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| Public Act 094-0145 |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the
Civil | ||||
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Sections | ||||
2605-5 and 2605-375 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2605/2605-5)
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Sec. 2605-5. Definitions. In this Law:
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"Department" means the Department of State Police.
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"Director" means the Director of State Police. | ||||
"Missing endangered senior" means an individual 65 years of | ||||
age or older who is reported missing to a law enforcement | ||||
agency and is, or is believed to be: | ||||
(1) a temporary or permanent resident of Illinois; | ||||
(2) at a location that cannot be determined by an | ||||
individual familiar with the missing individual; and | ||||
(3) incapable of returning to the individual's | ||||
residence without assistance.
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(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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(20 ILCS 2605/2605-375) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
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Sec. 2605-375. Missing persons; Law Enforcement Agencies | ||||
Data System
(LEADS).
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(a) To establish and maintain a statewide Law Enforcement
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Agencies Data System (LEADS) for the purpose of providing | ||||
electronic access
by authorized entities to criminal justice | ||||
data repositories and effecting an
immediate law enforcement | ||||
response to reports of missing persons, including
lost, missing | ||||
or runaway minors and missing endangered seniors. The | ||||
Department shall implement an automatic
data exchange system to | ||||
compile, to maintain, and to make available to
other law
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enforcement agencies for immediate dissemination data that can
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assist
appropriate agencies in recovering missing persons and | ||
provide access by
authorized entities to various data | ||
repositories available through LEADS for
criminal justice and | ||
related purposes. To assist the Department in
this effort, | ||
funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund.
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(b) In exercising its duties under this Section, the
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Department shall do the following:
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(1) Provide a uniform reporting format for the entry of | ||
pertinent
information regarding the report of a missing | ||
person into LEADS. The report must include all of the | ||
following:
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(A) Relevant information obtained from the | ||
notification concerning the missing person, including | ||
all of the following: | ||
(i) a physical description of the missing | ||
person; | ||
(ii) the date, time, and place that the missing | ||
person was last seen; and | ||
(iii) the missing person's address. | ||
(B) Information gathered by a preliminary | ||
investigation, if one was made. | ||
(C) A statement by the law enforcement officer in | ||
charge stating the officer's assessment of the case | ||
based on the evidence and information received. | ||
The Department of State Police shall prepare the report | ||
required by this paragraph (1) as soon as practical, but | ||
not later than 5 hours after the Department receives | ||
notification of a missing person.
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(2) Develop and implement a policy whereby a statewide | ||
or regional alert
would be used in situations relating to | ||
the disappearances of individuals,
based on criteria and in | ||
a format established by the Department. Such a
format shall | ||
include, but not be limited to, the age of the missing | ||
person
and the suspected circumstance of the | ||
disappearance.
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(3) Notify all law enforcement agencies that reports of | ||
missing persons
shall be entered as soon as the minimum | ||
level of data specified by the
Department is available to | ||
the reporting agency and that no waiting period
for the | ||
entry of the data exists.
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(4) Compile and retain information regarding lost, | ||
abducted, missing,
or
runaway minors in a separate data | ||
file, in a manner that allows that
information to be used | ||
by law enforcement and other agencies deemed
appropriate by | ||
the Director, for investigative purposes. The
information
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shall include the disposition of all reported lost, | ||
abducted, missing, or
runaway minor cases.
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(5) Compile and maintain an historic data repository | ||
relating to lost,
abducted, missing, or runaway minors and | ||
other missing persons, including, but not limited to, | ||
missing endangered seniors, in order to
develop and improve | ||
techniques utilized by law enforcement agencies when
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responding to reports of missing persons.
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(6) Create a quality control program regarding | ||
confirmation of missing
person data, timeliness of entries | ||
of missing person reports into LEADS,
and
performance | ||
audits of all entering agencies. | ||
(7) Upon completion of the report required by paragraph | ||
(1), the Department of State Police shall immediately | ||
forward the contents of the report to all of the following: | ||
(A) all law enforcement agencies that have | ||
jurisdiction in the location where the missing person | ||
lives and all law enforcement agencies that have | ||
jurisdiction in the location where the missing person | ||
was last seen; | ||
(B) all law enforcement agencies to which the | ||
person who made the notification concerning the | ||
missing person requests the report be sent, if the | ||
Department determines that the request is reasonable | ||
in light of the information received; | ||
(C) all law enforcement agencies that request a | ||
copy of the report; and | ||
(D) the National Crime Information Center's | ||
Missing Person File, if appropriate.
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(8) The Department of State Police shall begin an | ||
investigation concerning the missing person not later than | ||
24 hours after receiving notification of a missing person. | ||
(c) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board | ||
shall conduct a training program for law enforcement personnel | ||
of local governmental agencies in the statewide coordinated | ||
missing endangered senior alert system established under this | ||
Section.
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(Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 90-130, eff. 1-1-98;
90-372, | ||
eff. 7-1-98;
90-590, eff. 1-1-00; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-793, | ||
eff. 8-14-98;
91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | ||
changing Section 10.10 as follows:
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(50 ILCS 705/10.10)
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Sec. 10.10. Training in child abduction and missing | ||
endangered senior alert system. The Board shall
conduct a
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training program for law enforcement personnel of local | ||
governmental agencies
in the
statewide coordinated child | ||
abduction alert system developed under Section
2605-480 of
the | ||
Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code | ||
of
Illinois and the statewide coordinated missing endangered | ||
senior alert system developed under Section 2605-375 of the | ||
Department of State Police Law of the
Civil Administrative Code | ||
of Illinois.
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(Source: P.A. 93-310, eff. 7-23-03.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2006.
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