101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5847

 

Introduced 11/10/2020, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2605/2605-56 new
50 ILCS 705/7.1 new
50 ILCS 705/8  from Ch. 85, par. 508

    Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, police training schools approved by the Board, law enforcement agencies, and units of local government may not initiate, administer, or conduct training programs that include warrior-style training, either directly or through a third party. Provides that the Board may not reimburse a law enforcement agency or unit of local government for any portion of training programs that include warrior-style training. Provides that law enforcement agencies and units of local government may not indemnify or otherwise provide liability protection for a peace officer for liability arising from the use of tactics derived from warrior-style training. Defines "warrior-style" training. Preempts home rule. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning police training.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
62605-56 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-56 new)
8    Sec. 2605-56. Warrior-style training prohibited.    (a)
9The Illinois State Police shall not initiate, administer, or
10conduct training programs that include warrior-style training.
11    (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary
12including, but not limited to, the State Employee
13Indemnification Act, the Illinois State Police may not
14indemnify or otherwise provide liability protection for an
15Illinois State Police trooper, police officer, investigator,
16or other employee exercising the powers of a peace officer for
17liability arising from the use of tactics derived from
18warrior-style training.
19    (c) In this Section, "warrior-style training" means
20training for Illinois State Police troopers, police officers,
21investigators, or other employees exercising the powers of a
22peace officer that dehumanizes people or encourages aggressive
23conduct by peace officers during encounters with others in a

 

 

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1manner that de-emphasizes the value of human life or
2constitutional rights, the result of which increases a peace
3officer's likelihood or willingness to use deadly force.
 
4    Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
5changing Section 8 and by adding Section 7.1 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 705/7.1 new)
7    Sec. 7.1. Warrior-style training prohibited.
8    (a) The Board shall not initiate, administer, or conduct
9training programs that include warrior-style training. The
10curriculum approved by the Board for probationary police
11officers to be offered by all certified schools shall not
12include warrior-style training.
13    (b) No police training school or local governmental agency
14shall provide warrior-style training.
15    (c) The Board may not reimburse a law enforcement agency or
16a peace officer for any part of a course or other training that
17includes warrior-style training.
18    (d) A law enforcement agency may not provide warrior-style
19training, directly or through a third party, to a peace
20officer.
21    (e) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary
22including, but not limited to, the Local Governmental and
23Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act and Sections 1-4-5 and
241-4-6 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no local government

 

 

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1agency may indemnify or otherwise provide liability protection
2for a peace officer for liability arising from the use of
3tactics derived from warrior-style training.
4    (f) In this Section, "warrior-style training" means
5training for peace officers that dehumanizes people or
6encourages aggressive conduct by peace officers during
7encounters with others in a manner that de-emphasizes the value
8of human life or constitutional rights, the result of which
9increases a peace officer's likelihood or willingness to use
10deadly force.
 
11    (50 ILCS 705/8)  (from Ch. 85, par. 508)
12    Sec. 8. Participation required. All home rule local
13governmental units shall comply with Sections 7.1, 8.1, and 8.2
14and any other mandatory provisions of this Act. This Act is a
15limitation on home rule powers under subsection (i) of Section
166 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
17(Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.