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