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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5607 Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the definition of "community policing volunteer", includes a person actively participating in a positive loitering program and who is engaged in lawful conduct intended to assist any unit of government in enforcing any criminal or civil law. Provides that "positive loitering program" means a sanctioned event by a law enforcement agency to promote community policing and positive loitering within communities, including, but not limited to, a positive loitering program held in conjunction with the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy.
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| | HB5607 | | LRB100 20118 SLF 35401 b |
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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 Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 2-3.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/2-3.5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.5.
"Community policing volunteer" means a person |
| 8 | | who is summoned
or directed by a peace officer or any person |
| 9 | | actively participating in a
community policing program, |
| 10 | | including a positive loitering program, and who is engaged in |
| 11 | | lawful conduct intended to
assist any unit of government in |
| 12 | | enforcing any criminal or civil law. For the
purpose of this |
| 13 | | Section, "community policing program" means any plan, system or
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| 14 | | strategy established by and conducted under the auspices of a |
| 15 | | law enforcement
agency in which citizens participate with and |
| 16 | | are guided by the law enforcement
agency and work with members |
| 17 | | of that agency to reduce or prevent crime within a
defined |
| 18 | | geographic area. In this Section, "positive loitering program" |
| 19 | | means a sanctioned event by a law enforcement agency to promote |
| 20 | | community policing and positive loitering within communities, |
| 21 | | including, but not limited to, a positive loitering program |
| 22 | | held in conjunction with the Chicago Alternative Policing |
| 23 | | Strategy.
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