Bill Text: IL SB2346 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum for probationary police officers shall include an 8 hour block of instruction on basic investigations of crime involving the internet and cell phone applications in dealing with online child exploitation, sexting, computer tampering, harassment through electronic communication, stalking, computer fraud, and wire fraud. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-03 - Referred to Rules Committee [SB2346 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2346-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2346 Introduced 1/28/2016, by Sen. Michael Connelly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 705/7 from Ch. 85, par. 507
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum for probationary police officers shall include an 8 hour block of instruction on basic investigations of crime involving the internet and cell phone applications in dealing with online child exploitation, sexting, computer tampering, harassment through electronic communication, stalking, computer fraud, and wire fraud. Effective immediately.
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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 Section 7 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
control devices, including the psychological and physiological

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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 Alcoholism and
Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, handling of juvenile
offenders, recognition of mental conditions, including, but
not limited to, the disease of addiction, which require
immediate assistance 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 rape as well as interview
techniques that 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 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 include an 8 hour block

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of instruction on the basic investigations of crimes involving
the internet and cell phone applications in dealing with online
child exploitation, sexting, computer tampering, harassment
through electronic communication, stalking, computer fraud,
and wire fraud. 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 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

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enforcement officer for a participating local governmental
agency. Those requirements shall include training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary 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 that capacity

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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) this amendatory Act of 1996. 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 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996 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, and cultural competency.
h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
police officer must satisfactorily complete at least annually.

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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. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-358, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463,
eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-352, eff. 1-1-16;
99-480, eff. 9-9-15; revised 10-20-15.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.