Bill Text: IL HB1200 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Creates within the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board a Recruitment Division. Provides that the Division shall establish a Back-the-Badge Program, which shall establish recruitment plans for law enforcement agencies. Provides that the Division shall determine and prioritize specific characteristics that a law enforcement agency and community desire in their police officers. Provides that the Division shall cooperate with law enforcement agencies to determine a strategy to hire and retain sworn police officers who are diverse and reflective of the community and the priorities of the law enforcement agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-05 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr. [HB1200 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB1200-Introduced.html
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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, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | adding Section 3.3 as follows:
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| 6 | (50 ILCS 705/3.3 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 3.3. Recruitment Division; Back-the-Badge Program. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) Given the current environment of the policing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | profession, recruiting law enforcement officers and retaining | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | officers are the greatest challenges facing law enforcement | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | agencies. The recruitment of and retention of officers is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | imperative to public safety. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | (b) There is created within the Illinois Law Enforcement | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Training Standards Board a Recruitment Division. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | (c) The Division shall establish a Back-the-Badge Program, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | which shall establish recruitment plans for law enforcement | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | agencies. The Division shall determine and prioritize specific | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | characteristics that a law enforcement agency and community | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | desire in their police officers. The Division shall cooperate | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | with law enforcement agencies to determine a strategy to hire | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | and retain sworn police officers who are diverse and who are | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | reflective of the community and the priorities of the law | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | enforcement agencies. | |||||||||||||||||||