Bill Text: IL HB5874 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of State Police shall conduct or approve a training program for State police officers concerning procedures against the practice of motorcycle profiling. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum for probationary police officers which shall be offered by all certified schools shall include courses on motorcycle profiling. Defines "motorcycle profiling".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5874 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5874-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5874 Introduced , by Rep. Jerry Costello, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2605/2605-99 new
50 ILCS 705/2 from Ch. 85, par. 502
50 ILCS 705/7 from Ch. 85, par. 507
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of State Police shall conduct or approve a training program for State police officers concerning procedures against the practice of motorcycle profiling. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum for probationary police officers which shall be offered by all certified schools shall include courses on motorcycle profiling. Defines "motorcycle profiling".
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning law enforcement.
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
2605-99 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-99 new)
Sec. 2605-99. Training; motorcycle profiling. The
Department shall conduct or approve a training program for
State police officers concerning procedures against the
practice of motorcycle profiling. In this Section, "motorcycle
profiling" means the illegal use of the fact that a person
rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle-related paraphernalia
as a factor in deciding to stop and question, take enforcement
action, arrest, or search a person or vehicle with or without a
legal basis under the United States Constitution or Illinois
Constitution.
Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
changing Sections 2 and 7 as follows:
(50 ILCS 705/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 502)
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the

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context otherwise requires:
"Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board.
"Local governmental agency" means any local governmental
unit or municipal corporation in this State. It does not
include the State of Illinois or any office, officer,
department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of
the State, except that it does include a State-controlled
university, college or public community college.
"Motorcycle profiling" means the illegal use of the fact
that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle-related
paraphernalia as a factor in deciding to stop and question,
take enforcement action, arrest, or search a person or vehicle
with or without a legal basis under the United States
Constitution or Illinois Constitution.
"Police training school" means any school located within
the State of Illinois whether privately or publicly owned which
offers a course in police or county corrections training and
has been approved by the Board.
"Probationary police officer" means a recruit law
enforcement officer required to successfully complete initial
minimum basic training requirements at a police training school
to be eligible for permanent full-time employment as a local
law enforcement officer.
"Probationary part-time police officer" means a recruit
part-time law enforcement officer required to successfully

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complete initial minimum part-time training requirements to be
eligible for employment on a part-time basis as a local law
enforcement officer.
"Permanent police officer" means a law enforcement officer
who has completed his or her probationary period and is
permanently employed on a full-time basis as a local law
enforcement officer by a participating local governmental unit
or as a security officer or campus policeman permanently
employed by a participating State-controlled university,
college, or public community college.
"Part-time police officer" means a law enforcement officer
who has completed his or her probationary period and is
employed on a part-time basis as a law enforcement officer by a
participating unit of local government or as a campus policeman
by a participating State-controlled university, college, or
public community college.
"Law enforcement officer" means (i) any police officer of a
local governmental agency who is primarily responsible for
prevention or detection of crime and the enforcement of the
criminal code, traffic, or highway laws of this State or any
political subdivision of this State or (ii) any member of a
police force appointed and maintained as provided in Section 2
of the Railroad Police Act.
"Recruit" means any full-time or part-time law enforcement
officer or full-time county corrections officer who is enrolled
in an approved training course.

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"Probationary county corrections officer" means a recruit
county corrections officer required to successfully complete
initial minimum basic training requirements at a police
training school to be eligible for permanent employment on a
full-time basis as a county corrections officer.
"Permanent county corrections officer" means a county
corrections officer who has completed his probationary period
and is permanently employed on a full-time basis as a county
corrections officer by a participating local governmental
unit.
"County corrections officer" means any sworn officer of the
sheriff who is primarily responsible for the control and
custody of offenders, detainees or inmates.
"Probationary court security officer" means a recruit
court security officer required to successfully complete
initial minimum basic training requirements at a designated
training school to be eligible for employment as a court
security officer.
"Permanent court security officer" means a court security
officer who has completed his or her probationary period and is
employed as a court security officer by a participating local
governmental unit.
"Court security officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 3-6012.1 of the Counties Code.
(Source: P.A. 94-846, eff. 1-1-07.)

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(50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
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:
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,
criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional
and proper use of law enforcement authority, motorcycle
profiling, vehicle and traffic law including uniform and
non-discriminatory enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, traffic control and accident investigation,
techniques of obtaining 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

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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 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
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 of
Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Crime Victims
Compensation Act. The curriculum shall also include
training in effective recognition of and responses to
stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress experienced by
police officers. The curriculum shall also include a block

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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 and
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.
b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements
and equipment requirements.
c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
probationary police officer must satisfactorily complete
before being eligible for permanent employment as a local
law enforcement officer for a participating local
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
permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a
participating local governmental agency.
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
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.
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
determination that the training course is unnecessary
because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
experience.
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

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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.
All individuals hired as court security officers on or
after June 1, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act
89-685) 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.
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
verification of the applicants' qualifications under this
Act and as established by the Board.
g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
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.

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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. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642,
eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-121, eff. 1-1-18;
100-247, eff. 1-1-18; revised 10-3-17.)