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| Public Act 096-0594 |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Private College Campus Police Act is amended | ||||
by changing Section 1 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 1020/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 1951)
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Sec. 1.
The Board of Trustees of a private college or | ||||
private
university, may appoint persons to be members of a | ||||
campus police
department. The Board shall assign duties, | ||||
including the enforcement of
college or university | ||||
regulations, and prescribe the oath of office. With
respect to | ||||
any such campus police department established for police
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protection, the members of such campus police department shall | ||||
be persons
who have successfully completed the Minimum | ||||
Standards Basic Law Enforcement
Training Course offered at a | ||||
police training school established under the
Illinois Police | ||||
Training Act, as such Act may be now or hereafter amended.
All | ||||
members of such campus police departments must also | ||||
successfully
complete the Firearms Training for Peace Officers | ||||
established under an Act
in Relation To Firearms Training for | ||||
Peace Officers, as such Act may be now
or hereafter amended.
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Members of the campus police department shall have the powers | ||||
of municipal
peace officers and county sheriffs, including the | ||||
power to make arrests
under the circumstances prescribed in | ||
Section 107-2 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure of 1963, as | ||
amended, for violations of state statutes or ,
municipal or | ||
county ordinances, including the ability to regulate and | ||
control traffic on the public way contiguous to the provided, | ||
however, that such powers may be
exercised only on college or | ||
university property, for the protection of
students, | ||
employees, visitors and their property, and the property | ||
branches, and interests of the college or university, in the | ||
county where the college or university is located of the
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college or university, unless otherwise authorized by a county | ||
or
municipality. Campus police shall have no authority to serve | ||
civil process.
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Members of the campus police department at a private | ||
college or private
university shall not be eligible to | ||
participate in any State, county or
municipal retirement fund | ||
and shall not be reimbursed for training with
state funds. the | ||
uniforms, vehicles, and badges of such officers shall be
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distinctive from those of the local law enforcement agency | ||
where the main campus is located.
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The Board of Trustees shall provide liability insurance | ||
coverage for each
member of the campus police department | ||
without cost to the member, which
insures the member against | ||
any liability which arises out of or in the
course of the | ||
member's employment for no less than $250,000 of coverage,
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unless such indemnification is provided by a program of | ||
self-insurance.
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For the purposes of this Section, "private college" or | ||
"private
university" means: (1) any college or university which | ||
is not owned or
controlled by the State or any political | ||
subdivision thereof, and (2) which
provides a program of | ||
education in residence leading to a baccalaureate
degree, or | ||
which provides a program of education in residence, for which
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the baccalaureate degree is a prerequisite, leading to an | ||
academic or
professional degree, and (3) which is accredited by | ||
the
North Central Association or other nationally recognized | ||
accrediting agency.
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(Source: P.A. 85-1440.)
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