Bill Text: IL HB5136 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the in-service training requirements for mental health awareness and response shall consist of at least 16 hours of training that must be satisfactorily completed every 3 years. Provides that the crisis intervention training addressing specialized policing responses to people with mental illnesses shall consist of at least 16 hours of training.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5136 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5136-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5136 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Edly-Allen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 705/7 from Ch. 85, par. 507
50 ILCS 705/10.17
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the in-service training requirements for mental health awareness and response shall consist of at least 16 hours of training that must be satisfactorily completed every 3 years. Provides that the crisis intervention training addressing specialized policing responses to people with mental illnesses shall consist of at least 16 hours of training.
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
changing Sections 7 and 10.17 as follows:
(50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall
adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools which shall
include, but not be limited to, the following:
a. The curriculum for probationary police officers
which shall be offered by all certified schools shall
include, but not be limited to, courses of procedural
justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and
seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights,
human rights, human relations, cultural competency,
including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,
criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional
and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and
traffic law including uniform and non-discriminatory
enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code, traffic control
and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining
physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports,
firearms training, training in the use of electronic

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control devices, including the psychological and
physiological effects of the use of those devices on
humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary
resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid
antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e)
of Section 5-23 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, handling
of juvenile offenders, recognition of mental conditions
and crises, including, but not limited to, the disease of
addiction, which require immediate assistance and response
and methods to safeguard and provide assistance to a person
in need of mental treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect,
financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with
disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of
the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the
elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police
vehicle chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the
high-speed chase, and physical training. The curriculum
shall include specific training in techniques for
immediate response to and investigation of cases of
domestic violence and of sexual assault of adults and
children, including cultural perceptions and common myths
of sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as interview
techniques that are age sensitive and are trauma informed,
victim centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum
shall include training in techniques designed to promote
effective communication at the initial contact with crime

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victims and ways to comprehensively explain to victims and
witnesses their rights under the Rights of Crime Victims
and Witnesses Act and the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
The curriculum shall also include training in effective
recognition of and responses to stress, trauma, and
post-traumatic stress experienced by police officers that
is consistent with Section 25 of the Illinois Mental Health
First Aid Training Act in a peer setting, including
recognizing signs and symptoms of work-related cumulative
stress, issues that may lead to suicide, and solutions for
intervention with peer support resources. The curriculum
shall include a block of instruction addressing the
mandatory reporting requirements under the Abused and
Neglected Child Reporting Act. The curriculum shall also
include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and
interacting with persons with autism and other
developmental or physical disabilities, reducing barriers
to reporting crimes against persons with autism, and
addressing the unique challenges presented by cases
involving victims or witnesses with autism and other
developmental disabilities. The curriculum shall include
training in the detection and investigation of all forms of
human trafficking. The curriculum shall also include
instruction in trauma-informed responses designed to
ensure the physical safety and well-being of a child of an
arrested parent or immediate family member; this

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instruction must include, but is not limited to: (1)
understanding the trauma experienced by the child while
maintaining the integrity of the arrest and safety of
officers, suspects, and other involved individuals; (2)
de-escalation tactics that would include the use of force
when reasonably necessary; and (3) inquiring whether a
child will require supervision and care. The curriculum for
permanent police officers shall include, but not be limited
to: (1) refresher and in-service training in any of the
courses listed above in this subparagraph, (2) advanced
courses in any of the subjects listed above in this
subparagraph, (3) training for supervisory personnel, and
(4) specialized training in subjects and fields to be
selected by the board. The training in the use of
electronic control devices shall be conducted for
probationary police officers, including University police
officers.
b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements
and equipment requirements.
c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
probationary police officer must satisfactorily complete
before being eligible for permanent employment as a local
law enforcement officer for a participating local
governmental agency. Those requirements shall include
training in first aid (including cardiopulmonary

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resuscitation).
e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
probationary county corrections officer must
satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a
participating local governmental agency.
f. Minimum basic training requirements which a
probationary court security officer must satisfactorily
complete before being eligible for permanent employment as
a court security officer for a participating local
governmental agency. The Board shall establish those
training requirements which it considers appropriate for
court security officers and shall certify schools to
conduct that training.
A person hired to serve as a court security officer
must obtain from the Board a certificate (i) attesting to
his or her successful completion of the training course;
(ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of a
training program of similar content and number of hours
that has been found acceptable by the Board under the
provisions of this Act; or (iii) attesting to the Board's
determination that the training course is unnecessary
because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
experience.
Individuals who currently serve as court security
officers shall be deemed qualified to continue to serve in

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that capacity so long as they are certified as provided by
this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified,
absent a waiver from the Board, shall cause the officer to
forfeit his or her position.
All individuals hired as court security officers on or
after June 1, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act
89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the date of
their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board,
or they shall forfeit their positions.
The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the
Sheriff's Office if there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission,
shall maintain a list of all individuals who have filed
applications to become court security officers and who meet
the eligibility requirements established under this Act.
Either the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's
Office if no Sheriff's Merit Commission exists, shall
establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for
verification of the applicants' qualifications under this
Act and as established by the Board.
g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years.
Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper
use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice,
civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and
response, officer wellness, reporting child abuse and

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neglect, and cultural competency. The in-service training
requirements for mental health awareness and response
shall consist of at least 16 hours of training that must be
satisfactorily completed every 3 years.
h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
police officer must satisfactorily complete at least
annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and
use of force training which shall include scenario based
training, or similar training approved by the Board.
(Source: P.A. 100-121, eff. 1-1-18; 100-247, eff. 1-1-18;
100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-910, eff.
1-1-19; 101-18, eff. 1-1-20; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-215,
eff. 1-1-20; 101-224, eff. 8-9-19; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19;
101-564, eff. 1-1-20; revised 9-10-19.)
(50 ILCS 705/10.17)
Sec. 10.17. Crisis intervention team training; mental
health awareness training.
(a) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
shall develop and approve a standard curriculum for certified
training programs in crisis intervention addressing
specialized policing responses to people with mental
illnesses. The Board shall conduct Crisis Intervention Team
(CIT) training programs that train officers to identify signs
and symptoms of mental illness, to de-escalate situations
involving individuals who appear to have a mental illness, and

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connect that person in crisis to treatment. Officers who have
successfully completed this program shall be issued a
certificate attesting to their attendance of a Crisis
Intervention Team (CIT) training program.
(b) The Board shall create an introductory course
incorporating adult learning models that provides law
enforcement officers with an awareness of mental health issues
including a history of the mental health system, types of
mental health illness including signs and symptoms of mental
illness and common treatments and medications, and the
potential interactions law enforcement officers may have on a
regular basis with these individuals, their families, and
service providers including de-escalating a potential crisis
situation. This course, in addition to other traditional
learning settings, may be made available in an electronic
format.
(c) The training required under this Section shall be at
least 16 hours.
(Source: P.A. 99-261, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16;
100-247, eff. 1-1-18.)