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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Peter Mendez |
| 5 | | Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by |
| 7 | | changing Section 7 as follows:
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| 8 | | (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
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| 9 | | Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall |
| 10 | | adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall |
| 11 | | include, but not be limited to,
the following:
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| 12 | | a. The curriculum for probationary police officers |
| 13 | | which shall be
offered by all certified schools shall |
| 14 | | include, but not be limited to,
courses of procedural |
| 15 | | justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and |
| 16 | | seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights, |
| 17 | | human rights, human relations,
cultural competency, |
| 18 | | including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,
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| 19 | | criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional |
| 20 | | and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and |
| 21 | | traffic law including
uniform and non-discriminatory |
| 22 | | enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control |
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| 1 | | and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining
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| 2 | | physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, |
| 3 | | firearms
training, training in the use of electronic |
| 4 | | control devices, including the psychological and |
| 5 | | physiological effects of the use of those devices on |
| 6 | | humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary |
| 7 | | resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid |
| 8 | | antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) |
| 9 | | of Section 5-23 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, handling |
| 10 | | of
juvenile offenders, recognition of
mental conditions |
| 11 | | and crises, including, but not limited to, the disease of |
| 12 | | addiction, which require immediate assistance and response |
| 13 | | and methods to
safeguard and provide assistance to a person |
| 14 | | in need of mental
treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect, |
| 15 | | financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with |
| 16 | | disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of |
| 17 | | the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the |
| 18 | | elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police |
| 19 | | vehicle
chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the |
| 20 | | high-speed chase, and
physical training. The curriculum |
| 21 | | shall include specific training in
techniques for |
| 22 | | immediate response to and investigation of cases of |
| 23 | | domestic
violence and of sexual assault of adults and |
| 24 | | children, including cultural perceptions and common myths |
| 25 | | of sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as interview |
| 26 | | techniques that are age sensitive and are trauma informed, |
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| 1 | | victim centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum |
| 2 | | shall include
training in techniques designed to promote |
| 3 | | effective
communication at the initial contact with crime |
| 4 | | victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to victims and |
| 5 | | witnesses their rights under the Rights
of Crime Victims |
| 6 | | and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims Compensation Act. |
| 7 | | The curriculum shall also include training in effective |
| 8 | | recognition of and responses to stress, trauma, and |
| 9 | | post-traumatic stress experienced by police officers. The |
| 10 | | curriculum shall also include a block of instruction aimed |
| 11 | | at identifying and interacting with persons with autism and |
| 12 | | other developmental or physical disabilities, reducing |
| 13 | | barriers to reporting crimes against persons with autism, |
| 14 | | and addressing the unique challenges presented by cases |
| 15 | | involving victims or witnesses with autism and other |
| 16 | | developmental disabilities. The curriculum shall also |
| 17 | | include instruction in trauma-informed responses designed |
| 18 | | to ensure the physical safety and well-being of a child of |
| 19 | | an arrested parent or immediate family member; this |
| 20 | | instruction must include, but is not limited to: (1) |
| 21 | | understanding the trauma experienced by the child while |
| 22 | | maintaining the integrity of the arrest and safety of |
| 23 | | officers, suspects, and other involved individuals; (2) |
| 24 | | de-escalation tactics that would include the use of force |
| 25 | | when reasonably necessary; and (3) inquiring whether a |
| 26 | | child will require supervision and care. The curriculum for
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| 1 | | permanent police officers shall include, but not be limited |
| 2 | | to: (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the |
| 3 | | courses listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced |
| 4 | | courses in any of the subjects listed above in
this |
| 5 | | subparagraph, (3) training for supervisory personnel, and |
| 6 | | (4)
specialized training in subjects and fields to be |
| 7 | | selected by the board. The training in the use of |
| 8 | | electronic control devices shall be conducted for |
| 9 | | probationary police officers, including University police |
| 10 | | officers.
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| 11 | | b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements |
| 12 | | and equipment
requirements.
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| 13 | | c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
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| 14 | | d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a |
| 15 | | probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete |
| 16 | | before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local |
| 17 | | law enforcement officer for a participating local
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| 18 | | governmental agency. Those requirements shall include |
| 19 | | training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary |
| 20 | | resuscitation).
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| 21 | | e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a |
| 22 | | probationary county
corrections officer must |
| 23 | | satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
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| 24 | | permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a |
| 25 | | participating
local governmental agency.
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| 26 | | f. Minimum basic training requirements which a |
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| 1 | | probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily |
| 2 | | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as |
| 3 | | a court security officer for a participating local
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| 4 | | governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those |
| 5 | | training requirements which it considers appropriate for |
| 6 | | court
security officers and shall certify schools to |
| 7 | | conduct that training.
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| 8 | | A person hired to serve as a court security officer |
| 9 | | must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to |
| 10 | | his or her successful completion of the
training course; |
| 11 | | (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a |
| 12 | | training program of similar content and number of hours |
| 13 | | that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the |
| 14 | | provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's |
| 15 | | determination that the training
course is unnecessary |
| 16 | | because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
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| 17 | | experience.
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| 18 | | Individuals who currently serve as court security |
| 19 | | officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in |
| 20 | | that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by |
| 21 | | this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective |
| 22 | | date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, |
| 23 | | absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to |
| 24 | | forfeit his or her position.
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| 25 | | All individuals hired as court security officers on or |
| 26 | | after June 1, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act |
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| 1 | | 89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of |
| 2 | | their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, |
| 3 | | or they
shall forfeit their positions.
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| 4 | | The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the |
| 5 | | Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, |
| 6 | | shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed |
| 7 | | applications to become court security officers and
who meet |
| 8 | | the eligibility requirements established under this Act. |
| 9 | | Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's |
| 10 | | Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall |
| 11 | | establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for
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| 12 | | verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this |
| 13 | | Act and as established by the Board.
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| 14 | | g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a |
| 15 | | police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. |
| 16 | | Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper |
| 17 | | use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, |
| 18 | | civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and |
| 19 | | response, and cultural competency. |
| 20 | | h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a |
| 21 | | police officer must satisfactorily complete at least |
| 22 | | annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and |
| 23 | | use of force training which shall include scenario based |
| 24 | | training, or similar training approved by the Board. |
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, |
| 26 | | eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-121, eff. 1-1-18; |