98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3375

 

Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. John G. Mulroe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 705/2  from Ch. 85, par. 502
50 ILCS 705/10.4

    Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Defines "probation officer". Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may initiate, administer, and conduct firearm certification courses for probation officers. Effective immediately.


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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 Sections 2 and 10.4 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 705/2)  (from Ch. 85, par. 502)
7    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
8context otherwise requires:
9    "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
10Standards Board.
11    "Local governmental agency" means any local governmental
12unit or municipal corporation in this State. It does not
13include the State of Illinois or any office, officer,
14department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of
15the State, except that it does include a State-controlled
16university, college or public community college.
17    "Police training school" means any school located within
18the State of Illinois whether privately or publicly owned which
19offers a course in police or county corrections training and
20has been approved by the Board.
21    "Probationary police officer" means a recruit law
22enforcement officer required to successfully complete initial
23minimum basic training requirements at a police training school

 

 

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1to be eligible for permanent full-time employment as a local
2law enforcement officer.
3    "Probationary part-time police officer" means a recruit
4part-time law enforcement officer required to successfully
5complete initial minimum part-time training requirements to be
6eligible for employment on a part-time basis as a local law
7enforcement officer.
8    "Permanent police officer" means a law enforcement officer
9who has completed his or her probationary period and is
10permanently employed on a full-time basis as a local law
11enforcement officer by a participating local governmental unit
12or as a security officer or campus policeman permanently
13employed by a participating State-controlled university,
14college, or public community college.
15    "Part-time police officer" means a law enforcement officer
16who has completed his or her probationary period and is
17employed on a part-time basis as a law enforcement officer by a
18participating unit of local government or as a campus policeman
19by a participating State-controlled university, college, or
20public community college.
21    "Law enforcement officer" means (i) any police officer of a
22local governmental agency who is primarily responsible for
23prevention or detection of crime and the enforcement of the
24criminal code, traffic, or highway laws of this State or any
25political subdivision of this State or (ii) any member of a
26police force appointed and maintained as provided in Section 2

 

 

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1of the Railroad Police Act.
2    "Recruit" means any full-time or part-time law enforcement
3officer or full-time county corrections officer who is enrolled
4in an approved training course.
5    "Probationary county corrections officer" means a recruit
6county corrections officer required to successfully complete
7initial minimum basic training requirements at a police
8training school to be eligible for permanent employment on a
9full-time basis as a county corrections officer.
10    "Permanent county corrections officer" means a county
11corrections officer who has completed his probationary period
12and is permanently employed on a full-time basis as a county
13corrections officer by a participating local governmental
14unit.
15    "County corrections officer" means any sworn officer of the
16sheriff who is primarily responsible for the control and
17custody of offenders, detainees or inmates.
18    "Probationary court security officer" means a recruit
19court security officer required to successfully complete
20initial minimum basic training requirements at a designated
21training school to be eligible for employment as a court
22security officer.
23    "Permanent court security officer" means a court security
24officer who has completed his or her probationary period and is
25employed as a court security officer by a participating local
26governmental unit.

 

 

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1    "Court security officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
2Section 3-6012.1 of the Counties Code.
3    "Probation officer" means a county probation officer
4authorized by the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court to carry a
5firearm as part of his or her duties under Section 12 of the
6Probation and Probation Officers Act, and whose functions shall
7include the enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code, the
8Criminal Code of 2012, and the Juvenile Court Act, and the
9monitoring of offenders charged thereunder.
10(Source: P.A. 94-846, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
11    (50 ILCS 705/10.4)
12    Sec. 10.4. Weapon certification for retired law
13enforcement officers; probation officers. The Board may
14initiate, administer, and conduct annual firearm certification
15courses consistent with the requirements enumerated in the
16Peace Officer Firearm Training Act for retired law enforcement
17officers qualified under federal law to carry a concealed
18weapon and for probation officers.
19(Source: P.A. 94-103, eff. 7-1-05.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.