Bill Text: IL HB5453 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the Department of State Police to develop a coordinated program for a statewide emergency alert system, known as the Blue Alert System, to notify persons in the State when a peace officer has been assaulted and the person or persons who perpetrated the assault have not been arrested. Creates a Blue Alert System Task Force to monitor and review the implementation and operation of the Blue Alert System. Requires the Department to conduct a public education campaign about the Blue Alert System. Provides for the appointment of a Blue Alert System Coordinator. Defines "peace officer".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-26 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5453 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB5453-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB5453 Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. John E. Bradley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2605/2605-490 new
Requires the Department of State Police to develop a coordinated program for a statewide emergency alert system, known as the Blue Alert System, to notify persons in the State when a peace officer has been assaulted and the person or persons who perpetrated the assault have not been arrested. Creates a Blue Alert System Task Force to monitor and review the implementation and operation of the Blue Alert System. Requires the Department to conduct a public education campaign about the Blue Alert System. Provides for the appointment of a Blue Alert System Coordinator. Defines "peace officer".
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
2605-490 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-490 new)
Sec. 2605-490. Endangered peace officer alert program.
(a) The Department of State Police shall develop a
coordinated program for a statewide emergency alert system,
known as the Blue Alert System, to notify persons in the State
when a peace officer has been assaulted and the person or
persons who perpetrated the assault have not been arrested. In
order to provide critical information to the public
immediately, the system shall include, but is not limited to,
the use, in coordination with the Illinois Department of
Transportation, of electronic message signs on roads and
highways located in the vicinity of areas (i) where the officer
was assaulted and (ii) where the perpetrator is known or
suspected to have fled.
(b) The Department of State Police shall establish a Blue
Alert System Task Force to monitor and review the
implementation and operation of the system developed under

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subsection (a), including procedures, budgetary requirements,
and response protocols. The Task Force shall also develop
additional network resources for use in apprehending
perpetrators who assault police officers.
(c) The Department of State Police shall also develop and
implement a community outreach program to promote awareness
about the program among law enforcement agencies in and
citizens of the State.
(d) The Department shall appoint a Blue Alert System
Coordinator to assist in the establishment of State standards
for the protection of peace officers from assaults and to
advocate for the achievement of those standards. The Blue Alert
System Coordinator shall have the qualifications and
experience that the Department shall require by rule. The Blue
Alert System Coordinator shall receive no compensation but
shall be reimbursed for his or her expenses from the
Department's operations budget. No funds shall be appropriated
solely for the expenses of the Blue Alert System Coordinator.
The Department shall provide technical assistance for the Blue
Alert System Coordinator from its existing resources.
(e) For the purposes of this Section, "peace officer" has
the same meaning as in Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of
1961.