Bill Text: IL HB3217 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Creates within the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board a Recruitment Division. Provides that the Division shall establish a Back the Badge program, which shall establish recruitment plans for law enforcement agencies. Provides that the Division shall determine and prioritize specific characteristics that a law enforcement agency and community desire in their police officers. Provides that the Division shall cooperate with law enforcement agencies to determine a strategy to hire and retain sworn police officers who are diverse and reflective of the community and the priorities of the law enforcement agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess [HB3217 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3217-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3217 Introduced , by Rep. Jason Bunting SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 705/3.2 new
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Creates within the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board a Recruitment Division. Provides that the Division shall establish a Back the Badge program, which shall establish recruitment plans for law enforcement agencies. Provides that the Division shall determine and prioritize specific characteristics that a law enforcement agency and community desire in their police officers. Provides that the Division shall cooperate with law enforcement agencies to determine a strategy to hire and retain sworn police officers who are diverse and reflective of the community and the priorities of the law enforcement agencies.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
adding Section 3.2 as follows:
(50 ILCS 705/3.2 new)
Sec. 3.2. Recruitment Division; Back the Badge program.
(a) Statement of purpose. Given the current environment of
the policing profession, recruiting law enforcement officers
and retaining officers are the greatest challenges facing law
enforcement agencies. The recruitment of and retention of
officers is imperative to public safety.
(b) Recruitment Division. There is created within the
Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board a
Recruitment Division.
(c) Duties. The Division shall establish a Back the Badge
program, which shall establish recruitment plans for law
enforcement agencies. The Division shall determine and
prioritize specific characteristics that a law enforcement
agency and community desire in their police officers. The
Division shall cooperate with law enforcement agencies to
determine a strategy to hire and retain sworn police officers
who are diverse and reflective of the community, and the

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priorities of the law enforcement agencies.