104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0040 Introduced , by Rep. Bob Morgan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 50 ILCS 705/750 ILCS 705/8.1 from Ch. 85, par. 508.150 ILCS 705/8.250 ILCS 705/10.27 new Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve training programs in crimes motivated by bias. Includes requirements for the training programs. Requires the training for new law enforcement officers and allows continuing education credits for current law enforcement officers who complete the training. LRB104 03559 RTM 13583 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0040 Introduced , by Rep. Bob Morgan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 50 ILCS 705/750 ILCS 705/8.1 from Ch. 85, par. 508.150 ILCS 705/8.250 ILCS 705/10.27 new 50 ILCS 705/7 50 ILCS 705/8.1 from Ch. 85, par. 508.1 50 ILCS 705/8.2 50 ILCS 705/10.27 new Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve training programs in crimes motivated by bias. Includes requirements for the training programs. Requires the training for new law enforcement officers and allows continuing education credits for current law enforcement officers who complete the training. LRB104 03559 RTM 13583 b LRB104 03559 RTM 13583 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0040 Introduced , by Rep. Bob Morgan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 705/750 ILCS 705/8.1 from Ch. 85, par. 508.150 ILCS 705/8.250 ILCS 705/10.27 new 50 ILCS 705/7 50 ILCS 705/8.1 from Ch. 85, par. 508.1 50 ILCS 705/8.2 50 ILCS 705/10.27 new
50 ILCS 705/7
50 ILCS 705/8.1 from Ch. 85, par. 508.1
50 ILCS 705/8.2
50 ILCS 705/10.27 new
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve training programs in crimes motivated by bias. Includes requirements for the training programs. Requires the training for new law enforcement officers and allows continuing education credits for current law enforcement officers who complete the training.
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1 AN ACT concerning government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 7, 8.1, and 8.2 and by adding Section 10.27
6 as follows:
7 (50 ILCS 705/7)
8 Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall
9 adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools which shall
10 include, but not be limited to, the following:
11 a. The curriculum for probationary law enforcement
12 officers which shall be offered by all certified schools
13 shall include, but not be limited to, courses of
14 procedural justice, arrest and use and control tactics,
15 search and seizure, including temporary questioning, civil
16 rights, human rights, human relations, cultural
17 competency, including implicit bias and racial and ethnic
18 sensitivity, criminal law, law of criminal procedure,
19 constitutional and proper use of law enforcement
20 authority, crisis intervention training, vehicle and
21 traffic law including uniform and non-discriminatory
22 enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code, traffic control
23 and crash investigation, techniques of obtaining physical
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0040 Introduced , by Rep. Bob Morgan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 705/750 ILCS 705/8.1 from Ch. 85, par. 508.150 ILCS 705/8.250 ILCS 705/10.27 new 50 ILCS 705/7 50 ILCS 705/8.1 from Ch. 85, par. 508.1 50 ILCS 705/8.2 50 ILCS 705/10.27 new
50 ILCS 705/7
50 ILCS 705/8.1 from Ch. 85, par. 508.1
50 ILCS 705/8.2
50 ILCS 705/10.27 new
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve training programs in crimes motivated by bias. Includes requirements for the training programs. Requires the training for new law enforcement officers and allows continuing education credits for current law enforcement officers who complete the training.
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50 ILCS 705/7
50 ILCS 705/8.1 from Ch. 85, par. 508.1
50 ILCS 705/8.2
50 ILCS 705/10.27 new
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1 evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, firearms
2 training, training in the use of electronic control
3 devices, including the psychological and physiological
4 effects of the use of those devices on humans, first aid
5 (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation), training in the
6 administration of opioid antagonists as defined in
7 paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the
8 Substance Use Disorder Act, handling of juvenile
9 offenders, recognition of mental conditions and crises,
10 including, but not limited to, the disease of addiction,
11 which require immediate assistance and response and
12 methods to safeguard and provide assistance to a person in
13 need of mental treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect,
14 financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with
15 disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of
16 the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the
17 elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police
18 vehicle chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the
19 high-speed chase, and physical training, and training
20 under Section 10.25. The curriculum shall include specific
21 training in techniques for immediate response to and
22 investigation of cases of domestic violence and of sexual
23 assault of adults and children, including cultural
24 perceptions and common myths of sexual assault and sexual
25 abuse as well as interview techniques that are age
26 sensitive and are trauma informed, victim centered, and
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1 victim sensitive. The curriculum shall include training in
2 techniques designed to promote effective communication at
3 the initial contact with crime victims and ways to
4 comprehensively explain to victims and witnesses their
5 rights under the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act
6 and the Crime Victims Compensation Act. The curriculum
7 shall also include training in effective recognition of
8 and responses to stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress
9 experienced by law enforcement officers that is consistent
10 with Section 25 of the Illinois Mental Health First Aid
11 Training Act in a peer setting, including recognizing
12 signs and symptoms of work-related cumulative stress,
13 issues that may lead to suicide, and solutions for
14 intervention with peer support resources. The curriculum
15 shall include a block of instruction addressing the
16 mandatory reporting requirements under the Abused and
17 Neglected Child Reporting Act. The curriculum shall also
18 include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and
19 interacting with persons with autism and other
20 developmental or physical disabilities, reducing barriers
21 to reporting crimes against persons with autism, and
22 addressing the unique challenges presented by cases
23 involving victims or witnesses with autism and other
24 developmental disabilities. The curriculum shall include
25 training in the detection and investigation of all forms
26 of human trafficking. The curriculum shall also include
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1 instruction in trauma-informed responses designed to
2 ensure the physical safety and well-being of a child of an
3 arrested parent or immediate family member; this
4 instruction must include, but is not limited to: (1)
5 understanding the trauma experienced by the child while
