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1 | AN ACT regarding law enforcement.
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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
7 and 8 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
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7 | Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | include but not be limited to
the following:
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10 | a. The curriculum for probationary police officers which | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | shall be
offered by all certified schools shall include but not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | be limited to
courses of arrest, search and seizure, civil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | rights, human relations, sensitivity training with regard to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the African American male population of
Illinois,
cultural
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15 | diversity, including racial and ethnic sensitivity,
criminal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | law, law of criminal procedure, vehicle and traffic law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | including
uniform and non-discriminatory enforcement of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control and accident | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | investigation, techniques of obtaining
physical evidence, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | court testimonies, statements, reports, firearms
training, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | first-aid (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation), handling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | of
juvenile offenders, recognition of
mental conditions which | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | require immediate assistance and methods to
safeguard and |
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1 | provide assistance to a person in need of mental
treatment, law | ||||||
2 | of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases | ||||||
3 | with an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and
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4 | physical training. The curriculum shall include specific | ||||||
5 | training in
techniques for immediate response to and | ||||||
6 | investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of sexual | ||||||
7 | assault of adults and children. The curriculum for
permanent | ||||||
8 | police officers shall include but not be limited to (1) | ||||||
9 | refresher
and in-service training in any of the courses listed | ||||||
10 | above in this
subparagraph, specifically including sensitivity | ||||||
11 | training with regard to the
African American male population of | ||||||
12 | Illinois, (2) advanced courses in any of the subjects listed | ||||||
13 | above in
this subparagraph, (3) training for supervisory | ||||||
14 | personnel, and (4)
specialized training in subjects and fields | ||||||
15 | to be selected by the board.
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16 | b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements and | ||||||
17 | equipment
requirements.
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18 | c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
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19 | d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | ||||||
20 | probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | ||||||
21 | before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local law | ||||||
22 | enforcement officer for a participating local
governmental | ||||||
23 | agency. Those requirements shall include training in first aid
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24 | (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
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25 | e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | ||||||
26 | probationary county
corrections officer must satisfactorily |
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1 | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | ||||||
2 | county corrections officer for a participating
local | ||||||
3 | governmental agency.
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4 | f. Minimum basic training requirements which a | ||||||
5 | probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | ||||||
6 | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | ||||||
7 | court security officer for a participating local
governmental | ||||||
8 | agency. The Board shall
establish those training requirements | ||||||
9 | which it considers appropriate for court
security officers and | ||||||
10 | shall certify schools to conduct that training.
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11 | A person hired to serve as a court security officer must | ||||||
12 | obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to his or her | ||||||
13 | successful completion of the
training course; (ii) attesting to | ||||||
14 | his or her satisfactory
completion of a training program of | ||||||
15 | similar content and number of hours that
has been found | ||||||
16 | acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or
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17 | (iii) attesting to the Board's determination that the training
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18 | course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior | ||||||
19 | law enforcement
experience.
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20 | Individuals who currently serve as court security officers | ||||||
21 | shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in that capacity | ||||||
22 | so long as they are certified
as provided by this Act within 24 | ||||||
23 | months of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1996. | ||||||
24 | Failure to be so certified, absent a waiver from the
Board, | ||||||
25 | shall cause the officer to forfeit his or her position.
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26 | All individuals hired as court security officers on or |
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1 | after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall | ||||||
2 | be certified within 12 months of the
date of their hire, unless | ||||||
3 | a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or they
shall forfeit | ||||||
4 | their positions.
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5 | The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | ||||||
6 | Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | ||||||
7 | shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | ||||||
8 | applications to become court security officers and
who meet the | ||||||
9 | eligibility requirements established under this Act. Either
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10 | the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's Office if no | ||||||
11 | Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall establish a schedule | ||||||
12 | of reasonable intervals for
verification of the applicants' | ||||||
13 | qualifications under
this Act and as established by the Board.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 93-209, eff. 7-18-03.)
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15 | (50 ILCS 705/8) (from Ch. 85, par. 508)
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16 | Sec. 8. Participation required.
(a) Except as provided in | ||||||
17 | subsection (b), all
All home rule local governmental units | ||||||
18 | shall comply with Sections 8.1 and 8.2
and any other mandatory | ||||||
19 | provisions of this Act.
This Act is a limitation on home rule | ||||||
20 | powers under subsection (i) of Section
6 of Article VII of the | ||||||
21 | Illinois Constitution.
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22 | (b) Each local home rule governmental unit that does not | ||||||
23 | elect to
voluntarily participate under this Act must provide | ||||||
24 | its probationary and
permanent police officers with | ||||||
25 | sensitivity training with regard to the African
American male |
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1 | population of Illinois. That training must be at least as
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2 | extensive as the training provided under this Act. This | ||||||
3 | subsection is a denial
and limitation of home rule powers and | ||||||
4 | functions under subsection (i) of
Section 6 of Article VII of | ||||||
5 | the Illinois Constitution.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96.)
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law. |