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1 | AN ACT concerning missing persons.
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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 Department of State Police Law of the
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5 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2605-375 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 2605/2605-375) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
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8 | Sec. 2605-375. Missing persons; Law Enforcement Agencies | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Data System
(LEADS).
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10 | (a) To establish and and maintain a statewide Law | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Enforcement
Agencies Data System (LEADS) for the purpose of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | providing electronic access
by authorized entities to criminal | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | justice data repositories and effecting an
immediate law | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | enforcement response to reports of missing persons, including
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15 | lost, missing or runaway minors and missing endangered seniors. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | The Department shall implement an automatic
data exchange | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | system to compile, to maintain, and to make available to
other | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | law
enforcement agencies for immediate dissemination data that | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | can
assist
appropriate agencies in recovering missing persons | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | and provide access by
authorized entities to various data | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | repositories available through LEADS for
criminal justice and | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | related purposes. To assist the Department in
this effort, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund.
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1 | (b) In exercising its duties under this Section, the
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2 | Department shall provide a uniform reporting format (LEADS) for | ||||||
3 | the entry of pertinent
information regarding the report of a | ||||||
4 | missing person into LEADS. The report must include all of the | ||||||
5 | following:
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6 | (1) Relevant information obtained from the | ||||||
7 | notification concerning the missing person, including all | ||||||
8 | of the following: | ||||||
9 | (A) a physical description of the missing person; | ||||||
10 | (B) the date, time, and place that the missing | ||||||
11 | person was last seen; and | ||||||
12 | (C) the missing person's address. | ||||||
13 | (2) Information gathered by a preliminary | ||||||
14 | investigation, if one was made. | ||||||
15 | (3) A statement by the law enforcement officer in | ||||||
16 | charge stating the officer's assessment of the case based | ||||||
17 | on the evidence and information received. | ||||||
18 | (b-5) The Department of State Police shall:
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19 | (1) Develop and implement a policy whereby a statewide | ||||||
20 | or regional alert
would be used in situations relating to | ||||||
21 | the disappearances of individuals,
based on criteria and in | ||||||
22 | a format established by the Department. Such a
format shall | ||||||
23 | include, but not be limited to, the age of the missing | ||||||
24 | person
and the suspected circumstance of the | ||||||
25 | disappearance.
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26 | (2) Notify all law enforcement agencies that reports of |
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1 | missing persons
shall be entered as soon as the minimum | ||||||
2 | level of data specified by the
Department is available to | ||||||
3 | the reporting agency and that no waiting period
for the | ||||||
4 | entry of the data exists.
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5 | (3) Compile and retain information regarding lost, | ||||||
6 | abducted, missing,
or
runaway minors in a separate data | ||||||
7 | file, in a manner that allows that
information to be used | ||||||
8 | by law enforcement and other agencies deemed
appropriate by | ||||||
9 | the Director, for investigative purposes. The
information
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10 | shall include the disposition of all reported lost, | ||||||
11 | abducted, missing, or
runaway minor cases.
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12 | (4) Compile and maintain an historic data repository | ||||||
13 | relating to lost,
abducted, missing, or runaway minors and | ||||||
14 | other missing persons, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
15 | missing endangered seniors, in order to
develop and improve | ||||||
16 | techniques utilized by law enforcement agencies when
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17 | responding to reports of missing persons.
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18 | (5) Create a quality control program regarding | ||||||
19 | confirmation of missing
person data, timeliness of entries | ||||||
20 | of missing person reports into LEADS,
and
performance | ||||||
21 | audits of all entering agencies.
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22 | (c) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board | ||||||
23 | shall conduct a training program for law enforcement personnel | ||||||
24 | of local governmental agencies in the Missing Persons | ||||||
25 | Identification Act.
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26 | (d) The Department of State Police shall perform the duties |
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1 | prescribed in the Missing Persons Identification Act, subject | ||||||
2 | to appropriation.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 94-145, eff. 1-1-06; 95-192, eff. 8-16-07.)
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