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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The proper use of force by police and correctional |
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| officers in carrying out their official duties is of utmost |
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| importance to the health, safety, and welfare of all persons in |
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| the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Recent events demonstrate the impact that the |
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| issue of the use of Electro-Muscular Disruption technology by |
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| police and correctional officers can have upon the health, |
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| safety, and welfare of Illinois residents; and
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| WHEREAS, There is an immediate need for the review of Use |
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| of Force Models and Standards used in the training of police |
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| and correctional officers utilizing Electro-Muscular |
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| Disruption devices; and
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| WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the People of the |
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| State of Illinois to have all police and correctional officers |
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| thoroughly trained in the proper use of force involving |
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| Electro-Muscular Disruption devices; and
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| WHEREAS, Currently, there are 5 police training academies |
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| and 16 Mobile Team Units in the State of Illinois instructing |
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| officers on the Use of Force Models and Standards; and
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| WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the People of the |
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| State of Illinois to have all officers trained under the same |
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| or similar Use of Force Models and Standards that address the |
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| proper use of EMD technology; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards |
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| Board is responsible for setting standards and certifying |
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| police training curricula applicable to local government |
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| police and correctional officers throughout the State of |
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| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Law |
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| Enforcement Training Standards Board shall convene a Task Force |
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| on Electro-Muscular Disruption Technology within one month |
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| after the adoption of this resolution to study and evaluate all |
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| available Use of Force Models and paradigms for the purpose of |
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| presenting to the Board a recommendation for a standardized Use |
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| of Force Model or paradigm for the use of Electro-Muscular |
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| Disruption technology in training all police and correctional |
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| officers in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be composed of at least |
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| 11 members appointed as follows: (1) one designee of the |
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| Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board who shall act |
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| as chair of the Task Force, (2) one designee from each of the 5 |
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| police officer training academies certified by the Board, (3) |
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| one designee from the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, (4) one |
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| designee from the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police, (5) one |
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| designee from the Illinois Police Benevolent and Protective |
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| Association, (6) one designee from the Illinois Association of |
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| Chiefs of Police, (7) one designee from the state chapter of |
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| the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and (8) such other |
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| members as the chair may designate; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That members of this Task Force shall serve |
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| without compensation; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, The Board shall, after consideration of the |
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| report of the Task Force, submit to the General Assembly for |
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| its consideration, no later than April 1, 2007, its |
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| recommendation for a standardized Use of Force Model for |
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| utilization of Electro-Muscular Disruption technology and for |
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| the training of law enforcement and correctional officers in |
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| Illinois in utilizing such devices; and be it further
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