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1 | AN ACT concerning law enforcement training.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing
Sections 6, 6.1, 8.1, and 8.2 and adding Section 6.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | as follows:
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7 | (50 ILCS 705/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 506)
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8 | Sec. 6. Powers and duties of Board; selection and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | certification of
schools. The Board shall select and certify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | schools within the State of
Illinois for the purpose of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | providing basic training for probationary
police officers, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | probationary county corrections officers, and court security
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13 | officers and of providing advanced or in-service training for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | permanent police
officers or permanent county corrections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | officers, which schools may be either
publicly or privately | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | owned and operated. In addition, the Board has the
following | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | power and duties:
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18 | a. To require local governmental units to furnish such | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | reports and
information as the Board deems necessary to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | fully implement this Act ,
including, but not limited to, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | personnel rosters, employment status
reports, and annual
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22 | training plans .
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23 | b. To establish appropriate mandatory minimum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | standards
relating to the training of probationary local | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | law enforcement officers
or probationary county | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | corrections officers.
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27 | c. To provide appropriate licensure or certification | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | to those
probationary officers who successfully complete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | the prescribed minimum
standard basic training course.
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30 | d. To review and approve annual training curriculum for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | county sheriffs.
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32 | e. To review and approve applicants to ensure that no |
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1 | applicant is
admitted to a certified academy unless the | ||||||
2 | applicant is a person of good
character and has not been | ||||||
3 | convicted of a felony offense, any of the
misdemeanors in | ||||||
4 | Sections 11-6, 11-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2, 12-15, | ||||||
5 | 16-1,
17-1, 17-2, 28-3, 29-1, 31-1, 31-6, 31-7, 32-4a, or | ||||||
6 | 32-7 of the Criminal Code
of 1961 or Section 5 or 5.2 of | ||||||
7 | the Cannabis Control Act, or a crime involving
moral | ||||||
8 | turpitude under the laws of this State or any other state | ||||||
9 | which if
committed in this State would be punishable as a | ||||||
10 | felony or a crime of moral
turpitude. The Board may appoint | ||||||
11 | investigators who shall enforce the duties
conferred upon | ||||||
12 | the Board by this Act.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 91-495, eff. 1-1-00.)
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14 | (50 ILCS 705/6.1)
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15 | Sec. 6.1. Revocation of license
Decertification of | ||||||
16 | full-time and part-time police officers.
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17 | (a) The Board must review police officer conduct and | ||||||
18 | records to ensure that
no
police officer is licensed
certified
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19 | or provided a valid waiver if that police officer has been | ||||||
20 | convicted of or has pled guilty to a
felony offense under the | ||||||
21 | laws of this
State or any other state which if committed in | ||||||
22 | this State would be punishable
as a felony. The Board must also
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23 | ensure that no police officer is licensed
certified or provided | ||||||
24 | a valid waiver if that
police officer has been convicted on or
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25 | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999 of any | ||||||
26 | misdemeanor
specified in this Section or if
committed in any | ||||||
27 | other state would be an offense similar to Section 11-6,
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28 | 11-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2, 12-15, 16-1, 17-1, 17-2, | ||||||
29 | 28-3, 29-1, 31-1,
31-6, 31-7, 32-4a, or 32-7 of the
Criminal
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30 | Code of 1961 or to Section 5 or
5.2 of the Cannabis Control | ||||||
31 | Act. The Board must appoint investigators to
enforce the duties | ||||||
32 | conferred upon the
Board by this Act.
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33 | (b) It is the responsibility of the sheriff or the chief | ||||||
34 | executive officer
of every local law enforcement
agency or | ||||||
35 | department within this State to report to the Board any arrest |
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1 | or
conviction of any officer for an
offense identified in this | ||||||
2 | Section.
