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

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

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