Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
Filed: 5/3/2019
 
 


 




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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1778




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1778 on page 1, 
3line 4, before "Section 5.", by inserting the following:

4 "Section 1. 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 include a block of instruction addressing 
15 the mandatory reporting requirements under the Abused and 
16 Neglected Child Reporting Act. The curriculum shall also 
17 include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and 
18 interacting with persons with autism and other 
19 developmental or physical disabilities, reducing barriers 
20 to reporting crimes against persons with autism, and 
21 addressing the unique challenges presented by cases 
22 involving victims or witnesses with autism and other 
23 developmental disabilities. The curriculum for
permanent 
24 police officers shall include, but not be limited to: (1) 
25 refresher
and in-service training in any of the courses 
26 listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in 
 
 
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1 any of the subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) 
2 training for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized 
3 training in subjects and fields to be selected by the 
4 board. The training in the use of electronic control 
5 devices shall be conducted for probationary police 
6 officers, including University police officers.

7  b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements 
8 and equipment
requirements.

9  c. Minimum requirements for instructors.

10  d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
11 probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete 
12 before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local 
13 law enforcement officer for a participating local

14 governmental agency. Those requirements shall include 
15 training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary 
16 resuscitation).

17  e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
18 probationary county
corrections officer must 
19 satisfactorily complete before being eligible for

20 permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a 
21 participating
local governmental agency.

22  f. Minimum basic training requirements which a 
23 probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily 
24 complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as 
25 a court security officer for a participating local

26 governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those 
 
 
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1 training requirements which it considers appropriate for 
2 court
security officers and shall certify schools to 
3 conduct that training. 

4  A person hired to serve as a court security officer 
5 must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to 
6 his or her successful completion of the
training course; 
7 (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a 
8 training program of similar content and number of hours 
9 that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the 
10 provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's 
11 determination that the training
course is unnecessary 
12 because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement

13 experience.

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

21  All individuals hired as court security officers on or 
22 after June 1, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act 
23 89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of 
24 their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, 
25 or they
shall forfeit their positions.

26  The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the 
 
 
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1 Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, 
2 shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed 
3 applications to become court security officers and
who meet 
4 the eligibility requirements established under this Act. 
5 Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's 
6 Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall 
7 establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for

8 verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this 
9 Act and as established by the Board.

10  g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
11 police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. 
12 Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper 
13 use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, 
14 civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and 
15 response, reporting child abuse and neglect, and cultural 
16 competency.
17  h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
18 police officer must satisfactorily complete at least 
19 annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and 
20 use of force training which shall include scenario based 
21 training, or similar training approved by the Board.
22(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, 
23eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-121, eff. 1-1-18; 
24100-247, eff. 1-1-18; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. 
258-14-18; 100-910, eff. 1-1-19; revised 9-28-19.)"; and


 
 
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1on page 11, line 22, after "complete", by inserting "an 
2initial"; and


3on page 11, line 24, after "reporter,", by inserting "or within 
4the time frame of any other applicable State law that governs 
5training requirements for a specific profession,"; and

6on page 11, line 25, by deleting "3-month"; and

7on page 12, by replacing lines 1 through 3 with "capacity. In 
8lieu of training every 3 years, medical".