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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the |
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| Illinois House of Representatives resolve to urge each police |
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| agency in the State of Illinois to submit an annual report to |
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| the Governor, the General Assembly, the President of the |
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| Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the |
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| House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House |
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| of Representatives on the number of persons killed by its |
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| officers in the preceding calendar year, specifying the race of |
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| the officer, the race of the victim, the age of the victim, and |
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| the method by which the victim was killed; and
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| WHEREAS, These reports are necessary because of the high |
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| incidence of innocent persons being killed by police officers |
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| throughout this State during the investigation of crimes and |
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| during the pursuit of alleged criminal suspects; and
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| WHEREAS, The Governor and General Assembly need access to |
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| this information in order to determine whether laws and rules |
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| need to be changed in relation to the apprehension of criminal |
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| suspects and the training of police officers; and
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| WHEREAS, The killing of innocent persons by the police |
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| often result in civil rights litigation by the deceased |
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| persons' families and result in millions of dollars of |
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| judgments against the units of government that employ these |
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| police officers who were involved in the killings; and
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| WHEREAS, Better law enforcement and less use of deadly |
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| force by police officers will improve the trust between the |
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| community and law enforcement agencies, will result in more |
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| cooperation among local residents in the prosecution of |
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| criminal cases, and will improve the safety of local |
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| communities; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| the House urges each police agency in the State of Illinois to |
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| submit an annual report to the Governor, the General Assembly, |
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| the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, |
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| the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority |
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| Leader of the House of Representatives on the number of persons |
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| killed by its police officers in the preceding calendar year, |
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| specifying the race of the officer, the race of the victim, the |
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| age of the victim, and the method by which the victim was |
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| killed such as by firearm, taser, in a motor vehicle chase, or |
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| other means; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| presented to the Governor and to the President of the Senate, |
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| the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of |