search and seizure, civil
13 rights, human relations, cultural diversity, including racial,
14 cultural, and ethnic sensitivity, criminal law, law of criminal
15 procedure, vehicle and traffic law including uniform and
16 non-discriminatory enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
17 traffic control and accident investigation, techniques of
18 obtaining physical evidence, court testimonies, statements,
19 reports, firearms training, first-aid (including
20 cardiopulmonary resuscitation), handling of juvenile
21 offenders, recognition of mental conditions which require
22 immediate assistance and methods to safeguard and provide
23 assistance to a person in need of mental treatment, law of
24 evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle chases with
25 an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and
26 physical training. The curriculum shall include specific
27 training in techniques for immediate response to and
28 investigation of cases of domestic violence and of sexual
29 assault of adults and children. The curriculum for permanent
30 police officers shall include but not be limited to (1)
31 refresher and in-service training in any of the courses listed
32 above in this subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any of the

 

 

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1 subjects listed above in this subparagraph, (3) training for
2 supervisory personnel, and (4) specialized training in
3 subjects and fields to be selected by the board.
4     b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements and
5 equipment requirements.
6     c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
7     d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
8 probationary police officer must satisfactorily complete
9 before being eligible for permanent employment as a local law
10 enforcement officer for a participating local governmental
11 agency. Those requirements shall include training in first aid
12 (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
13     e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
14 probationary county corrections officer must satisfactorily
15 complete before being eligible for permanent employment as a
16 county corrections officer for a participating local
17 governmental agency.
18     f. Minimum basic training requirements which a
19 probationary court security officer must satisfactorily
20 complete before being eligible for permanent employment as a
21 court security officer for a participating local governmental
22 agency. The Board shall establish those training requirements
23 which it considers appropriate for court security officers and
24 shall certify schools to conduct that training.
25     A person hired to serve as a court security officer must
26 obtain from the Board a certificate (i) attesting to his or her
27 successful completion of the training course; (ii) attesting to
28 his or her satisfactory completion of a training program of
29 similar content and number of hours that has been found
30 acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or
31 (iii) attesting to the Board's determination that the training
32 course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior
33 law enforcement experience.
34     Individuals who currently serve as court security officers
35 shall be deemed qualified to continue to serve in that capacity
36 so long as they are certified as provided by this Act within 24

 

 

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1 months of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996.
2 Failure to be so certified, absent a waiver from the Board,
3 shall cause the officer to forfeit his or her position.
4     All individuals hired as court security officers on or
5 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall
6 be certified within 12 months of the date of their hire, unless
7 a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or they shall forfeit
8 their positions.
9     The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the
10 Sheriff's Office if there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission,
11 shall maintain a list of all individuals who have filed
12 applications to become court security officers and who meet the
13 eligibility requirements established under this Act. Either
14 the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's Office if no
15 Sheriff's Merit Commission exists, shall establish a schedule
16 of reasonable intervals for verification of the applicants'
17 qualifications under this Act and as established by the Board.
18 (Source: P.A. 93-209, eff. 7-18-03.)