093_HB3343

 
                                     LRB093 09597 RLC 09835 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5. The Code of  Criminal  Procedure  of  1963  is
 5    amended by adding Section 115-21 as follows:

 6        (725 ILCS 5/115-21 new)
 7        Sec.  115-21.  Peace officer training. Each peace officer
 8    involved in  investigating  a  homicide  case  shall  receive
 9    periodic  training  in  the  following  areas  and  each  law
10    enforcement  agency  shall  retain experts on these topics to
11    conduct the training and prepare training manuals for use  by
12    peace officers:
13        (1)  the   risk   of   false   testimony   by  in-custody
14    informants;
15        (2)  the  risks  of   false   testimony   by   accomplice
16    witnesses;
17        (3)  the dangers of tunnel vision or confirmatory bias;
18        (4)  the risks of wrongful convictions in homicide cases;
19        (5)  police investigative and interrogation methods;
20        (6)  forensic evidence; and
21        (7)  the risks of false confessions.