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3 | (c) It is the duty and responsibility of every full-time | ||||||
4 | and part-time
police officer in this State to report to
the | ||||||
5 | Board within 30 days, and the officer's sheriff or chief | ||||||
6 | executive officer,
of his or her arrest or conviction for
an | ||||||
7 | offense identified in this Section. Any full-time or part-time | ||||||
8 | police
officer who knowingly makes, submits,
causes to be | ||||||
9 | submitted, or files a false or untruthful report to the Board | ||||||
10 | must
have his or her license
certificate or waiver
immediately | ||||||
11 | decertified or revoked.
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12 | (d) Any person, or a local or State agency, or the Board is | ||||||
13 | immune from
liability for submitting,
disclosing, or releasing | ||||||
14 | information of arrests or convictions in this Section
as long | ||||||
15 | as the information is
submitted, disclosed, or released in good | ||||||
16 | faith and without malice. The Board
has qualified immunity for | ||||||
17 | the
release of the information.
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18 | (e) Whenever a
Any full-time or part-time police officer | ||||||
19 | with a license certificate or waiver
issued by the Board who is
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20 | convicted of or pleads guilty to any offense described in this | ||||||
21 | Section , his or her
license or waiver is automatically revoked | ||||||
22 | by operation of law.
immediately becomes
decertified or no | ||||||
23 | longer has a valid
waiver. The decertification and invalidity | ||||||
24 | of waivers occurs as a matter of
law. Failure of a convicted | ||||||
25 | person to
report to the Board his or her conviction as | ||||||
26 | described in this Section or any
continued law enforcement | ||||||
27 | practice
after receiving a conviction is a Class 4 felony.
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28 | (f) The Board's investigators are peace officers and have | ||||||
29 | all the powers
possessed by policemen in cities
and by | ||||||
30 | sheriff's, provided that the investigators may exercise those | ||||||
31 | powers
anywhere in the State, only after
contact and | ||||||
32 | cooperation with the appropriate local law enforcement | ||||||
33 | authorities.
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34 | (g) The Board must request and receive information and | ||||||
35 | assistance from any
federal, state, or local
governmental | ||||||
36 | agency as part of the authorized criminal background
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1 | investigation. The Department of State Police must process, | ||||||
2 | retain, and
additionally
provide
and disseminate information | ||||||
3 | to the Board concerning criminal charges, arrests,
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4 | convictions, and their disposition, that have
been filed | ||||||
5 | before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
6 | of
the 91st General Assembly against a basic academy applicant, | ||||||
7 | law enforcement
applicant, or law enforcement officer whose | ||||||
8 | fingerprint identification cards
are on file or maintained by | ||||||
9 | the Department of State Police. The Federal
Bureau
of
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10 | Investigation must provide the Board any criminal history | ||||||
11 | record information
contained in its files pertaining to law
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12 | enforcement officers or any applicant to a Board certified | ||||||
13 | basic law
enforcement academy as described in this Act
based on | ||||||
14 | fingerprint identification. The Board must make payment of fees | ||||||
15 | to the
Department of State Police for each
fingerprint card | ||||||
16 | submission in conformance with the requirements of paragraph
22 | ||||||
17 | of Section 55a of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
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18 | (h) A police officer who has been certified or granted a | ||||||
19 | valid waiver may
also be decertified or have his or her waiver | ||||||
20 | revoked upon a determination
by the Board that he or she, while | ||||||
21 | under oath, has knowingly and willfully
made false statements | ||||||
22 | as to a material fact during a homicide proceeding. A
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23 | determination may be made only after an investigation and | ||||||
24 | hearing upon a
verified complaint filed with the Illinois Law | ||||||
25 | Enforcement Training
Standards Board. No action may be taken by | ||||||
26 | the Board regarding a complaint
unless a majority of the | ||||||
27 | members of the Board are present at the meeting at
which the | ||||||
28 | action is taken.
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29 | (1) The Board shall adopt rules governing the | ||||||
30 | investigation and hearing of
a
verified complaint to assure | ||||||
31 | the police officer due process and to eliminate
conflicts | ||||||
32 | of interest within the Board itself.
