103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2806
 
Introduced 1/17/2024, by Sen. Jil Tracy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:









50 ILCS 705/2 from Ch. 85, par. 502
50 ILCS 705/6 from Ch. 85, par. 506
50 ILCS 705/7

 Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Defines a "basic training candidate" to mean a person enrolled in basic training school who is not a full-time or part-time law enforcement officer. Requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to select and certify schools within the State of Illinois for the purpose of providing basic training for basic training candidates and to create curriculum and minimum basic training requirements for basic training candidates.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning government.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by 
5changing Sections 2, 6, and 7 as follows:



6 (50 ILCS 705/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 502)



7 Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the 
8context otherwise
requires:

9 "Basic training candidate" means a person enrolled in 
10basic training school who is not a full-time or part-time law 
11enforcement officer. 
12 "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training 
13Standards Board.

14 "Full-time law enforcement officer" means a law 
15enforcement officer who has completed the officer's 
16probationary period and is employed on a full-time basis as a 
17law enforcement officer by a local government agency, State 
18government agency, or as a campus police officer by a 
19university, college, or community college. 
20 "Law Enforcement agency" means any entity with statutory 
21police powers and the ability to employ individuals authorized 
22to make arrests. It does not include the Illinois State Police 
23as defined in the State Police Act. A law enforcement agency 
 
 
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1may include any university, college, or community college. 
2 "Local law enforcement agency" means any law enforcement 
3unit of government or
municipal corporation in this State. It 
4does not include the State of
Illinois or any office, officer, 
5department, division, bureau, board,
commission, or agency of 
6the State, except that it does include a
State-controlled 
7university, college or public community college.

8 "State law enforcement agency" means any law enforcement 
9agency of this State. This includes any office, officer, 
10department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of 
11the State. It does not include the Illinois State Police as 
12defined in the State Police Act.
13 "Panel" means the Certification Review Panel. 
14 "Basic training school" means any school located within 
15the State of
Illinois whether privately or publicly owned 
16which offers a course in basic law enforcement
or county 
17corrections training and has been approved by the Board.

18 "Probationary police officer" means a recruit law 
19enforcement officer
required to successfully complete initial 
20minimum basic training requirements
at a basic training school 
21to be eligible for permanent full-time
employment as a local 
22law enforcement officer.

23 "Probationary part-time police officer" means a recruit 
24part-time law
enforcement officer required to successfully 
25complete initial minimum part-time
training requirements to be 
26eligible for employment on a part-time basis as a
local law 
 
 
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1enforcement officer.

2 "Permanent law enforcement officer" means a law 
3enforcement officer who has
completed the officer's 
4probationary period and is permanently employed on a
full-time 
5basis as a local law enforcement officer, as a security 
6officer, or campus police officer permanently
employed by a 
7law enforcement agency.

8 "Part-time law enforcement officer" means a law 
9enforcement officer who has
completed the officer's 
10probationary period and is employed on a part-time basis
as a 
11law enforcement officer or as
a campus police officer by a law 
12enforcement agency.

13 "Law enforcement officer" means (i) any police officer of 
14a law enforcement
agency who is primarily responsible for

15prevention or detection of crime and the enforcement of the 
16criminal code,
traffic, or highway laws of this State or any 
17political subdivision
of this State or (ii) any member of a 
18police force appointed and maintained as provided in Section 2 
19of the Railroad Police Act.

20 "Recruit" means any full-time or part-time law
enforcement 
21officer or
full-time
county corrections officer who is 
22enrolled in an
approved training course.

23 "Review Committee" means the committee at the Board for 
24certification disciplinary cases in which the Panel, a law 
25enforcement officer, or a law enforcement agency may file for 
26reconsideration of a decertification decision made by the 
 
 
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1Board. 
2 "Probationary county corrections officer" means a recruit 
3county
corrections officer required to successfully complete 
4initial minimum basic
training requirements at a basic 
5training school to be eligible for permanent
employment on a 
6full-time basis as a county corrections officer.

7 "Permanent county corrections officer" means a county 
8corrections
officer who has completed the officer's 
9probationary period and is permanently employed
on a full-time 
10basis as a county corrections officer by a participating law 
11enforcement agency.

