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Sen. Mattie Hunter
Filed: 2/7/2022
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3732
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3732 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Department of Children and Family Services |
| 5 | | Powers Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
| 6 | | amended by changing Section 510-200 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 510/510-200) (was 20 ILCS 510/65.2)
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| 8 | | Sec. 510-200. Police and security force.
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| 9 | | (a) The Department has the
power to
appoint, subject to |
| 10 | | the Personnel Code, persons to be
members of a police and |
| 11 | | security force. Members of the police and security
force shall |
| 12 | | be peace officers and as such have all powers possessed by
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| 13 | | policemen in cities and sheriffs, including the power to make |
| 14 | | arrests on
view or on warrants of violations of State statutes |
| 15 | | or city or county
ordinances. These powers may be exercised |
| 16 | | statewide , however, be exercised only in counties of
more |
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| 1 | | than 500,000 population when required for the protection of |
| 2 | | Department
properties, interests, and personnel or when |
| 3 | | specifically
requested by
appropriate State or local law |
| 4 | | enforcement officials. Members of the police
and security |
| 5 | | force may not serve and execute civil process.
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| 6 | | (b) The Director must authorize to each member of the |
| 7 | | police and security
force and
to any other employee of the |
| 8 | | Department exercising the powers of a peace
officer a
distinct |
| 9 | | badge that, on its face, (i) clearly states that the badge is
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| 10 | | authorized
by the
Department and (ii)
contains a unique |
| 11 | | identifying number. No other badge shall be authorized by
the |
| 12 | | Department.
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| 13 | | (c) DCFS Child Protection Security Force. The DCFS Child |
| 14 | | Protection Security Force is created within the Department. |
| 15 | | The Department, in conjunction with the Illinois State Police, |
| 16 | | shall establish criteria for the hiring of officers, education |
| 17 | | and training curricula, and protocols for engagement with |
| 18 | | child protection workers and families. The Department has the |
| 19 | | authority, with Illinois State Police oversight, to adopt and |
| 20 | | amend any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this |
| 21 | | Section. |
| 22 | | The Security Force shall work in coordination with the |
| 23 | | Department's Division of Child Protection under the direction |
| 24 | | of the Deputy Director of the Division of Child Protection. |
| 25 | | All child protection workers, after an initial investigation, |
| 26 | | may request Security Force engagement when there is the |
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| 1 | | possibility of non-cooperation or violence by the family, |
| 2 | | relatives of the family, friends, partners, neighbors, or any |
| 3 | | other persons who seek to disrupt the orderly review, removal, |
| 4 | | or other action deemed necessary for the protection of the |
| 5 | | child. |
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-883, eff. 1-1-01.)".
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