103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4423

 

Introduced 1/16/2024, by Rep. Jason Bunting

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 705/3.3 new

    Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Creates within the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board a Recruitment Division. Provides that the Division shall establish a Back the Badge program, which shall establish recruitment plans for law enforcement agencies. Provides that the Division shall determine and prioritize specific characteristics that a law enforcement agency and community desire in their police officers. Provides that the Division shall cooperate with law enforcement agencies to determine a strategy to hire and retain sworn police officers who are diverse and reflective of the community and the priorities of the law enforcement agencies.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
5adding Section 3.3 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 705/3.3 new)
7    Sec. 3.3. Recruitment Division; Back the Badge program.
8    (a) Purpose. Given the current environment of the policing
9profession, recruiting law enforcement officers and retaining
10officers are the greatest challenges facing law enforcement
11agencies. The recruitment of and retention of officers is
12imperative to public safety.
13    (b) Recruitment Division. There is created within the
14Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board a
15Recruitment Division.
16    (c) Duties. The Division shall establish a Back the Badge
17program, which shall establish recruitment plans for law
18enforcement agencies. The Division shall determine and
19prioritize specific characteristics that a law enforcement
20agency and community desire in their police officers. The
21Division shall cooperate with law enforcement agencies to
22determine a strategy to hire and retain sworn police officers
23who are diverse and reflective of the community, and the

 

 

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1priorities of the law enforcement agencies.