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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3606 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Police Department Non-lethal Force Policy Act. Provides that the Department of State Police, Secretary of State Police Department, mass transit district police force, university police force, county sheriff's office, and each police department of a municipality of this State shall develop a plan or strategy for the use of non-lethal force on a person suspected of committing or having committed a criminal offense or resisting arrest. The plan or strategy shall include the use of new technologies and alternatives to the use of firearms in apprehending a suspect or in protecting the officer from harm by a suspect.
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| | | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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| | HB3606 | | LRB100 09118 SLF 19272 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Police |
| 5 | | Department Non-lethal Force Policy Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Police department non-lethal force policy. The |
| 7 | | Department of State Police, Secretary of State Police |
| 8 | | Department, mass transit district police force, university |
| 9 | | police force, county sheriff's office, and each police |
| 10 | | department of a municipality of this State shall develop a plan |
| 11 | | or strategy for the use of non-lethal force on a person |
| 12 | | suspected of committing or having committed a criminal offense |
| 13 | | or resisting arrest. The plan or strategy shall include the use |
| 14 | | of new technologies and alternatives to the use of firearms in |
| 15 | | apprehending a suspect or in protecting the officer from harm |
| 16 | | by a suspect.
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