SB1486 Engrossed LRB102 11264 RJF 16597 b
1		AN ACT concerning State government.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5		by adding Section 21.6 as follows:
6		(20 ILCS 505/21.6 new)
7		Sec. 21.6. Child protective investigators; personal
8		protection spray devices. A child protective investigator is
9		authorized to carry and use personal protection spray devices,
10		such as mace, pepper mace, or pepper gas, for self-defense
11		purposes while investigating a report of child abuse or
12		neglect if the child protective investigator has been trained
13		on the proper use of such personal protection spray devices by
14		the Illinois State Police. The Illinois State Police shall
15		establish a training program for child protective
16		investigators on the proper use of personal protection spray
17		devices for self-defense purposes. The Department shall
18		provide funding for the training program.
19		Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20		becoming law.