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20 ILCS 2605/2605-305

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-305) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)

Sec. 2605-305. Statewide Organized Criminal Gang Database (SWORD).

The Illinois State Police may establish and maintain, within
the Illinois State Police, a Statewide Organized Criminal Gang
Database
(SWORD) for the purpose of tracking organized criminal gangs and their
memberships. Information in the database may include, but not be limited to,
the name, last known address, birth date, physical descriptions (such as scars,
marks, or tattoos), officer safety information, organized gang affiliation, and
entering agency identifier.  The Illinois State Police may develop, in consultation with
the Criminal Justice Information Authority, and in a form and manner prescribed
by the Illinois State Police, an automated data exchange system to compile, to maintain,
and to make this information electronically available to prosecutors and to
other law enforcement agencies.  The information may be used by authorized
agencies to combat the operations of organized criminal gangs statewide.

(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)