Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Filed: 5/16/2019
 
 


 




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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 51 




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 51 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


4 "Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by 
5changing Section 7 as follows:



6 (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)



7 Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall 
8adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall 
9include, but not be limited to,
the following:

10  a. The curriculum for probationary police officers 
11 which shall be
offered by all certified schools shall 
12 include, but not be limited to,
courses of procedural 
13 justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and 
14 seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights, 
15 human rights, human relations,
cultural competency, 
16 including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,

 
 
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1 criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional 
2 and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and 
3 traffic law including
uniform and non-discriminatory 
4 enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control 
5 and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining

6 physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, 
7 firearms
training, training in the use of electronic 
8 control devices, including the psychological and 
9 physiological effects of the use of those devices on 
10 humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary 
11 resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid 
12 antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) 
13 of Section 5-23 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, handling 
14 of
juvenile offenders, recognition of
mental conditions 
15 and crises, including, but not limited to, the disease of 
16 addiction, which require immediate assistance and response 
17 and methods to
safeguard and provide assistance to a person 
18 in need of mental
treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect, 
19 financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with 
20 disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of 
21 the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the 
22 elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police 
23 vehicle
chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the 
24 high-speed chase, and
physical training. The curriculum 
25 shall include specific training in
techniques for 
26 immediate response to and investigation of cases of 
 
 
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1 domestic
violence and of sexual assault of adults and 
2 children, including cultural perceptions and common myths 
3 of sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as interview 
4 techniques that are age sensitive and are trauma informed, 
5 victim centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum 
6 shall include
training in techniques designed to promote 
7 effective
communication at the initial contact with crime 
8 victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to victims and 
9 witnesses their rights under the Rights
of Crime Victims 
10 and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims Compensation Act. 
11 The curriculum shall also include training in effective 
12 recognition of and responses to stress, trauma, and 
13 post-traumatic stress experienced by police officers. The 
14 curriculum shall also include a block of instruction aimed 
15 at identifying and interacting with persons with autism and 
16 other developmental or physical disabilities, reducing 
17 barriers to reporting crimes against persons with autism, 
18 and addressing the unique challenges presented by cases 
19 involving victims or witnesses with autism and other 
20 developmental disabilities. The curriculum shall also 
21 include instruction in trauma-informed responses designed 
22 to ensure the physical safety and well-being of a child of 
23 an arrested parent or immediate family member; this 
24 instruction must include, but is not limited to: (1) 
25 understanding the trauma experienced by the child while 
26 maintaining the integrity of the arrest and safety of 
 
 
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1 officers, suspects, and other involved individuals; (2) 
2 de-escalation tactics that would include limiting the use 
3 of weapons unless reasonably necessary; and (3) inquiring 
4 whether a child will require arrangements to avoid major 
5 disruption in the child's supervision and care. The 
6 curriculum for
permanent police officers shall include, 
7 but not be limited to: (1) refresher
and in-service 
8 training in any of the courses listed above in this

9 subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any of the subjects 
10 listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training for 
11 supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in 
12 subjects and fields to be selected by the board. The 
13 training in the use of electronic control devices shall be 
14 conducted for probationary police officers, including 
15 University police officers.

16  b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements 
17 and equipment
requirements.

18  c. Minimum requirements for instructors.

19  d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
20 probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete 
21 before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local 
22 law enforcement officer for a participating local

23 governmental agency. Those requirements shall include 
24 training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary 
25 resuscitation).

26  e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
 
 
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1 probationary county
corrections officer must 
2 satisfactorily complete before being eligible for

3 permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a 
4 participating
local governmental agency.

5  f. Minimum basic training requirements which a 
6 probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily 
7 complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as 
8 a court security officer for a participating local

9 governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those 
10 training requirements which it considers appropriate for 
11 court
security officers and shall certify schools to 
12 conduct that training. 

13  A person hired to serve as a court security officer 
14 must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to 
15 his or her successful completion of the
training course; 
16 (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a 
17 training program of similar content and number of hours 
18 that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the 
19 provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's 
20 determination that the training
course is unnecessary 
21 because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement

22 experience.

23  Individuals who currently serve as court security 
24 officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in 
25 that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by 
26 this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective 
 
 
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1 date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, 
2 absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to 
3 forfeit his or her position.

4  All individuals hired as court security officers on or 
5 after June 1, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act 
6 89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of 
7 their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, 
8 or they
shall forfeit their positions.

9  The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the 
10 Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, 
11 shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed 
12 applications to become court security officers and
who meet 
13 the eligibility requirements established under this Act. 
14 Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's 
15 Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall 
16 establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for

17 verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this 
18 Act and as established by the Board.

19  g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
20 police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. 
21 Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper 
22 use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, 
23 civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and 
24 response, and cultural competency.
25  h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
26 police officer must satisfactorily complete at least 
 
 
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1 annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and 
2 use of force training which shall include scenario based 
3 training, or similar training approved by the Board.
4(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, 
5eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-121, eff. 1-1-18; 
6100-247, eff. 1-1-18; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. 
78-14-18; 100-910, eff. 1-1-19; revised 9-28-19.)".