Full Text of SR0877 94th General Assembly
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| SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 877
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| WHEREAS, The proper use of force by police and correctional | 3 |
| officers in carrying out their official duties is of utmost | 4 |
| importance to the health, safety, and welfare of all persons in | 5 |
| the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Recent events demonstrate the impact that the | 7 |
| issue of the use of Electro-Muscular Disruption technology by | 8 |
| police and correctional officers can have upon the health, | 9 |
| safety, and welfare of Illinois residents; and
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| WHEREAS, There is an immediate need for the review of Use | 11 |
| of Force Models and Standards used in the training of police | 12 |
| and correctional officers utilizing Electro-Muscular | 13 |
| Disruption devices; and
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| WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the People of the | 15 |
| State of Illinois to have all police and correctional officers | 16 |
| thoroughly trained in the proper use of force involving | 17 |
| Electro-Muscular Disruption devices; and
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| WHEREAS, Currently, there are 5 police training academies | 19 |
| and 16 Mobile Team Units in the State of Illinois instructing | 20 |
| officers on the Use of Force Models and Standards; and
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| WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the People of the | 22 |
| State of Illinois to have all officers trained under the same | 23 |
| or similar Use of Force Models and Standards that address the | 24 |
| proper use of EMD technology; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards | 26 |
| Board is responsible for setting standards and certifying | 27 |
| police training curricula applicable to local government | 28 |
| police and correctional officers throughout the State of | 29 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Law | 3 |
| Enforcement Training Standards Board shall convene a Task Force | 4 |
| on Electro-Muscular Disruption Technology within one month | 5 |
| after the adoption of this resolution to study and evaluate all | 6 |
| available Use of Force Models and paradigms for the purpose of | 7 |
| presenting to the Board a recommendation for a standardized Use | 8 |
| of Force Model or paradigm for the use of Electro-Muscular | 9 |
| Disruption technology in training all police and correctional | 10 |
| officers in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be composed of at least | 12 |
| 11 members appointed as follows: (1) one designee of the | 13 |
| Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board who shall act | 14 |
| as chair of the Task Force, (2) one designee from each of the 5 | 15 |
| police officer training academies certified by the Board, (3) | 16 |
| one designee from the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, (4) one | 17 |
| designee from the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police, (5) one | 18 |
| designee from the Illinois Police Benevolent and Protective | 19 |
| Association, (6) one designee from the Illinois Association of | 20 |
| Chiefs of Police, (7) one designee from the state chapter of | 21 |
| the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and (8) such other | 22 |
| members as the chair may designate; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That members of this Task Force shall serve | 24 |
| without compensation; and be it further | 25 |
| RESOLVED, The Board shall, after consideration of the | 26 |
| report of the Task Force, submit to the General Assembly for | 27 |
| its consideration, no later than January 1, 2007, its | 28 |
| recommendation for a standardized Use of Force Model for | 29 |
| utilization of Electro-Muscular Disruption technology and for | 30 |
| the training of law enforcement and correctional officers in | 31 |
| Illinois in utilizing such devices; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards | 3 |
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