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33 | (2) Upon receipt of the initial verified complaint, the | ||||||
34 | Board must make a
finding within 30 days of receipt of the | ||||||
35 | complaint as to whether sufficient
evidence exists to | ||||||
36 | support the complaint. The Board is empowered
to
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1 | investigate and dismiss the complaint if it finds, by a | ||||||
2 | vote of a majority of
the
members present, that there is | ||||||
3 | insufficient
evidence
to support it.
Upon the initial
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4 | filing, the sheriff or police chief, or other
employing | ||||||
5 | agency, of the accused officer may suspend, with or without | ||||||
6 | pay, the
accused officer pending a decision of the Board. | ||||||
7 | Upon a Board finding of
insufficient evidence, the police | ||||||
8 | officer shall be reinstated with back pay,
benefits, and | ||||||
9 | seniority status as appropriate. The sheriff or
police | ||||||
10 | chief, or employing agency, shall take such necessary | ||||||
11 | action as is
ordered by the Board.
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12 | (3) If the Board finds, by a vote of a majority of the | ||||||
13 | members present,
that
sufficient evidence exists to | ||||||
14 | support the complaint,
it shall authorize a hearing before | ||||||
15 | an administrative law judge
within 45 days of the Board's | ||||||
16 | finding, unless, based upon the complexity and
extent of | ||||||
17 | the allegations and charges, additional time is needed. In | ||||||
18 | no event
may a hearing before an administrative law judge | ||||||
19 | take place later than 60 days
after the Board's finding.
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20 | (i) The Board shall have the power and authority to appoint | ||||||
21 | administrative
law judges on a contractual basis. The | ||||||
22 | Administrative law judges must be
attorneys licensed to | ||||||
23 | practice law in the State of Illinois. The Board shall
also | ||||||
24 | adopt rules governing the appointment of
administrative law | ||||||
25 | judges and the conduct of hearings consistent with the
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26 | requirements of this Section.
The
administrative law judge | ||||||
27 | shall hear all evidence and prepare a written
recommendation of | ||||||
28 | his or her findings to the Board. At the hearing the
accused | ||||||
29 | police officer shall be afforded the opportunity to:
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30 | (1) Be represented by counsel;
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31 | (2) Be heard in his or her own defense;
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32 | (3) Produce evidence in his or her defense;
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33 | (4) Request that the Board compel the attendance of | ||||||
34 | witnesses and
production of court records and documents.
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35 | (j) Once a case has been set for hearing, the person who | ||||||
36 | filed the verified
complaint shall have the opportunity to |
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1 | produce evidence to support any
charge against a police officer | ||||||
2 | that he or she, while under oath, has
knowingly and willfully | ||||||
3 | made false statements as to a material fact during a
homicide | ||||||
4 | proceeding.
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5 | (1) The person who filed the verified complaint shall | ||||||
6 | have the opportunity
to
be represented by counsel and shall | ||||||
7 | produce evidence to support his or her
charges;
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8 | (2) The person who filed the verified complaint may | ||||||
9 | request the Board to
compel the attendance of witnesses and | ||||||
10 | production of court records and
documents.
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11 | (k) The Board shall have the power to issue subpoenas | ||||||
12 | requiring the
attendance and testimony of witnesses and the | ||||||
13 | production of court records and
documents and shall have the | ||||||
14 | power to administer oaths.
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15 | (l) The administrative law judge shall have the | ||||||
16 | responsibility of receiving
into evidence relevant testimony | ||||||
17 | and documents, including court records, to
support or disprove | ||||||
18 | the allegations made by the person filing the verified
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19 | complaint, and, at the close of the case, hear arguments.
If | ||||||
20 | the administrative law judge finds that there is not clear and | ||||||
21 | convincing
evidence to
support the verified complaint that the | ||||||
22 | police officer has, while under oath,
knowingly and willfully | ||||||
23 | made false statements as to a material fact during a
homicide | ||||||
24 | proceeding, the administrative law judge shall make a written
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25 | recommendation of dismissal to the Board.
