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HOUSE RESOLUTION 669

 
2     WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the
3 Illinois House of Representatives resolve to urge each police
4 agency in the State of Illinois to submit an annual report to
5 the Governor, the General Assembly, the President of the
6 Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the
7 House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House
8 of Representatives on the number of persons killed by its
9 officers in the preceding calendar year, in the aggregate, and
10 disaggregating by the race or ethnicity of the officer
11 involved, the race or ethnicity of the victim, the gender of
12 the victim, the age of the victim, and the method by which the
13 victim was killed; and
 
14     WHEREAS, These reports are necessary because of the high
15 incidence of innocent persons being killed by police officers
16 throughout this State during the investigation of crimes and
17 during the pursuit of alleged criminal suspects; and
 
18     WHEREAS, The Governor and General Assembly need access to
19 this information in order to determine whether laws and rules
20 need to be changed in relation to the apprehension of criminal
21 suspects and the training of police officers; and
 
22     WHEREAS, The killing of innocent persons by the police

 

 

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1 often result in civil rights litigation by the deceased
2 persons' families and result in millions of dollars of
3 judgments against the units of government that employ these
4 police officers who were involved in the killings; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Better law enforcement and less use of deadly
6 force by police officers will improve the trust between the
7 community and law enforcement agencies, will result in more
8 cooperation among local residents in the prosecution of
9 criminal cases, and will improve the safety of local
10 communities; therefore, be it
 
11     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13 the House urges each police agency in the State of Illinois to
14 submit an annual report to the Governor, the General Assembly,
15 the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate,
16 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority
17 Leader of the House of Representatives on the number of persons
18 killed by its police officers in the preceding calendar year,
19 in the aggregate, and disaggregating by the race or ethnicity
20 of the officer involved, the race or ethnicity of the victim,
21 the gender of the victim, the age of the victim, and the method
22 by which the victim was killed such as by firearm, taser, in a
23 motor vehicle chase, or other means; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
2 presented to the Governor and to the President of the Senate,
3 the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
4 Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of
5 Representatives.