Full Text of HB3454 095th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 7 as follows:
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| (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
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| Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall | 8 |
| adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall | 9 |
| include but not be limited to
the following:
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| a. The curriculum for probationary police officers which | 11 |
| shall be
offered by all certified schools shall include but not | 12 |
| be limited to
courses of arrest, search and seizure, civil | 13 |
| rights, human relations,
cultural
diversity, including racial | 14 |
| and ethnic sensitivity,
criminal law, law of criminal | 15 |
| procedure, vehicle and traffic law including
uniform and | 16 |
| non-discriminatory enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
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| traffic control and accident investigation, techniques of | 18 |
| obtaining
physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, | 19 |
| reports, firearms
training, first-aid (including | 20 |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation), handling of
juvenile | 21 |
| offenders, recognition of
mental conditions which require | 22 |
| immediate assistance and methods to
safeguard and provide | 23 |
| assistance to a person in need of mental
treatment, law of |
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| evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases with | 2 |
| an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and
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| physical training. The curriculum shall include specific | 4 |
| training in
techniques for immediate response to and | 5 |
| investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of sexual | 6 |
| assault of adults and children. The curriculum shall also | 7 |
| include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and | 8 |
| interacting with persons with autism and other developmental | 9 |
| disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes against | 10 |
| persons with autism, and addressing the unique challenges | 11 |
| presented by cases involving victims or witnesses with autism | 12 |
| and other developmental disabilities. The curriculum for
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| permanent police officers shall include but not be limited to | 14 |
| (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the courses | 15 |
| listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any | 16 |
| of the subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training | 17 |
| for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in | 18 |
| subjects and fields to be selected by the board.
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| b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements and | 20 |
| equipment
requirements.
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| c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
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| d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 23 |
| probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | 24 |
| before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local law | 25 |
| enforcement officer for a participating local
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| agency. Those requirements shall include training in first aid
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| (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
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| e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 3 |
| probationary county
corrections officer must satisfactorily | 4 |
| complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | 5 |
| county corrections officer for a participating
local | 6 |
| governmental agency.
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| f. Minimum basic training requirements which a | 8 |
| probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | 9 |
| complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | 10 |
| court security officer for a participating local
governmental | 11 |
| agency. The Board shall
establish those training requirements | 12 |
| which it considers appropriate for court
security officers and | 13 |
| shall certify schools to conduct that training.
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| A person hired to serve as a court security officer must | 15 |
| obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to his or her | 16 |
| successful completion of the
training course; (ii) attesting to | 17 |
| his or her satisfactory
completion of a training program of | 18 |
| similar content and number of hours that
has been found | 19 |
| acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or
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| (iii) attesting to the Board's determination that the training
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| course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior | 22 |
| law enforcement
experience.
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| Individuals who currently serve as court security officers | 24 |
| shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in that capacity | 25 |
| so long as they are certified
as provided by this Act within 24 | 26 |
| months of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1996. |
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| Failure to be so certified, absent a waiver from the
Board, | 2 |
| shall cause the officer to forfeit his or her position.
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| All individuals hired as court security officers on or | 4 |
| after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall | 5 |
| be certified within 12 months of the
date of their hire, unless | 6 |
| a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or they
shall forfeit | 7 |
| their positions.
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| The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | 9 |
| Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | 10 |
| shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | 11 |
| applications to become court security officers and
who meet the | 12 |
| eligibility requirements established under this Act. Either
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| the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's Office if no | 14 |
| Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall establish a schedule | 15 |
| of reasonable intervals for
verification of the applicants' | 16 |
| qualifications under
this Act and as established by the Board.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-209, eff. 7-18-03.)
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