Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB0375

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that beginning January 1, 2018, all probationary officers employed by law enforcement agencies located in counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, including probationary part-time officers and university police officers, shall be required to complete Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training as part of initial minimum basic training requirements. All permanent police officers, part-time officers, and university officers must complete at least one Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training program prior to January 1, 2019. Provides that CIT training includes situations involving domestic violence. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may partner with local mental health organizations and providers in developing and assisting with crisis intervention programming. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, $25 of bail moneys retained by the circuit court clerk shall be deposited in the Crisis Intervention Team Training Fund, a special fund in the county treasury, to be used solely for paying for the costs of crisis intervention training for probationary police officers employed by law enforcement agencies located in a county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that the curriculum for probationary officers and in-service training requirements shall include mental health awareness and response (in the introduced bill, crisis intervention team training for probationary police officers employed by law enforcement agencies located in counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants). Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall create an introductory course incorporating adult learning models that provides law enforcement officers with an awareness of mental health issues including a history of the mental health system, types of mental health illness including signs and symptoms of mental illness and common treatments and medications, and the potential interactions law enforcement officers may have on a regular basis with these individuals, their families, and service providers including de-escalating a potential crisis situation (in the introduced bill, the Board shall conduct Crisis Intervention Team training programs that identify signs and behaviors of domestic violence victims and perpetrators, to de-escalate situations involving individuals who appear to have a mental illness and situations involving domestic violence, and connect persons in crisis to treatment, emergency assistance, or other necessary services). Provides that this course, in addition to other traditional learning settings, may be made available in an electronic format. Deletes language in the introduced bill providing that beginning January 1, 2018, all probationary officers employed by law enforcement agencies located in counties of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, including probationary part-time officers and university police officers, shall be required to complete Crisis Intervention Team training as part of initial minimum basic training requirements. Makes other technical changes.

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