Public Act 100-0247
 
HB0375 EnrolledLRB100 00093 SLF 10097 b


  
    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 1. This Act may be referred to as Sam's Act.
 
    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 
    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 Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and 
    Dependency 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 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 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 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 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 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, mental health awareness and 
    response, and cultural competency.
        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. 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; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 
1-1-17.)

 
    (50 ILCS 705/10.17)
    Sec. 10.17. Crisis intervention team training; mental 
health awareness training.
    (a) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards 
Board shall develop and approve a standard curriculum for a 
certified training programs program 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 
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. 
(Source: P.A. 99-261, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)