Bill Text: IL SR0806 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Resolves that (i) the Police Training Institute shall remain open and its funding must not be diverted to create a new academy, (ii) the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall abide by the laws that created the Police Training Institute and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and not assume new powers without legislative authority, (iii) no new police training academies shall be created until the level of enrollment and the condition of State finances would make this academically reasonable and financially feasible, and (iv) the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board is directed to establish objective professional standards for decertifying courses at police training academies so that minor disagreements do not escalate into disruptions of training.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SR0806 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SR0806-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The General Assembly created the Police Training
Institute (PTI) at the University of Illinois in 1955; and
WHEREAS, The PTI is the largest police training academy in
this State, has trained officers in all 102 counties of this
State, and has trained 64% of the officers outside of the City
of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, In 2005, the PTI trained 32% of officers
statewide, and that percentage rose to 42% in 2010, while
enrollment fell in all academies due to the recession; and
WHEREAS, The PTI trains the trainers for other police
training academies throughout Illinois; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly created the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board (ILETSB) in 1965; and
WHEREAS, The ILETSB wishes to close the PTI and use the
funds to open a new academy under its management; and
WHEREAS, State statute requires that the Director of the
PTI be a member of the ILETSB; and

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WHEREAS, The State statute creating the ILETSB does not
authorize it to override the statute creating the PTI; and
WHEREAS, The State statute establishing the ILETSB does not
give it the authority to run an academy; and
WHEREAS, The ILETSB has also "decertified" the Illinois
State Police Academy in the past, although it was later
restored; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the PTI shall remain
open and its funding must not be diverted to create a new
academy; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the ILETSB shall abide by the laws that
created the PTI and the ILETSB and not assume new powers
without legislative authority; and be it further
RESOLVED, That no new police training academies shall be
created until the level of enrollment and the condition of
State finances would make this academically reasonable and
financially feasible; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the ILETSB is directed to establish
objective professional standards for decertifying courses at

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police training academies so that minor disagreements do not
escalate into disruptions of training; and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
delivered to President and the members of the Board of Trustees
of the University of Illinois, the Director of the Police
Training Institute, and to the Executive Director and members
of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.