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90_HB3655
50 ILCS 705/7 from Ch. 85, par. 507
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that
certified schools shall include in their curriculum police
training in the identification and effects of controlled
substances used to perpetrate sexual assault.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Police Training Act by
2 changing Section 7.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended
6 by changing Section 7 as follows:
7 (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
8 Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall
9 adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools which
10 shall include but not be limited to the following:
11 a. The curriculum for probationary police officers which
12 shall be offered by all certified schools shall include but
13 not be limited to courses of arrest, search and seizure,
14 civil rights, human relations, criminal law, law of criminal
15 procedure, vehicle and traffic law, traffic control and
16 accident investigation, techniques of obtaining physical
17 evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, firearms
18 training, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary
19 resuscitation), handling of juvenile offenders, recognition
20 of mental conditions which require immediate assistance and
21 methods to safeguard and provide assistance to a person in
22 need of mental treatment, law of evidence, the hazards of
23 high-speed police vehicle chases with an emphasis on
24 alternatives to the high-speed chase, and physical training.
25 The curriculum shall include specific training in techniques
26 for immediate response to and investigation of cases of
27 domestic violence and of sexual assault of adults and
28 children and specific training in the identification and
29 effects of controlled substances used to perpetrate sexual
30 assault.
31 The curriculum for permanent police officers shall
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1 include but not be limited to (1) refresher and in-service
2 training in any of the courses listed above in this
3 subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any of the subjects
4 listed above in this subparagraph, (3) training for
5 supervisory personnel, and (4) specialized training in
6 subjects and fields to be selected by the board.
7 b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements and
8 equipment requirements.
9 c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
10 d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
11 probationary police officer must satisfactorily complete
12 before being eligible for permanent employment as a local law
13 enforcement officer for a participating local governmental
14 agency. Those requirements shall include training in first
15 aid (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
16 e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
17 probationary county corrections officer must satisfactorily
18 complete before being eligible for permanent employment as a
19 county corrections officer for a participating local
20 governmental agency.
21 f. Minimum basic training requirements which a
22 probationary court security officer must satisfactorily
23 complete before being eligible for permanent employment as a
24 court security officer for a participating local governmental
25 agency. The Board shall establish those training
26 requirements which it considers appropriate for court
27 security officers and shall certify schools to conduct that
28 training.
29 A person hired to serve as a court security officer must
30 obtain from the Board a certificate (i) attesting to his or
31 her successful completion of the training course; (ii)
32 attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of a training
33 program of similar content and number of hours that has been
34 found acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this
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1 Act; or (iii) attesting to the Board's determination that the
2 training course is unnecessary because of the person's
3 extensive prior law enforcement experience.
4 Individuals who currently serve as court security
5 officers shall be deemed qualified to continue to serve in
6 that capacity so long as they are certified as provided by
7 this Act within 24 months of the effective date of this
8 amendatory Act of 1996. Failure to be so certified, absent a
9 waiver from the Board, shall cause the officer to forfeit his
10 or her position.
11 All individuals hired as court security officers on or
12 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall
13 be certified within 12 months of the date of their hire,
14 unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or they shall
15 forfeit their positions.
16 The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the
17 Sheriff's Office if there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission,
18 shall maintain a list of all individuals who have filed
19 applications to become court security officers and who meet
20 the eligibility requirements established under this Act.
21 Either the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's
22 Office if no Sheriff's Merit Commission exists, shall
23 establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for verification
24 of the applicants' qualifications under this Act and as
25 established by the Board.
26 (Source: P.A. 88-661, eff. 1-1-95; 89-685, eff. 6-1-97;
27 89-707, eff. 6-1-97.)