Full Text of HB0051 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Peter Mendez | 5 | | Act. | 6 | | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | 7 | | changing Section 7 as follows:
| 8 | | (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
| 9 | | Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall | 10 | | adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall | 11 | | include, but not be limited to,
the following:
| 12 | | a. The curriculum for probationary police officers | 13 | | which shall be
offered by all certified schools shall | 14 | | include, but not be limited to,
courses of procedural | 15 | | justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and | 16 | | seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights, | 17 | | human rights, human relations,
cultural competency, | 18 | | including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,
| 19 | | criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional | 20 | | and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and | 21 | | traffic law including
uniform and non-discriminatory | 22 | | enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control |
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| 1 | | and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining
| 2 | | physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, | 3 | | firearms
training, training in the use of electronic | 4 | | control devices, including the psychological and | 5 | | physiological effects of the use of those devices on | 6 | | humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary | 7 | | resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid | 8 | | antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) | 9 | | of Section 5-23 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, handling | 10 | | of
juvenile offenders, recognition of
mental conditions | 11 | | and crises, including, but not limited to, the disease of | 12 | | addiction, which require immediate assistance and response | 13 | | and methods to
safeguard and provide assistance to a person | 14 | | in need of mental
treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect, | 15 | | financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with | 16 | | disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of | 17 | | the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the | 18 | | elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police | 19 | | vehicle
chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the | 20 | | high-speed chase, and
physical training. The curriculum | 21 | | shall include specific training in
techniques for | 22 | | immediate response to and investigation of cases of | 23 | | domestic
violence and of sexual assault of adults and | 24 | | children, including cultural perceptions and common myths | 25 | | of sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as interview | 26 | | techniques that are age sensitive and are trauma informed, |
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| 1 | | victim centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum | 2 | | shall include
training in techniques designed to promote | 3 | | effective
communication at the initial contact with crime | 4 | | victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to victims and | 5 | | witnesses their rights under the Rights
of Crime Victims | 6 | | and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims Compensation Act. | 7 | | The curriculum shall also include training in effective | 8 | | recognition of and responses to stress, trauma, and | 9 | | post-traumatic stress experienced by police officers. The | 10 | | curriculum shall also include a block of instruction aimed | 11 | | at identifying and interacting with persons with autism and | 12 | | other developmental or physical disabilities, reducing | 13 | | barriers to reporting crimes against persons with autism, | 14 | | and addressing the unique challenges presented by cases | 15 | | involving victims or witnesses with autism and other | 16 | | developmental disabilities. The curriculum shall also | 17 | | include instruction in trauma-informed responses designed | 18 | | to ensure the physical safety and well-being of a child of | 19 | | an arrested parent or immediate family member; this | 20 | | instruction must include, but is not limited to: (1) | 21 | | understanding the trauma experienced by the child while | 22 | | maintaining the integrity of the arrest and safety of | 23 | | officers, suspects, and other involved individuals; (2) | 24 | | de-escalation tactics that would include the use of force | 25 | | when reasonably necessary; and (3) inquiring whether a | 26 | | child will require supervision and care. The curriculum for
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| 1 | | permanent police officers shall include, but not be limited | 2 | | to: (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the | 3 | | courses listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced | 4 | | courses in any of the subjects listed above in
this | 5 | | subparagraph, (3) training for supervisory personnel, and | 6 | | (4)
specialized training in subjects and fields to be | 7 | | selected by the board. The training in the use of | 8 | | electronic control devices shall be conducted for | 9 | | probationary police officers, including University police | 10 | | officers.
| 11 | | b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements | 12 | | and equipment
requirements.
| 13 | | c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
| 14 | | d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 15 | | probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | 16 | | before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local | 17 | | law enforcement officer for a participating local
| 18 | | governmental agency. Those requirements shall include | 19 | | training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary | 20 | | resuscitation).
| 21 | | e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | 22 | | probationary county
corrections officer must | 23 | | satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
| 24 | | permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a | 25 | | participating
local governmental agency.
| 26 | | f. Minimum basic training requirements which a |
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| 1 | | probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | 2 | | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as | 3 | | a court security officer for a participating local
| 4 | | governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those | 5 | | training requirements which it considers appropriate for | 6 | | court
security officers and shall certify schools to | 7 | | conduct that training.
| 8 | | A person hired to serve as a court security officer | 9 | | must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to | 10 | | his or her successful completion of the
training course; | 11 | | (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a | 12 | | training program of similar content and number of hours | 13 | | that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the | 14 | | provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's | 15 | | determination that the training
course is unnecessary | 16 | | because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
| 17 | | experience.
| 18 | | Individuals who currently serve as court security | 19 | | officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in | 20 | | that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by | 21 | | this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective | 22 | | date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, | 23 | | absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to | 24 | | forfeit his or her position.
| 25 | | All individuals hired as court security officers on or | 26 | | after June 1, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act |
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| 1 | | 89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of | 2 | | their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, | 3 | | or they
shall forfeit their positions.
| 4 | | The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | 5 | | Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | 6 | | shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | 7 | | applications to become court security officers and
who meet | 8 | | the eligibility requirements established under this Act. | 9 | | Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's | 10 | | Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall | 11 | | establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for
| 12 | | verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this | 13 | | Act and as established by the Board.
| 14 | | g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | 15 | | police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. | 16 | | Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper | 17 | | use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, | 18 | | civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and | 19 | | response, and cultural competency. | 20 | | h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | 21 | | police officer must satisfactorily complete at least | 22 | | annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and | 23 | | use of force training which shall include scenario based | 24 | | training, or similar training approved by the Board. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, | 26 | | eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-121, eff. 1-1-18; |
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| 1 | | 100-247, eff. 1-1-18; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. | 2 | | 8-14-18; 100-910, eff. 1-1-19; revised 9-28-19.)
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law. |
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