Public Act 098-0960

SB3225 Enrolled LRB098 19419 JLK 54580 b

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 10.16 as follows:

(50 ILCS 705/10.16 new)

Sec. 10.16. Veterans' awareness. The Illinois Law

Enforcement Training Standards Board may conduct or approve a

training program in veterans' awareness for law enforcement

officers of local government agencies. The program shall train

law enforcement officers to identify issues relating to

veterans and provide guidelines dictating how law enforcement

officers should respond to and address such issues. Each local

government agency is encouraged to designate an individual to

respond to veterans' issues.