If the administrative | ||||||
26 | law judge finds that there is clear and convincing
evidence to | ||||||
27 | support the verified complaint that the police officer has, | ||||||
28 | while
under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements | ||||||
29 | as to a material fact
during a homicide proceeding, the | ||||||
30 | administrative law judge shall make a written
recommendation of | ||||||
31 | decertification to the Board.
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32 | (m) Any person, with the exception of the police officer | ||||||
33 | who is the subject
of the hearing, who is served by the Board | ||||||
34 | with a subpoena to appear, testify
or produce evidence and | ||||||
35 | refuses to comply with the subpoena is guilty
of a Class B | ||||||
36 | misdemeanor. Any circuit court or judge, upon application by
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1 | the Board, may compel compliance with a subpoena issued by the | ||||||
2 | Board.
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3 | (n) Within 15 days of receiving the
recommendation,
the | ||||||
4 | Board shall consider the recommendation of the administrative | ||||||
5 | law
judge and the record of the hearing
at a Board meeting. If, | ||||||
6 | by a
two-thirds vote of the members present at the Board | ||||||
7 | meeting, the
Board finds that there is clear and convincing | ||||||
8 | evidence that the police officer
has, while under oath, | ||||||
9 | knowingly and willfully made false statements as to a
material | ||||||
10 | fact during a homicide proceeding, the Board shall order that | ||||||
11 | the
police officer be decertified as a full-time or part-time | ||||||
12 | police officer. If
less than two-thirds of the members present | ||||||
13 | vote to decertify the police
officer, the Board shall dismiss | ||||||
14 | the complaint.
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15 | (o) The provisions of the Administrative Review Law shall | ||||||
16 | govern all
proceedings for the judicial review of any order | ||||||
17 | rendered by the Board. The
moving party shall pay the | ||||||
18 | reasonable costs of preparing and certifying the
record for | ||||||
19 | review.
If the moving party is the
police officer and he or she | ||||||
20 | prevails, the court may award the police officer
actual costs | ||||||
21 | incurred in all proceedings, including reasonable attorney | ||||||
22 | fees.
If the court awards the police officer the actual costs | ||||||
23 | incurred in a
proceeding, including reasonable attorney fees,
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24 | the costs and attorney fees shall be paid, subject to | ||||||
25 | appropriation, from the
Illinois Law
Enforcement Training | ||||||
26 | Standards Board Costs and Attorney Fees Fund, a special
fund | ||||||
27 | that
is created in the State Treasury. The Fund shall consist | ||||||
28 | of moneys appropriated
or
transferred into the Fund for the | ||||||
29 | purpose of making payments of costs and
attorney fees
in | ||||||
30 | accordance with this subsection (o). The Illinois Law | ||||||
31 | Enforcement Training
Standards
Board shall administer the Fund | ||||||
32 | and adopt rules for the administration of the
Fund and
for the | ||||||
33 | submission and disposition of claims for costs and attorney | ||||||
34 | fees in
accordance
with this subsection (o).
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35 | (p) If the police officer is decertified under subsection | ||||||
36 | (h), the Board
shall
notify
the defendant who was a party to |
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1 | the proceeding that resulted in the police
officer's | ||||||
2 | decertification and his or her attorney of the Board's
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3 | decision. Notification shall be by certified mail, return | ||||||
4 | receipt requested,
sent to the party's last
known
address and | ||||||
5 | to the party's attorney if any.
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6 | (q) Limitation of action.
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7 | (1) No complaint may be filed pursuant to this Section | ||||||
8 | until after a
verdict or other disposition is rendered in | ||||||
9 | the underlying case or the
underlying case is dismissed in | ||||||
10 | the trial
court.
