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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 5. The State Police Act is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 24 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (20 ILCS 2610/24 new)
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7 | Sec. 24. Protocols concerning arrest of caretakers of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | children. The Director shall adopt the protocols concerning the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | arrest of caretakers of children as provided in Section 7.6 of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the Illinois Police Training Act, which protocols shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | followed by State police officers.
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12 | Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | adding Section 7.6 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | (50 ILCS 705/7.6 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Sec. 7.6. Protocols concerning arrest of caretakers of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | children. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to encourage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | law
enforcement and county child welfare agencies to develop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | protocols in
collaboration with other local entities, which may | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | include local
educational, judicial, correctional, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | community-based
organizations, when appropriate, regarding how |
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1 | to best cooperate in
their response to the arrest of a | ||||||
2 | caretaker parent or guardian of a
minor child, to ensure the | ||||||
3 | child's safety and well-being. | ||||||
4 | (b) The General Assembly encourages the Illinois Law | ||||||
5 | Enforcement Training Standards Board to apply
to the federal | ||||||
6 | government for a statewide training grant with the purpose of | ||||||
7 | enabling
the Board to provide training for Illinois law | ||||||
8 | enforcement
officers to assist them in developing protocols and | ||||||
9 | adequately
addressing issues related to child safety when a | ||||||
10 | caretaker parent or
guardian is arrested. | ||||||
11 | (c) The Board shall develop guidelines and training
for use | ||||||
12 | by State and local law enforcement officers to address
issues | ||||||
13 | related to child safety when a caretaker parent or guardian is
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14 | arrested. | ||||||
15 | (d) The guidelines and training shall, at a minimum, | ||||||
16 | address the
following subjects: | ||||||
17 | (1) procedures to ensure that officers and custodial | ||||||
18 | employees
inquire whether an arrestee has minor dependent | ||||||
19 | children without
appropriate supervision; | ||||||
20 | (2) authorizing additional telephone calls by | ||||||
21 | arrestees so that
they may arrange for the care of minor | ||||||
22 | dependent children; | ||||||
23 | (3) use of county child welfare services, as | ||||||
24 | appropriate, and
other similar service providers to assist | ||||||
25 | in the placement of
dependent children when the parent or | ||||||
26 | guardian is unable or unwilling
to arrange suitable care |
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1 | for the child or children; | ||||||
2 | (4) identification of local government or | ||||||
3 | nongovernmental agencies
able to provide appropriate | ||||||
4 | custodial services; | ||||||
5 | (5) temporary supervision of minor children to ensure | ||||||
6 | their safety
and well-being;
and | ||||||
7 | (6) sample procedures to assist State and local law | ||||||
8 | enforcement
agencies to develop ways to ensure the safety | ||||||
9 | and well-being of
children when the parent or guardian has | ||||||
10 | been arrested. | ||||||
11 | (e) The Board shall use appropriate subject matter experts,
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12 | including representatives of law enforcement and county child | ||||||
13 | welfare
agencies, in developing the guidelines and training | ||||||
14 | required by this
Section. | ||||||
15 | Section 15. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | ||||||
16 | amended by changing Section 103-7 and by adding Section 103-3.5 | ||||||
17 | as follows: | ||||||
18 | (725 ILCS 5/103-3.5 new) | ||||||
19 | Sec. 103-3.5. Arrestees who are custodial parents or | ||||||
20 | guardians. | ||||||
21 | (a) If, upon questioning by a peace officer immediately | ||||||
22 | following a person's arrest, the arrested
person is identified | ||||||
23 | as a custodial parent or guardian with responsibility for a
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24 | minor child, the arrested person shall be entitled to make 2
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1 | telephone calls, in addition to the telephone calls permitted | ||||||
2 | under Section 103-3, at no expense if the telephone calls are | ||||||
3 | completed to
telephone numbers within the local calling area, | ||||||
4 | to a relative or
other person for the purpose of arranging for | ||||||
5 | the care of the minor
child or children in the parent or | ||||||
6 | guardian's absence. | ||||||
7 | (b) These telephone calls shall be given immediately upon | ||||||
8 | request,
or as soon as practicable. | ||||||
9 | (c) This Section does not abrogate a peace officer's
duty | ||||||
10 | to advise a suspect of his or her right to counsel or of any
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11 | other right. | ||||||
12 | (d) Any public officer or employee who knowingly deprives | ||||||
13 | an
arrested person of any right granted by this Section is | ||||||
14 | guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor.
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15 | (725 ILCS 5/103-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 103-7)
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16 | Sec. 103-7. Posting notice of rights.
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17 | Every sheriff, chief of police or other person who is in | ||||||
18 | charge of any
jail, police station or other building where | ||||||
19 | persons under arrest are held
in custody pending investigation, | ||||||
20 | bail or other criminal proceedings, shall
post in every room, | ||||||
21 | other than cells, of such buildings where persons are
held in | ||||||
22 | custody, in conspicuous places where it may be seen and read by
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23 | persons in custody and others, a poster, printed in large type, | ||||||
24 | containing
a verbatim copy in the English language of the | ||||||
25 | provisions of Sections 103-2,
103-3, 103-3.5, 103-4, 109-1, |
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1 | 110-2, 110-4, and sub-parts (a) and (b) of
Sections 110-7 and | ||||||
2 | 113-3 of this Code. Each person who is in charge of
any | ||||||
3 | courthouse or other building in which any trial of an offense | ||||||
4 | is
conducted shall post in each room primarily used for such | ||||||
5 | trials and in
each room in which defendants are confined or | ||||||
6 | wait, pending trial, in
conspicuous places where it may be seen | ||||||
7 | and read by persons in custody and
others, a poster, printed in | ||||||
8 | large type, containing a verbatim copy in the
English language | ||||||
9 | of the provisions of Sections 103-6, 113-1, 113-4 and
115-1 and | ||||||
10 | of subparts (a) and (b) of Section 113-3 of this Code.
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11 | (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2622 .)
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