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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 7 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
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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:
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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 | 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,
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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 |
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1 | evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases with | ||||||
2 | an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and
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3 | physical training. The curriculum shall include specific | ||||||
4 | training in
techniques for immediate response to and | ||||||
5 | investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of sexual | ||||||
6 | assault of adults and children. The curriculum shall also | ||||||
7 | include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and | ||||||
8 | interacting with persons with autism and other developmental | ||||||
9 | disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes against | ||||||
10 | persons with autism, and addressing the unique challenges | ||||||
11 | presented by cases involving victims or witnesses with autism | ||||||
12 | and other developmental disabilities. The curriculum for
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13 | permanent police officers shall include but not be limited to | ||||||
14 | (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the courses | ||||||
15 | listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any | ||||||
16 | of the subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training | ||||||
17 | for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in | ||||||
18 | subjects and fields to be selected by the board.
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19 | b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements and | ||||||
20 | equipment
requirements.
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21 | c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
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22 | d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | ||||||
23 | probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | ||||||
24 | before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local law | ||||||
25 | enforcement officer for a participating local
governmental | ||||||
26 | agency. Those requirements shall include training in first aid
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1 | (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
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2 | e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | ||||||
3 | probationary county
corrections officer must satisfactorily | ||||||
4 | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | ||||||
5 | county corrections officer for a participating
local | ||||||
6 | governmental agency.
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7 | f. Minimum basic training requirements which a | ||||||
8 | probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | ||||||
9 | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | ||||||
10 | court security officer for a participating local
governmental | ||||||
11 | agency. The Board shall
establish those training requirements | ||||||
12 | which it considers appropriate for court
security officers and | ||||||
13 | shall certify schools to conduct that training.
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14 | A person hired to serve as a court security officer must | ||||||
15 | obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to his or her | ||||||
16 | successful completion of the
training course; (ii) attesting to | ||||||
17 | his or her satisfactory
completion of a training program of | ||||||
18 | similar content and number of hours that
has been found | ||||||
19 | acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or
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20 | (iii) attesting to the Board's determination that the training
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21 | course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior | ||||||
22 | law enforcement
experience.
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23 | Individuals who currently serve as court security officers | ||||||
24 | shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in that capacity | ||||||
25 | so long as they are certified
as provided by this Act within 24 | ||||||
26 | months of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1996. |
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1 | Failure to be so certified, absent a waiver from the
Board, | ||||||
2 | shall cause the officer to forfeit his or her position.
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3 | All individuals hired as court security officers on or | ||||||
4 | after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall | ||||||
5 | be certified within 12 months of the
date of their hire, unless | ||||||
6 | a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or they
shall forfeit | ||||||
7 | their positions.
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8 | The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | ||||||
9 | Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | ||||||
10 | shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | ||||||
11 | applications to become court security officers and
who meet the | ||||||
12 | eligibility requirements established under this Act. Either
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13 | the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's Office if no | ||||||
14 | Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall establish a schedule | ||||||
15 | of reasonable intervals for
verification of the applicants' | ||||||
16 | qualifications under
this Act and as established by the Board.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 93-209, eff. 7-18-03.)
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