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11 | (2) A complaint pursuant to this Section may not be | ||||||
12 | filed more than 2
years after the final resolution of the | ||||||
13 | case. For purposes of this Section,
final
resolution is | ||||||
14 | defined as the trial court's ruling on the State | ||||||
15 | post-conviction
proceeding in the case in which it is | ||||||
16 | alleged the police officer, while under
oath, knowingly and | ||||||
17 | willfully made false statements as to a material fact
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18 | during a homicide proceeding. In the event a | ||||||
19 | post-conviction petition is not
filed, an action pursuant | ||||||
20 | to this Section may not be commenced more than 2
years | ||||||
21 | after the denial of a petition for certiorari to the United | ||||||
22 | States
Supreme
Court, or if no petition for certiorari is | ||||||
23 | filed, 2 years after the date such a
petition should have | ||||||
24 | been filed. In the event of an acquittal, no proceeding
may | ||||||
25 | be commenced pursuant to this Section more than 6 years | ||||||
26 | after the date
upon which judgment on the verdict of | ||||||
27 | acquittal was entered.
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28 | (r) Interested parties. Only interested parties to the | ||||||
29 | criminal prosecution
in
which the police officer allegedly, | ||||||
30 | while under oath, knowingly and willfully
made false statements | ||||||
31 | as to a material fact during a homicide proceeding
may file a | ||||||
32 | verified complaint pursuant to this Section. For purposes of | ||||||
33 | this
Section, "interested parties" include the defendant and | ||||||
34 | any police officer
who has personal knowledge
that the police | ||||||
35 | officer who is the subject of the complaint has, while under
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36 | oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements as to a |
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1 | material fact
during a homicide proceeding.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 93-605, eff. 11-19-03.)
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3 | (50 ILCS 705/6.2 new)
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4 | Sec. 6.2. Conversion of certificates to licenses.
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5 | (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
6 | of the 93rd
General Assembly, the Board's recognition of | ||||||
7 | persons who have
successfully
completed the prescribed minimum | ||||||
8 | standard basic training course for police
officers shall be | ||||||
9 | known
as licensure rather than certification.
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10 | (b) If a person has successfully completed the prescribed | ||||||
11 | minimum
standard
basic training course for police officers and | ||||||
12 | holds a valid certification to
that effect on the
effective | ||||||
13 | date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, that
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14 | certification shall be deemed to be a license for the purposes | ||||||
15 | of this Act.
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16 | (c) If, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
17 | 93rd General
Assembly, a person holds a valid waiver from one | ||||||
18 | of the certification
requirements of this Act for police | ||||||
19 | officers, that waiver shall be deemed a
waiver from the
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20 | corresponding licensure requirement of this Act.
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21 | (d) The Board shall replace the certificates or other | ||||||
22 | evidences of
certification or waiver for police officers in use | ||||||
23 | on the effective date of
this amendatory Act
of the 93rd | ||||||
24 | General Assembly with new credentials reflecting the change in
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25 | nomenclature instituted by this amendatory Act.
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26 | (50 ILCS 705/8.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 508.1)
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27 | Sec. 8.1. Full-time police and county corrections | ||||||
28 | officers.
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29 | (a) After January 1, 1976, no person shall receive a | ||||||
30 | permanent appointment
as a law enforcement officer as defined | ||||||
31 | in this Act , nor shall any person
receive, after the effective | ||||||
32 | date of this amendatory Act of 1984, a permanent
appointment as | ||||||
33 | a county corrections officer , unless that person has been
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34 | awarded, within 6
six months of his or her initial full-time
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1 | employment, a license or certificate attesting to his or her | ||||||
2 | successful
completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law | ||||||
3 | Enforcement and County
Correctional Training Course as | ||||||
4 | prescribed by the Board; or has been awarded a
license or | ||||||
5 | certificate attesting to his or her satisfactory completion
of | ||||||
6 | a training program of similar content and number of hours and | ||||||
7 | which course
has been found acceptable by the Board under the | ||||||
8 | provisions of this Act; or by
reason of extensive prior law | ||||||
9 | enforcement or county corrections experience the
basic | ||||||
10 | training requirement is determined by the Board to be illogical | ||||||
11 | and
unreasonable.
