Full Text of HB5098 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 7 as follows:
| 6 | | (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
| 7 | | 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:
| 10 | | 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,
| 17 | | 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, recognition |
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| 1 | | of elder abuse and neglect as defined in Section 2 of the Elder | 2 | | Abuse and Neglect Act, crimes against the elderly, law of | 3 | | evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases with | 4 | | an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and
| 5 | | physical training. The curriculum shall include specific | 6 | | training in
techniques for immediate response to and | 7 | | investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of sexual | 8 | | assault of adults and children. The curriculum shall also | 9 | | include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and | 10 | | interacting with persons with autism and other developmental | 11 | | disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes against | 12 | | persons with autism, and addressing the unique challenges | 13 | | presented by cases involving victims or witnesses with autism | 14 | | and other developmental disabilities. The curriculum for
| 15 | | permanent police officers shall include but not be limited to | 16 | | (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the courses | 17 | | listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any | 18 | | of the subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training | 19 | | for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in | 20 | | subjects and fields to be selected by the board.
| 21 | | b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements and | 22 | | equipment
requirements.
| 23 | | c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
| 24 | | d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 25 | | probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | 26 | | before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local law |
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| 1 | | enforcement officer for a participating local
governmental | 2 | | agency. Those requirements shall include training in first aid
| 3 | | (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
| 4 | | e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 5 | | probationary county
corrections officer must satisfactorily | 6 | | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | 7 | | county corrections officer for a participating
local | 8 | | governmental agency.
| 9 | | f. Minimum basic training requirements which a | 10 | | probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | 11 | | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a | 12 | | court security officer for a participating local
governmental | 13 | | agency. The Board shall
establish those training requirements | 14 | | which it considers appropriate for court
security officers and | 15 | | shall certify schools to conduct that training.
| 16 | | A person hired to serve as a court security officer must | 17 | | obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to his or her | 18 | | successful completion of the
training course; (ii) attesting to | 19 | | his or her satisfactory
completion of a training program of | 20 | | similar content and number of hours that
has been found | 21 | | acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or
| 22 | | (iii) attesting to the Board's determination that the training
| 23 | | course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior | 24 | | law enforcement
experience.
| 25 | | Individuals who currently serve as court security officers | 26 | | shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in that capacity |
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| 1 | | so long as they are certified
as provided by this Act within 24 | 2 | | months of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1996. | 3 | | Failure to be so certified, absent a waiver from the
Board, | 4 | | shall cause the officer to forfeit his or her position.
| 5 | | All individuals hired as court security officers on or | 6 | | after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall | 7 | | be certified within 12 months of the
date of their hire, unless | 8 | | a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or they
shall forfeit | 9 | | their positions.
| 10 | | The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | 11 | | Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | 12 | | shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | 13 | | applications to become court security officers and
who meet the | 14 | | eligibility requirements established under this Act. Either
| 15 | | the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's Office if no | 16 | | Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall establish a schedule | 17 | | of reasonable intervals for
verification of the applicants' | 18 | | qualifications under
this Act and as established by the Board.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 95-171, eff. 1-1-08.)
| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 21 | | 1, 2013.
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