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Public Act 098-0311
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| HB3388 Enrolled | LRB098 05785 OMW 35824 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Illinois Police Training Act is amended by |
adding Section 10.14 as follows:
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(50 ILCS 705/10.14 new) |
Sec. 10.14. Training; animal fighting awareness and humane |
response. The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards |
Board shall conduct or approve a training program in animal |
fighting awareness and humane response for law enforcement |
officers of local government agencies. The purpose of that |
training shall be to equip law enforcement officers of local |
government agencies to identify animal fighting operations and |
respond appropriately. This training shall also include a |
humane response component that will provide guidelines for |
appropriate law enforcement response to animal abuse, cruelty, |
and neglect, or similar condition, as well as training on |
canine behavior and nonlethal ways to subdue a canine.
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