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| Public Act 100-0247
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| HB0375 Enrolled | LRB100 00093 SLF 10097 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. This Act may be referred to as Sam's Act.
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Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by |
changing Sections 7 and 10.17 as follows:
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(50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
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Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall |
adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall |
include but not be limited to
the following:
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a. The curriculum for probationary police officers |
which shall be
offered by all certified schools shall |
include but not be limited to
courses of procedural |
justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and |
seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights, |
human rights, human relations,
cultural competency, |
including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,
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criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional |
and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and |
traffic law including
uniform and non-discriminatory |
enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control |
and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining
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physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, |
firearms
training, training in the use of electronic |
control devices, including the psychological and |
physiological effects of the use of those devices on |
humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary |
resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid |
antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) |
of Section 5-23 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and |
Dependency Act, handling of
juvenile offenders, |
recognition of
mental conditions and crises, including, |
but not limited to, the disease of addiction, which require |
immediate assistance and response and methods to
safeguard |
and provide assistance to a person in need of mental
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treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect, financial |
exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with disabilities |
and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of the Adult |
Protective Services Act, crimes against the elderly, law of |
evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases |
with an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, |
and
physical training. The curriculum shall include |
specific training in
techniques for immediate response to |
and investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of |
sexual assault of adults and children, including cultural |
perceptions and common myths of sexual assault and sexual |
abuse as well as interview techniques that are trauma |
informed, victim centered, and victim sensitive. The |
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curriculum shall include
training in techniques designed |
to promote effective
communication at the initial contact |
with crime victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to |
victims and witnesses their rights under the Rights
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Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims |
Compensation Act. The curriculum shall also include a block |
of instruction aimed at identifying and interacting with |
persons with autism and other developmental or physical |
disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes |
against persons with autism, and addressing the unique |
challenges presented by cases involving victims or |
witnesses with autism and other developmental |
disabilities. The curriculum for
permanent police officers |
shall include but not be limited to (1) refresher
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in-service training in any of the courses listed above in |
this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any of the |
subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training |
for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in |
subjects and fields to be selected by the board. The |
training in the use of electronic control devices shall be |
conducted for probationary police officers, including |
University police officers.
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b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements |
and equipment
requirements.
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c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
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d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a |
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probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete |
before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local |
law enforcement officer for a participating local
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governmental agency. Those requirements shall include |
training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary |
resuscitation).
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e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a |
probationary county
corrections officer must |
satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
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permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a |
participating
local governmental agency.
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f. Minimum basic training requirements which a |
probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily |
complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as |
a court security officer for a participating local
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governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those |
training requirements which it considers appropriate for |
court
security officers and shall certify schools to |
conduct that training.
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A person hired to serve as a court security officer |
must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to |
his or her successful completion of the
training course; |
(ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a |
training program of similar content and number of hours |
that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the |
provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's |
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determination that the training
course is unnecessary |
because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
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experience.
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Individuals who currently serve as court security |
officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in |
that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by |
this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective |
date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, |
absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to |
forfeit his or her position.
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All individuals hired as court security officers on or |
after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 |
shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of their |
hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or |
they
shall forfeit their positions.
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The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the |
Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, |
shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed |
applications to become court security officers and
who meet |
the eligibility requirements established under this Act. |
Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's |
Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall |
establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for
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verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this |
Act and as established by the Board.
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g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a |
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police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. |
Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper |
use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, |
civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and |
response, and cultural competency. |
h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a |
police officer must satisfactorily complete at least |
annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and |
use of force training which shall include scenario based |
training, or similar training approved by the Board. |
(Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-358, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, |
eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; |
99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. |
1-1-17.)
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(50 ILCS 705/10.17) |
Sec. 10.17. Crisis intervention team training; mental |
health awareness training. |
(a) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards |
Board shall develop and approve a standard curriculum for a |
certified training programs program in crisis intervention |
addressing specialized policing responses to people with |
mental illnesses. The Board shall conduct Crisis Intervention |
Team (CIT) training programs that train officers to identify |
signs and symptoms of mental illness, to de-escalate situations |
involving individuals who appear to have a mental illness, and |
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connect that person in crisis to treatment. Officers who have |
successfully completed this program shall be issued a |
certificate attesting to their attendance of a Crisis |
Intervention Team (CIT) training program.
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(b) The Board shall create an introductory course |
incorporating adult learning models that provides law |
enforcement officers with an awareness of mental health issues |
including a history of the mental health system, types of |
mental health illness including signs and symptoms of mental |
illness and common treatments and medications, and the |
potential interactions law enforcement officers may have on a |
regular basis with these individuals, their families, and |
service providers including de-escalating a potential crisis |
situation. This course, in addition to other traditional |
learning settings, may be made available in an electronic |
format. |
(Source: P.A. 99-261, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
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