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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5826 Introduced 11/10/2020, by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. - Emanuel Chris Welch - Mary E. Flowers - Debbie Meyers-Martin, Justin Slaughter, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Police Department Nonlethal Force Policy Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police, Secretary of State Police Department, and each mass transit district police force, university police force, county sheriff's office, and municipal police department of this State shall develop a plan or strategy for the use of nonlethal 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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| | HB5826 | | LRB101 22153 RLC 73180 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 Nonlethal Force Policy Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Police department nonlethal force policy. The |
| 7 | | Illinois State Police, Secretary of State Police Department, |
| 8 | | and each mass transit district police force, university police |
| 9 | | force, county sheriff's office, and municipal police |
| 10 | | department of this State shall develop a plan or strategy for |
| 11 | | the use of nonlethal force on a person suspected of committing |
| 12 | | or having committed a criminal offense or resisting arrest. The |
| 13 | | plan or strategy shall include the use of new technologies and |
| 14 | | alternatives to the use of firearms in apprehending a suspect |
| 15 | | or in protecting the officer from harm by a suspect.
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