Bill Text: IL SB2806 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Defines a "basic training candidate" to mean a person enrolled in basic training school who is not a full-time or part-time law enforcement officer. Requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to select and certify schools within the State of Illinois for the purpose of providing basic training for basic training candidates and to create curriculum and minimum basic training requirements for basic training candidates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-17 - Referred to Assignments [SB2806 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2806-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2806 Introduced 1/17/2024, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 705/2 from Ch. 85, par. 502
50 ILCS 705/6 from Ch. 85, par. 506
50 ILCS 705/7
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Defines a "basic training candidate" to mean a person enrolled in basic training school who is not a full-time or part-time law enforcement officer. Requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to select and certify schools within the State of Illinois for the purpose of providing basic training for basic training candidates and to create curriculum and minimum basic training requirements for basic training candidates.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning 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
changing Sections 2, 6, and 7 as follows:
(50 ILCS 705/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 502)
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
context otherwise requires:
"Basic training candidate" means a person enrolled in
basic training school who is not a full-time or part-time law
enforcement officer.
"Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board.
"Full-time law enforcement officer" means a law
enforcement officer who has completed the officer's
probationary period and is employed on a full-time basis as a
law enforcement officer by a local government agency, State
government agency, or as a campus police officer by a
university, college, or community college.
"Law Enforcement agency" means any entity with statutory
police powers and the ability to employ individuals authorized
to make arrests. It does not include the Illinois State Police
as defined in the State Police Act. A law enforcement agency

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may include any university, college, or community college.
"Local law enforcement agency" means any law enforcement
unit of government 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.
"State law enforcement agency" means any law enforcement
agency of this State. This includes any office, officer,
department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of
the State. It does not include the Illinois State Police as
defined in the State Police Act.
"Panel" means the Certification Review Panel.
"Basic training school" means any school located within
the State of Illinois whether privately or publicly owned
which offers a course in basic law enforcement 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 basic 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
complete initial minimum part-time training requirements to be
eligible for employment on a part-time basis as a local law

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enforcement officer.
"Permanent law enforcement officer" means a law
enforcement officer who has completed the officer's
probationary period and is permanently employed on a full-time
basis as a local law enforcement officer, as a security
officer, or campus police officer permanently employed by a
law enforcement agency.
"Part-time law enforcement officer" means a law
enforcement officer who has completed the officer's
probationary period and is employed on a part-time basis as a
law enforcement officer or as a campus police officer by a law
enforcement agency.
"Law enforcement officer" means (i) any police officer of
a law enforcement 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.
"Review Committee" means the committee at the Board for
certification disciplinary cases in which the Panel, a law
enforcement officer, or a law enforcement agency may file for
reconsideration of a decertification decision made by the

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Board.
"Probationary county corrections officer" means a recruit
county corrections officer required to successfully complete
initial minimum basic training requirements at a basic
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 the officer's
probationary period and is permanently employed on a full-time
basis as a county corrections officer by a participating law
enforcement agency.
"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 the officer's probationary period
and is employed as a court security officer by a participating
law enforcement agency.
"Court security officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 3-6012.1 of the Counties Code.
(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22.)

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(50 ILCS 705/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 506)
Sec. 6. Powers and duties of the Board; selection and
certification of schools. The Board shall select and certify
schools within the State of Illinois for the purpose of
providing basic training for basic training candidates,
probationary law enforcement officers, probationary county
corrections officers, and court security officers and of
providing advanced or in-service training for permanent law
enforcement officers or permanent county corrections officers,
which schools may be either publicly or privately owned and
operated. In addition, the Board has the following power and
duties:
a. To require law enforcement agencies to furnish such
reports and information as the Board deems necessary to
fully implement this Act.
b. To establish appropriate mandatory minimum
standards relating to the training of probationary local
law enforcement officers or probationary county
corrections officers, and in-service training of permanent
law enforcement officers.
c. To provide appropriate certification to those
probationary officers who successfully complete the
prescribed minimum standard basic training course.
d. To review and approve annual training curriculum
for county sheriffs.

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e. To review and approve applicants to ensure that no
applicant is admitted to a certified academy unless the
applicant is a person of good character and has not been
convicted of, found guilty of, entered a plea of guilty
to, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to a felony
offense, any of the misdemeanors in Sections 11-1.50,
11-6, 11-6.5, 11-6.6, 11-9.1, 11-9.1B, 11-14, 11-14.1,
11-30, 12-2, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5, 16-1, 17-1, 17-2,
26.5-1, 26.5-2, 26.5-3, 28-3, 29-1, any misdemeanor in
violation of any Section of Part E of Title III of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or
subsection (a) of Section 17-32 of the Criminal Code of
1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or Section 5 or 5.2 of
the Cannabis Control Act, or a crime involving moral
turpitude under the laws of this State or any other state
which if committed in this State would be punishable as a
felony or a crime of moral turpitude, or any felony or
misdemeanor in violation of federal law or the law of any
state that is the equivalent of any of the offenses
specified therein. The Board may appoint investigators who
shall enforce the duties conferred upon the Board by this
Act.
For purposes of this paragraph e, a person is
considered to have been convicted of, found guilty of, or
entered a plea of guilty to, plea of nolo contendere to
regardless of whether the adjudication of guilt or

