100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3606

 

Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Police Department Non-lethal Force Policy Act. Provides that the Department of State Police, Secretary of State Police Department, mass transit district police force, university police force, county sheriff's office, and each police department of a municipality of this State shall develop a plan or strategy for the use of non-lethal force on a person suspected of committing or having committed a criminal offense or resisting arrest. The plan or strategy shall include the use of new technologies and alternatives to the use of firearms in apprehending a suspect or in protecting the officer from harm by a suspect.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Police
5Department Non-lethal Force Policy Act.
 
6    Section 5. Police department non-lethal force policy. The
7Department of State Police, Secretary of State Police
8Department, mass transit district police force, university
9police force, county sheriff's office, and each police
10department of a municipality of this State shall develop a plan
11or strategy for the use of non-lethal force on a person
12suspected of committing or having committed a criminal offense
13or resisting arrest. The plan or strategy shall include the use
14of new technologies and alternatives to the use of firearms in
15apprehending a suspect or in protecting the officer from harm
16by a suspect.