Full Text of HR0880 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The United States of America continues the | 3 | | historical exploitation of and violence against marginalized | 4 | | groups that has helped form the foundations of its prosperity; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The modern police state has emerged from the | 7 | | institutions of slave catchers and strike breakers, which were | 8 | | later repurposed for use in upholding Jim Crow laws and for the | 9 | | suppression of the civil rights movement; the State of Illinois | 10 | | has a history of racially-biased policing and brutality by law | 11 | | enforcement and corrections officers, and prior attempts at | 12 | | reform have been unsuccessful; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, There has been a lack of correlation between | 14 | | increased police spending and feelings of safety or decreases | 15 | | in crime; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Most crimes are never reported, and those that are | 17 | | reported often go unresolved; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Many of the people in the jails and prisons of | 19 | | Illinois have not been convicted, are awaiting trial, are | 20 | | non-violent offenders, or are at a low risk of recidivism; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, There are many other data-driven and | 2 | | evidence-based ways to promote peace within our communities; | 3 | | therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we urge every Illinois municipality and county to cut 10% of | 7 | | funding to law enforcement agencies that do not adopt and | 8 | | comply with an appropriately robust reform program; and be it | 9 | | further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That an appropriately robust reform program | 11 | | would ensure law enforcement officers are held accountable for | 12 | | misconduct, policing agencies are held accountable for | 13 | | creating policies and priorities with public input that are | 14 | | transparent and evidence-based, and policing agencies' budgets | 15 | | are reviewed to ensure resources are used for holistic public | 16 | | safety and have transparency for police budgetary items; and be | 17 | | it further | 18 | | RESOLVED, That we urge municipalities and counties to | 19 | | review municipal and county codes for the over-criminalization | 20 | | of minor offenses and the criminalization of poverty or other | 21 | | status; and be it further | 22 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the State of Illinois to do the |
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| 1 | | following: | 2 | | (1) Set a statutory minimum requirement for the use of | 3 | | lethal and less lethal force; | 4 | | (2) Set minimum standards for the training, equipment, | 5 | | and deployment of tactical teams, with a requirement to | 6 | | report the relevant data on all deployments; | 7 | | (3) Limit the use of and access to invasive | 8 | | surveillance technologies by police agencies or private | 9 | | companies contracted by police agencies, with oversight on | 10 | | how data is collected and handled; | 11 | | (4) Limit the use of traffic and pedestrian stops | 12 | | through the limiting of the use of reasonable suspicion | 13 | | stops for certain categories of offenses, requiring | 14 | | officers to inform individuals that they have the right to | 15 | | refuse to consent to a search and requiring reasonable | 16 | | suspicion of evidence or contraband before searches; | 17 | | (5) Limit arrests for low-level offenses and offenses | 18 | | where summonses and citations are adequate replacements; | 19 | | (6) Establish standards for policies on the release of | 20 | | body cam footage; | 21 | | (7) Require recordings of interrogations for accounts | 22 | | of the interrogations to be admissible in court; | 23 | | (8) Allow for the appointment of special independent | 24 | | investigators or prosecutors for critical incidents; | 25 | | (9) Re-evaluate the role of police unions in the | 26 | | setting of policy; |
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| 1 | | (10) Require policing agencies to release to the public | 2 | | all department policies, information on the policing | 3 | | agency's use of surveillance technologies, complaint data, | 4 | | and crime and call for service data; | 5 | | (11) Mandate data collection and reporting for all | 6 | | enforcement actions; | 7 | | (12) Review criminal codes and consider | 8 | | decriminalizing low-level offenses for which arrests | 9 | | and criminal penalties are inappropriate; and | 10 | | (13) Discourage the use of police stops as a deterrent | 11 | | to criminal activity, rather than investigating it; | 12 | | and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 14 | | delivered to the families of those harmed by police violence, | 15 | | county and municipal boards, relevant state agencies, and | 16 | | Governor JB Pritzker.
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