Full Text of HR0669 95th General Assembly
HR0669 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the | 3 |
| Illinois House of Representatives resolve to urge each police | 4 |
| agency in the State of Illinois to submit an annual report to | 5 |
| the Governor, the General Assembly, the President of the | 6 |
| Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the | 7 |
| House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House | 8 |
| of Representatives on the number of persons killed by its | 9 |
| officers in the preceding calendar year, specifying the race of | 10 |
| the officer, the race of the victim, the age of the victim, and | 11 |
| the method by which the victim was killed; and
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| WHEREAS, These reports are necessary because of the high | 13 |
| incidence of innocent persons being killed by police officers | 14 |
| throughout this State during the investigation of crimes and | 15 |
| during the pursuit of alleged criminal suspects; and
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| WHEREAS, The Governor and General Assembly need access to | 17 |
| this information in order to determine whether laws and rules | 18 |
| need to be changed in relation to the apprehension of criminal | 19 |
| suspects and the training of police officers; and
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| WHEREAS, The killing of innocent persons by the police | 21 |
| often result in civil rights litigation by the deceased | 22 |
| persons' families and result in millions of dollars of |
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| judgments against the units of government that employ these | 2 |
| police officers who were involved in the killings; and
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| WHEREAS, Better law enforcement and less use of deadly | 4 |
| force by police officers will improve the trust between the | 5 |
| community and law enforcement agencies, will result in more | 6 |
| cooperation among local residents in the prosecution of | 7 |
| criminal cases, and will improve the safety of local | 8 |
| communities; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 |
| the House urges each police agency in the State of Illinois to | 12 |
| submit an annual report to the Governor, the General Assembly, | 13 |
| the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, | 14 |
| the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority | 15 |
| Leader of the House of Representatives on the number of persons | 16 |
| killed by its police officers in the preceding calendar year, | 17 |
| specifying the race of the officer, the race of the victim, the | 18 |
| age of the victim, and the method by which the victim was | 19 |
| killed such as by firearm, taser, in a motor vehicle chase, or | 20 |
| other means; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to the Governor and to the President of the Senate, | 23 |
| the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of |
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| Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of | 2 |
| Representatives.
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