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Public Act 099-0261 | ||||
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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 | ||||
adding Section 10.17 as follows: | ||||
(50 ILCS 705/10.17 new) | ||||
Sec. 10.17. Crisis intervention team training. The | ||||
Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board shall | ||||
develop and approve a standard curriculum for a certified | ||||
training program in crisis intervention addressing specialized | ||||
policing responses to people with mental illnesses. The Board | ||||
shall conduct Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training programs | ||||
that train officers to identify signs and symptoms of mental | ||||
illness, to de-escalate situations involving individuals who | ||||
appear to have a mental illness, and connect that person in | ||||
crisis to treatment. Officers who have successfully completed | ||||
this program shall be issued a certificate attesting to their | ||||
attendance of a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training | ||||
program.
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