12 "County corrections officer" means any sworn
officer of 
13the sheriff who is primarily responsible for the control and 
14custody
of offenders, detainees or inmates.

15 "Probationary court security officer" means a recruit 
16court security
officer required to successfully complete 
17initial minimum basic training
requirements at a designated 
18training school to be eligible for employment as a
court 
19security officer.

20 "Permanent court security officer" means a court security 
21officer who has
completed the officer's probationary period 
22and is employed as a court
security officer by a participating 
23law enforcement agency.

24 "Court security officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in 
25Section 3-6012.1
of the Counties Code.

26(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22.)




 
 
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1 (50 ILCS 705/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 506)



2 Sec. 6. Powers and duties of the Board; selection and 
3certification of schools. The Board shall select
and certify 
4schools within the State of
Illinois for the purpose of 
5providing basic training for basic training candidates, 
6probationary law enforcement
officers, probationary county 
7corrections officers, and
court security officers and
of 
8providing advanced or in-service training for permanent law 
9enforcement officers
or permanent
county corrections officers, 
10which schools may be either publicly or
privately owned and 
11operated. In addition, the Board has the following
power and 
12duties:

13  a. To require law enforcement agencies to furnish such 
14 reports and
information as the Board deems necessary to 
15 fully implement this Act.

16  b. To establish appropriate mandatory minimum 
17 standards
relating to the training of probationary local 
18 law enforcement officers
or probationary county 
19 corrections officers, and in-service training of permanent 
20 law enforcement officers.

21  c. To provide appropriate certification to those 
22 probationary
officers who successfully complete the 
23 prescribed minimum standard basic
training course.

24  d. To review and approve annual training curriculum 
25 for county sheriffs.

 
 
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1  e. To review and approve applicants to ensure that no 
2 applicant is admitted
to a certified academy unless the 
3 applicant is a person of good character
and has not been 
4 convicted of, found guilty of, entered a plea of guilty 
5 to, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to a felony 
6 offense, any of the
misdemeanors in Sections 11-1.50, 
7 11-6, 11-6.5, 11-6.6, 11-9.1, 11-9.1B, 11-14, 11-14.1, 
8 11-30, 12-2, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5, 16-1,
17-1, 17-2, 
9 26.5-1, 26.5-2, 26.5-3, 28-3, 29-1, any misdemeanor in 
10 violation of any Section of Part E of Title III of the 
11 Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or 
12 subsection (a) of Section 17-32 of the Criminal Code of 
13 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or Section 5 or 5.2 of 
14 the Cannabis Control Act, or a crime involving
moral

15 turpitude under the laws of this State or any other state 
16 which if
committed in this State would be punishable as a 
17 felony or a crime of
moral turpitude, or any felony or 
18 misdemeanor in violation of federal law or the law of any 
19 state that is the equivalent of any of the offenses 
20 specified therein. The Board may appoint investigators who 
21 shall enforce
the duties conferred upon the Board by this 
22 Act.

23  For purposes of this paragraph e, a person is 
24 considered to have been convicted of, found guilty of, or 
25 entered a plea of guilty to, plea of nolo contendere to 
26 regardless of whether the adjudication of guilt or 
 
 
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1 sentence is withheld or not entered thereon. This includes 
2 sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, or first 
3 offender probation, or any similar disposition provided 
4 for by law. 
5  f. To establish statewide standards for minimum 
6 standards regarding regular mental health screenings for 
7 probationary and permanent police officers, ensuring that 
8 counseling sessions and screenings remain confidential. 
9  g. To review and ensure all law enforcement officers 
10 remain in compliance with this Act, and any administrative 
11 rules adopted under this Act.
12  h. To suspend any certificate for a definite period, 
13 limit or restrict any certificate, or revoke any 
14 certificate.
15  i. The Board and the Panel shall have power to secure 
16 by its subpoena and bring before it any person or entity in 
17 this State and to take testimony either orally or by 
18 deposition or both with the same fees and mileage and in 
19 the same manner as prescribed by law in judicial 
20 proceedings in civil cases in circuit courts of this 
21 State. The Board and the Panel shall also have the power to 
22 subpoena the production of documents, papers, files, 
23 books, documents, and records, whether in physical or 
24 electronic form, in support of the charges and for 
25 defense, and in connection with a hearing or 
26 investigation.
 
