Bill Text: IL HB3606 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Creates the Police Department Non-lethal Force Policy Act. Provides that the Department of State Police, Secretary of State Police Department, mass transit district police force, university police force, county sheriff's office, and each police department of a municipality of this State shall develop a plan or strategy for the use of non-lethal force on a person suspected of committing or having committed a criminal offense or resisting arrest. The plan or strategy shall include the use of new technologies and alternatives to the use of firearms in apprehending a suspect or in protecting the officer from harm by a suspect.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3606 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3606-Introduced.html

---

100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3606 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Police Department Non-lethal Force Policy Act. Provides that the Department of State Police, Secretary of State Police Department, mass transit district police force, university police force, county sheriff's office, and each police department of a municipality of this State shall develop a plan or strategy for the use of non-lethal force on a person suspected of committing or having committed a criminal offense or resisting arrest. The plan or strategy shall include the use of new technologies and alternatives to the use of firearms in apprehending a suspect or in protecting the officer from harm by a suspect.
LRB100 09118 SLF 19272 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
HB3606 LRB100 09118 SLF 19272 b
AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Police
Department Non-lethal Force Policy Act.
Section 5. Police department non-lethal force policy. The
Department of State Police, Secretary of State Police
Department, mass transit district police force, university
police force, county sheriff's office, and each police
department of a municipality of this State shall develop a plan
or strategy for the use of non-lethal force on a person
suspected of committing or having committed a criminal offense
or resisting arrest. The plan or strategy shall include the use
of new technologies and alternatives to the use of firearms in
apprehending a suspect or in protecting the officer from harm
by a suspect.