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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Officer Greg | ||||||
| 5 | Lindmark Memorial Law.
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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 Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and | ||||||
| 10 | Dependency Act, handling of
juvenile offenders, | ||||||
| 11 | recognition of
mental conditions, including, but not | ||||||
| 12 | limited to, the disease of addiction, which require | ||||||
| 13 | immediate assistance and methods to
safeguard and provide | ||||||
| 14 | assistance to a person in need of mental
treatment, | ||||||
| 15 | recognition of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, and | ||||||
| 16 | self-neglect of adults with disabilities and older adults, | ||||||
| 17 | as defined in Section 2 of the Adult Protective Services | ||||||
| 18 | Act, crimes against the elderly, law of evidence, the | ||||||
| 19 | hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases with an | ||||||
| 20 | emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and
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| 21 | physical training. The curriculum shall include specific | ||||||
| 22 | training in
techniques for immediate response to and | ||||||
| 23 | investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of sexual | ||||||
| 24 | assault of adults and children, including cultural | ||||||
| 25 | perceptions and common myths of sexual assault and sexual | ||||||
| 26 | abuse as well as interview techniques that are trauma | ||||||
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| 1 | informed, victim centered, and victim sensitive. The | ||||||
| 2 | curriculum shall include
training in techniques designed | ||||||
| 3 | to promote effective
communication at the initial contact | ||||||
| 4 | with crime victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to | ||||||
| 5 | victims and witnesses their rights under the Rights
of | ||||||
| 6 | Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims | ||||||
| 7 | Compensation Act. The curriculum shall also include | ||||||
| 8 | training in effective recognition of and responses to | ||||||
| 9 | stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress experienced by | ||||||
| 10 | police officers. The curriculum shall also include a block | ||||||
| 11 | of instruction aimed at identifying and interacting with | ||||||
| 12 | persons with autism and other developmental or physical | ||||||
| 13 | disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes | ||||||
| 14 | against persons with autism, and addressing the unique | ||||||
| 15 | challenges presented by cases involving victims or | ||||||
| 16 | witnesses with autism and other developmental | ||||||
| 17 | disabilities. The curriculum for
permanent police officers | ||||||
| 18 | shall include but not be limited to (1) refresher
and | ||||||
| 19 | in-service training in any of the courses listed above in | ||||||
| 20 | this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any of the | ||||||
| 21 | subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training | ||||||
| 22 | for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in | ||||||
| 23 | subjects and fields to be selected by the board. The | ||||||
| 24 | training in the use of electronic control devices shall be | ||||||
| 25 | conducted for probationary police officers, including | ||||||
| 26 | University police officers.
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| 1 | b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements | ||||||
| 2 | and equipment
requirements.
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| 3 | c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
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| 4 | d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | ||||||
| 5 | probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | ||||||
| 6 | before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local | ||||||
| 7 | law enforcement officer for a participating local
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| 8 | governmental agency. Those requirements shall include | ||||||
| 9 | training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary | ||||||
| 10 | resuscitation).
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| 11 | e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | ||||||
| 12 | probationary county
corrections officer must | ||||||
| 13 | satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
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| 14 | permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a | ||||||
| 15 | participating
local governmental agency.
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| 16 | f. Minimum basic training requirements which a | ||||||
| 17 | probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | ||||||
| 18 | complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as | ||||||
| 19 | a court security officer for a participating local
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| 20 | governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those | ||||||
| 21 | training requirements which it considers appropriate for | ||||||
| 22 | court
security officers and shall certify schools to | ||||||
| 23 | conduct that training.
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| 24 | A person hired to serve as a court security officer | ||||||
| 25 | must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to | ||||||
| 26 | his or her successful completion of the
training course; | ||||||
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| 1 | (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a | ||||||
| 2 | training program of similar content and number of hours | ||||||
| 3 | that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the | ||||||
| 4 | provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's | ||||||
| 5 | determination that the training
course is unnecessary | ||||||
| 6 | because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
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| 7 | experience.
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| 8 | Individuals who currently serve as court security | ||||||
| 9 | officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in | ||||||
| 10 | that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by | ||||||
| 11 | this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective | ||||||
| 12 | date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, | ||||||
| 13 | absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to | ||||||
| 14 | forfeit his or her position.
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| 15 | All individuals hired as court security officers on or | ||||||
| 16 | after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 | ||||||
| 17 | shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of their | ||||||
| 18 | hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or | ||||||
| 19 | they
shall forfeit their positions.
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| 20 | The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | ||||||
| 21 | Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | ||||||
| 22 | shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | ||||||
| 23 | applications to become court security officers and
who meet | ||||||
| 24 | the eligibility requirements established under this Act. | ||||||
| 25 | Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's | ||||||
| 26 | Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall | ||||||
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| 1 | establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for
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| 2 | verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this | ||||||
| 3 | Act and as established by the Board.
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| 4 | g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | ||||||
| 5 | police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. | ||||||
| 6 | Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper | ||||||
| 7 | use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, | ||||||
| 8 | civil rights, human rights, and cultural competency. | ||||||
| 9 | h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | ||||||
| 10 | police officer must satisfactorily complete at least | ||||||
| 11 | annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and | ||||||
| 12 | use of force training which shall include scenario based | ||||||
| 13 | training, or similar training approved by the Board. | ||||||
| 14 | (Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-358, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, | ||||||
| 15 | eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; | ||||||
| 16 | 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. | ||||||
| 17 | 1-1-17.)
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