 
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1  j. The Executive Director, the administrative law 
2 judge designated by the Executive Director, and each 
3 member of the Board and the Panel shall have the power to 
4 administer oaths to witnesses at any hearing that the 
5 Board is authorized to conduct under this Act and any 
6 other oaths required or authorized to be administered by 
7 the Board under this Act.
8  k. In case of the neglect or refusal of any person to 
9 obey a subpoena issued by the Board and the Panel, any 
10 circuit court, upon application of the Board and the 
11 Panel, through the Illinois Attorney General, may order 
12 such person to appear before the Board and the Panel give 
13 testimony or produce evidence, and any failure to obey 
14 such order is punishable by the court as a contempt 
15 thereof. This order may be served by personal delivery, by 
16 email, or by mail to the address of record or email address 
17 of record. 
18  l. The Board shall have the power to administer state 
19 certification examinations. Any and all records related to 
20 these examinations, including, but not limited to, test 
21 questions, test formats, digital files, answer responses, 
22 answer keys, and scoring information shall be exempt from 
23 disclosure. 
24  m. To make grants, subject to appropriation, to units

25 of local government and public institutions of higher 
26 education for the purposes of hiring and retaining law 
 
 
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1 enforcement officers. 
2  n. To make grants, subject to appropriation, to local

3 law enforcement agencies for costs associated with the 
4 expansion and support of National Integrated Ballistic 
5 Information Network (NIBIN) and other ballistic technology 
6 equipment for ballistic testing. 
7(Source: P.A. 102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 
8102-1115, eff. 1-9-23; 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)



9 (50 ILCS 705/7)



10 Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall 
11adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall 
12include, but not be limited to,
the following:

13  a. The curriculum for basic training candidates and 
14 probationary law enforcement officers which shall be

15 offered by all certified schools shall include, but not be 
16 limited to,
courses of procedural justice, arrest and use 
17 and control tactics, search and seizure, including 
18 temporary questioning, civil rights, human rights, human 
19 relations,
cultural competency, including implicit bias 
20 and racial and ethnic sensitivity,
criminal law, law of 
21 criminal procedure, constitutional and proper use of law 
22 enforcement authority, crisis intervention training, 
23 vehicle and traffic law including
uniform and 
24 non-discriminatory enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle 
25 Code,
traffic control and crash investigation, techniques 
 
 
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1 of obtaining
physical evidence, court testimonies, 
2 statements, reports, firearms
training, training in the 
3 use of electronic control devices, including the 
4 psychological and physiological effects of the use of 
5 those devices on humans, first-aid (including 
6 cardiopulmonary resuscitation), training in the 
7 administration of opioid antagonists as defined in 
8 paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the 
9 Substance Use Disorder Act, handling of
juvenile 
10 offenders, recognition of
mental conditions and crises, 
11 including, but not limited to, the disease of addiction, 
12 which require immediate assistance and response and 
13 methods to
safeguard and provide assistance to a person in 
14 need of mental
treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect, 
15 financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with 
16 disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of 
17 the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the 
18 elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police 
19 vehicle
chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the 
20 high-speed chase, and
physical training. The curriculum 
21 shall include specific training in
techniques for 
22 immediate response to and investigation of cases of 
23 domestic
violence and of sexual assault of adults and 
24 children, including cultural perceptions and common myths 
25 of sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as interview 
26 techniques that are age sensitive and are trauma informed, 
 
 
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1 victim centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum 
2 shall include
training in techniques designed to promote 
3 effective
communication at the initial contact with crime 
4 victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to victims and 
5 witnesses their rights under the Rights
of Crime Victims 
6 and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims Compensation Act. 
7 The curriculum shall also include training in effective 
8 recognition of and responses to stress, trauma, and 
9 post-traumatic stress experienced by law enforcement 
10 officers that is consistent with Section 25 of the 
11 Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act in a peer 
12 setting, including recognizing signs and symptoms of 
13 work-related cumulative stress, issues that may lead to 
14 suicide, and solutions for intervention with peer support 
15 resources. The curriculum shall include a block of 
16 instruction addressing the mandatory reporting 
17 requirements under the Abused and Neglected Child 
18 Reporting Act. The curriculum shall also include a block 
19 of instruction aimed at identifying and interacting with 
20 persons with autism and other developmental or physical 
21 disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes 
22 against persons with autism, and addressing the unique 
23 challenges presented by cases involving victims or 
24 witnesses with autism and other developmental 
25 disabilities. The curriculum shall include training in the 
26 detection and investigation of all forms of human 
 