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12 | If such training is required and not completed within the | ||||||
13 | applicable 6
six months, then the officer must forfeit his or | ||||||
14 | her position, or the
employing agency must obtain a waiver from | ||||||
15 | the Board extending the period for
compliance. Such waiver | ||||||
16 | shall be issued only for good and justifiable reasons,
and in | ||||||
17 | no case shall extend more than 90 days beyond the initial 6
six
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18 | months.
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19 | (b) No provision of this Section shall be construed to mean | ||||||
20 | that a law
enforcement officer employed by a local governmental | ||||||
21 | agency at the time of the
effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
22 | Act, either as a probationary police officer
or as a permanent | ||||||
23 | police officer, shall require licensure or certification
under | ||||||
24 | the provisions of this Section.
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25 | No provision of this Section shall be construed to mean | ||||||
26 | that a county
corrections officer employed by a local | ||||||
27 | governmental agency at the time of the
effective date of this | ||||||
28 | amendatory Act of 1984, either as a probationary county
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29 | corrections or as a permanent county corrections officer, shall | ||||||
30 | require
certification under the provisions of this Section.
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31 | No provision of this Section shall be construed to apply to | ||||||
32 | licensure or
certification of elected county sheriffs.
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33 | (c) This Section does not apply to part-time police | ||||||
34 | officers or
probationary part-time police officers.
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35 | (Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96; 90-271, eff. 7-30-97.)
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1 | (50 ILCS 705/8.2)
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2 | Sec. 8.2. Part-time police officers.
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3 | (a) A person hired to serve as a part-time
police officer | ||||||
4 | must obtain from the Board a license or certificate (i) | ||||||
5 | attesting to his
or her successful completion of the part-time | ||||||
6 | police training course; (ii)
attesting to his or her | ||||||
7 | satisfactory completion of a training program of
similar | ||||||
8 | content and number of hours that has been found acceptable by | ||||||
9 | the
Board under the provisions of this Act; or (iii) attesting | ||||||
10 | to the Board's
determination that the part-time police training | ||||||
11 | course is unnecessary because
of the person's extensive prior | ||||||
12 | law enforcement experience.
A person hired on or after the | ||||||
13 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the
92nd General | ||||||
14 | Assembly must obtain this license or certificate within 18 | ||||||
15 | months after the
initial date of hire as a probationary | ||||||
16 | part-time police officer in the State of
Illinois. The | ||||||
17 | probationary part-time police officer must be enrolled and
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18 | accepted into a Board-approved course within 6 months after | ||||||
19 | active employment
by any department in the State.
A person | ||||||
20 | hired
on or after January 1, 1996 and before the effective date | ||||||
21 | of this amendatory
Act of the 92nd General Assembly must obtain | ||||||
22 | this certificate within 18
months
after the date of hire. A | ||||||
23 | person hired before
January 1, 1996 must obtain this license or | ||||||
24 | certificate within 24 months after the
effective date of this | ||||||
25 | amendatory Act of 1995.
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26 | The employing agency may seek a waiver from the Board | ||||||
27 | extending the period
for compliance. A waiver shall be issued | ||||||
28 | only for good and justifiable
reasons, and the probationary | ||||||
29 | part-time police officer may not practice as a
part-time
police | ||||||
30 | officer during the waiver period. If training is
required and | ||||||
31 | not completed within the applicable time period, as extended by
| ||||||
32 | any waiver that may be granted, then the officer must forfeit | ||||||
33 | his or her
position.
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34 | (b) (Blank).
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35 | (c) The part-time police training course referred to in | ||||||
36 | this Section
shall be of similar content and the same number of |
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1 | hours as the courses for
full-time officers and
shall be | ||||||
2 | provided by
Mobile Team In-Service Training Units under the | ||||||
3 | Intergovernmental Law
Enforcement Officer's In-Service | ||||||
4 | Training Act or by another approved program
or facility in a | ||||||
5 | manner prescribed by the
Board.
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6 | (d) For the purposes of this Section, the Board shall adopt | ||||||
7 | rules defining
what constitutes employment on a part-time | ||||||
8 | basis.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 92-533, eff. 3-14-02.)
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
11 | becoming law. |