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sentence is withheld or not entered thereon. This includes
sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, or first
offender probation, or any similar disposition provided
for by law.
f. To establish statewide standards for minimum
standards regarding regular mental health screenings for
probationary and permanent police officers, ensuring that
counseling sessions and screenings remain confidential.
g. To review and ensure all law enforcement officers
remain in compliance with this Act, and any administrative
rules adopted under this Act.
h. To suspend any certificate for a definite period,
limit or restrict any certificate, or revoke any
certificate.
i. The Board and the Panel shall have power to secure
by its subpoena and bring before it any person or entity in
this State and to take testimony either orally or by
deposition or both with the same fees and mileage and in
the same manner as prescribed by law in judicial
proceedings in civil cases in circuit courts of this
State. The Board and the Panel shall also have the power to
subpoena the production of documents, papers, files,
books, documents, and records, whether in physical or
electronic form, in support of the charges and for
defense, and in connection with a hearing or
investigation.

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j. The Executive Director, the administrative law
judge designated by the Executive Director, and each
member of the Board and the Panel shall have the power to
administer oaths to witnesses at any hearing that the
Board is authorized to conduct under this Act and any
other oaths required or authorized to be administered by
the Board under this Act.
k. In case of the neglect or refusal of any person to
obey a subpoena issued by the Board and the Panel, any
circuit court, upon application of the Board and the
Panel, through the Illinois Attorney General, may order
such person to appear before the Board and the Panel give
testimony or produce evidence, and any failure to obey
such order is punishable by the court as a contempt
thereof. This order may be served by personal delivery, by
email, or by mail to the address of record or email address
of record.
l. The Board shall have the power to administer state
certification examinations. Any and all records related to
these examinations, including, but not limited to, test
questions, test formats, digital files, answer responses,
answer keys, and scoring information shall be exempt from
disclosure.
m. To make grants, subject to appropriation, to units
of local government and public institutions of higher
education for the purposes of hiring and retaining law

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enforcement officers.
n. To make grants, subject to appropriation, to local
law enforcement agencies for costs associated with the
expansion and support of National Integrated Ballistic
Information Network (NIBIN) and other ballistic technology
equipment for ballistic testing.
(Source: P.A. 102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22;
102-1115, eff. 1-9-23; 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)
(50 ILCS 705/7)
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 basic training candidates and
probationary law enforcement 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, crisis intervention training,
vehicle and traffic law including uniform and
non-discriminatory enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, traffic control and crash investigation, techniques

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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
Substance Use Disorder 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 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 age sensitive and are trauma informed,

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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 law enforcement
officers that is consistent with Section 25 of the
Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act in a peer
setting, including recognizing signs and symptoms of
work-related cumulative stress, issues that may lead to
suicide, and solutions for intervention with peer support
resources. The curriculum shall include a block of
instruction addressing the mandatory reporting
requirements under the Abused and Neglected Child
Reporting 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 shall include training in the
detection and investigation of all forms of human

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trafficking. The curriculum shall also include instruction
in trauma-informed responses designed to ensure the
physical safety and well-being of a child of an arrested
parent or immediate family member; this instruction must
include, but is not limited to: (1) understanding the
trauma experienced by the child while maintaining the
integrity of the arrest and safety of officers, suspects,
and other involved individuals; (2) de-escalation tactics
that would include the use of force when reasonably
necessary; and (3) inquiring whether a child will require
supervision and care. The curriculum for basic training
candidates and probationary law enforcement officers shall
include: (1) at least 12 hours of hands-on, scenario-based
role-playing; (2) at least 6 hours of instruction on use
of force techniques, including the use of de-escalation
techniques to prevent or reduce the need for force
whenever safe and feasible; (3) specific training on
officer safety techniques, including cover, concealment,
and time; and (4) at least 6 hours of training focused on
high-risk traffic stops. The curriculum for permanent law
enforcement 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
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selected by the board. The training in the use of
electronic control devices shall be conducted for basic
training candidates and probationary law enforcement
officers, including University police officers. The
curriculum shall also include training on the use of a
firearms restraining order by providing instruction on the
process used to file a firearms restraining order and how
to identify situations in which a firearms restraining
order is appropriate.
b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements
and equipment requirements.
c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a basic
training candidate and probationary law enforcement
officer must satisfactorily complete before being eligible
for permanent employment as a local law enforcement
officer for a participating local governmental or State
governmental agency. Those requirements shall include
training in first aid (including cardiopulmonary
resuscitation).
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

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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
the officer's successful completion of the training
course; (ii) attesting to the officer's 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
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

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89-685) 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
law enforcement 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, reporting child abuse
and neglect, and cultural competency, including implicit
bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity. These trainings
shall consist of at least 30 hours of training every 3
years.
h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
law enforcement officer must satisfactorily complete at
least annually. Those requirements shall include law
updates, emergency medical response training and

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certification, crisis intervention training, and officer
wellness and mental health.
i. Minimum in-service training requirements as set
forth in Section 10.6.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
changes made to this Section by Public Act 101-652, Public Act
102-28, and Public Act 102-694 take effect July 1, 2022.
(Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22;
102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-982, eff.
7-1-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)