 
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1 trafficking. The curriculum shall also include instruction 
2 in trauma-informed responses designed to ensure the 
3 physical safety and well-being of a child of an arrested 
4 parent or immediate family member; this instruction must 
5 include, but is not limited to: (1) understanding the 
6 trauma experienced by the child while maintaining the 
7 integrity of the arrest and safety of officers, suspects, 
8 and other involved individuals; (2) de-escalation tactics 
9 that would include the use of force when reasonably 
10 necessary; and (3) inquiring whether a child will require 
11 supervision and care. The curriculum for basic training 
12 candidates and probationary law enforcement officers shall 
13 include: (1) at least 12 hours of hands-on, scenario-based 
14 role-playing; (2) at least 6 hours of instruction on use 
15 of force techniques, including the use of de-escalation 
16 techniques to prevent or reduce the need for force 
17 whenever safe and feasible; (3) specific training on 
18 officer safety techniques, including cover, concealment, 
19 and time; and (4) at least 6 hours of training focused on 
20 high-risk traffic stops. The curriculum for
permanent law 
21 enforcement officers shall include, but not be limited to: 
22 (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the 
23 courses listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced 
24 courses in any of the subjects listed above in
this 
25 subparagraph, (3) training for supervisory personnel, and 
26 (4)
specialized training in subjects and fields to be 
 
 
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1 selected by the board. The training in the use of 
2 electronic control devices shall be conducted for basic 
3 training candidates and probationary law enforcement 
4 officers, including University police officers. The 
5 curriculum shall also include training on the use of a 
6 firearms restraining order by providing instruction on the 
7 process used to file a firearms restraining order and how 
8 to identify situations in which a firearms restraining 
9 order is appropriate.

10  b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements 
11 and equipment
requirements.

12  c. Minimum requirements for instructors.

13  d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a basic 
14 training candidate and probationary law enforcement

15 officer must satisfactorily complete before being eligible 
16 for permanent
employment as a local law enforcement 
17 officer for a participating local
governmental or State 
18 governmental agency. Those requirements shall include 
19 training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary 
20 resuscitation).

21  e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
22 probationary county
corrections officer must 
23 satisfactorily complete before being eligible for

24 permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a 
25 participating
local governmental agency.

26  f. Minimum basic training requirements which a 
 
 
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1 probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily 
2 complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as 
3 a court security officer for a participating local

4 governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those 
5 training requirements which it considers appropriate for 
6 court
security officers and shall certify schools to 
7 conduct that training. 

8  A person hired to serve as a court security officer 
9 must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to 
10 the officer's successful completion of the
training 
11 course; (ii) attesting to the officer's satisfactory

12 completion of a training program of similar content and 
13 number of hours that
has been found acceptable by the 
14 Board under the provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting 
15 to the Board's determination that the training
course is 
16 unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior law 
17 enforcement
experience.

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

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

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

13 this Act and as established by the Board.

14  g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
15 law enforcement officer must satisfactorily complete every 
16 3 years. Those requirements shall include constitutional 
17 and proper use of law enforcement authority, procedural 
18 justice, civil rights, human rights, reporting child abuse 
19 and neglect, and cultural competency, including implicit 
20 bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity. These trainings 
21 shall consist of at least 30 hours of training every 3 
22 years.
23  h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
24 law enforcement officer must satisfactorily complete at 
25 least annually. Those requirements shall include law 
26 updates, emergency medical response training and 
 
 
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1 certification, crisis intervention training, and officer 
2 wellness and mental health.
3  i. Minimum in-service training requirements as set 
4 forth in Section 10.6.
5 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the 
6changes made to this Section by Public Act 101-652, Public Act 
7102-28, and Public Act 102-694 take effect July 1, 2022. 
8(Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22; 
9102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-982, eff. 
107-1-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)