101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1619

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 705/10.21

    Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall include in their evidence-based curriculum standards for cases of sexual assault and sexual abuse specific techniques on interviewing minors. Provides that the evidence-based curriculum standards for cases of sexual assault and sexual abuse specific shall be required for probationary police officers and all law enforcement officers (rather than only for law enforcement officers who conduct sexual assault and sexual abuse investigations).


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
5changing Section 10.21 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 705/10.21)
7    Sec. 10.21. Training; sexual assault and sexual abuse.
8    (a) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
9shall conduct or approve training programs in trauma-informed
10responses and investigations of sexual assault and sexual
11abuse, which include, but is not limited to, the following:
12        (1) recognizing the symptoms of trauma;
13        (2) understanding the role trauma has played in a
14    victim's life;
15        (3) responding to the needs and concerns of a victim;
16        (4) delivering services in a compassionate, sensitive,
17    and nonjudgmental manner;
18        (5) interviewing techniques in accordance with the
19    curriculum standards in subsection (f) of this Section;
20        (6) understanding cultural perceptions and common
21    myths of sexual assault and sexual abuse;
22        (7) report writing techniques in accordance with the
23    curriculum standards in subsection (f) of this Section; and

 

 

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1        (8) recognizing special sensitivities of victims due
2    to: age, including those under the age of 13; gender; or
3    other qualifications.
4    (b) This training must be presented in all full and
5part-time basic law enforcement academies on or before July 1,
62018.
7    (c) Agencies employing law enforcement officers must
8present this training to all law enforcement officers within 3
9years after January 1, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
1099-801) and must present in-service training on sexual assault
11and sexual abuse response and report writing training
12requirements every 3 years.
13    (d) Agencies employing law enforcement officers who
14conduct sexual assault and sexual abuse investigations must
15provide specialized training to these officers on sexual
16assault and sexual abuse investigations within 2 years after
17January 1, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 99-801) and
18must present in-service training on sexual assault and sexual
19abuse investigations to these officers every 3 years.
20    (e) Instructors providing this training shall have
21successfully completed training on evidence-based,
22trauma-informed, victim-centered response to cases of sexual
23assault and sexual abuse and have experience responding to
24sexual assault and sexual abuse cases.
25    (f) The Board shall adopt rules, in consultation with the
26Office of the Illinois Attorney General and the Department of

 

 

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1State Police, to determine the specific training requirements
2for these courses, including, but not limited to, the
3following:
4        (1) evidence-based curriculum standards for report
5    writing and immediate response to sexual assault and sexual
6    abuse, including trauma-informed, victim-centered, age
7    sensitive, interview techniques, which have been
8    demonstrated to minimize retraumatization, for
9    probationary police officers and all law enforcement
10    officers; and
11        (2) evidence-based curriculum standards for
12    trauma-informed, victim-centered, age sensitive
13    investigation and interviewing techniques (including
14    specific techniques on interviewing minors), which have
15    been demonstrated to minimize retraumatization, for cases
16    of sexual assault and sexual abuse for probationary police
17    officers and all law enforcement officers who conduct
18    sexual assault and sexual abuse investigations.
19(Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17;
20100-910, eff. 1-1-19.)