6 maintaining the integrity of the arrest and safety of
7 officers, suspects, and other involved individuals; (2)
8 de-escalation tactics that would include the use of force
9 when reasonably necessary; and (3) inquiring whether a
10 child will require supervision and care. The curriculum
11 for probationary law enforcement officers shall include:
12 (1) at least 12 hours of hands-on, scenario-based
13 role-playing; (2) at least 6 hours of instruction on use
14 of force techniques, including the use of de-escalation
15 techniques to prevent or reduce the need for force
16 whenever safe and feasible; (3) specific training on
17 officer safety techniques, including cover, concealment,
18 and time; and (4) at least 6 hours of training focused on
19 high-risk traffic stops. The curriculum for permanent law
20 enforcement officers shall include, but not be limited to:
21 (1) refresher and in-service training in any of the
22 courses listed above in this subparagraph, (2) advanced
23 courses in any of the subjects listed above in this
24 subparagraph, (3) training for supervisory personnel, and
25 (4) specialized training in subjects and fields to be
26 selected by the board. The training in the use of
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1 electronic control devices shall be conducted for
2 probationary law enforcement officers, including
3 University police officers. The curriculum shall also
4 include training on the use of a firearms restraining
5 order by providing instruction on the process used to file
6 a firearms restraining order and how to identify
7 situations in which a firearms restraining order is
8 appropriate.
9 b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements
10 and equipment requirements.
11 c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
12 d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
13 probationary law enforcement officer must satisfactorily
14 complete before being eligible for permanent employment as
15 a local law enforcement officer for a participating local
16 governmental or State governmental agency. Those
17 requirements shall include training in first aid
18 (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
19 e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
20 probationary county corrections officer must
21 satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
22 permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a
23 participating local governmental agency.
24 f. Minimum basic training requirements which a
25 probationary court security officer must satisfactorily
26 complete before being eligible for permanent employment as
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1 a court security officer for a participating local
2 governmental agency. The Board shall establish those
3 training requirements which it considers appropriate for
4 court security officers and shall certify schools to
5 conduct that training.
6 A person hired to serve as a court security officer
7 must obtain from the Board a certificate (i) attesting to
8 the officer's successful completion of the training
9 course; (ii) attesting to the officer's satisfactory
10 completion of a training program of similar content and
11 number of hours that has been found acceptable by the
12 Board under the provisions of this Act; or (iii) attesting
13 to the Board's determination that the training course is
14 unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior law
15 enforcement experience.
16 Individuals who currently serve as court security
17 officers shall be deemed qualified to continue to serve in
18 that capacity so long as they are certified as provided by
19 this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective
20 date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified,
21 absent a waiver from the Board, shall cause the officer to
22 forfeit his or her position.
23 All individuals hired as court security officers on or
24 after June 1, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act
25 89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the date of
26 their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the
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1 Board, or they shall forfeit their positions.
2 The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the
3 Sheriff's Office if there is no Sheriff's Merit
4 Commission, shall maintain a list of all individuals who
5 have filed applications to become court security officers
6 and who meet the eligibility requirements established
7 under this Act. Either the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or
8 the Sheriff's Office if no Sheriff's Merit Commission
9 exists, shall establish a schedule of reasonable intervals
10 for verification of the applicants' qualifications under
11 this Act and as established by the Board.
12 g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
13 law enforcement officer must satisfactorily complete every
14 3 years. Those requirements shall include constitutional
15 and proper use of law enforcement authority; procedural
16 justice; civil rights; human rights; reporting child abuse
17 and neglect; autism-informed law enforcement responses,
18 techniques, and procedures; and cultural competency,
19 including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity.
20 These trainings shall consist of at least 30 hours of
21 training every 3 years.
22 h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
23 law enforcement officer must satisfactorily complete at
24 least annually. Those requirements shall include law
25 updates, emergency medical response training and
26 certification, crisis intervention training, and officer
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1 wellness and mental health.
2 i. Minimum in-service training requirements as set
3 forth in Section 10.6.
4 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
5 changes made to this Section by Public Act 101-652, Public Act
6 102-28, and Public Act 102-694 take effect July 1, 2022.
7 (Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22;
8 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-982, eff.
9 7-1-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-949, eff. 1-1-25.)
10 (50 ILCS 705/8.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 508.1)
11 Sec. 8.1. Full-time law enforcement and county corrections
12 officers.
13 (a) No person shall receive a permanent appointment as a
14 law enforcement officer or a permanent appointment as a county
15 corrections officer unless that person has been awarded,
16 within 6 months of the officer's initial full-time employment,
17 a certificate attesting to the officer's successful completion
18 of the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement or County
19 Correctional Training Course as prescribed by the Board; or
20 has been awarded a certificate attesting to the officer's
21 satisfactory completion of a training program of similar
22 content and number of hours and which course has been found
23 acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or a
24 training waiver by reason of prior law enforcement or county
25 corrections experience, obtained in Illinois, in any other
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1 state, or with an agency of the federal government, the basic
2 training requirement is determined by the Board to be
3 illogical and unreasonable. Agencies seeking a reciprocity
4 waiver for training completed outside of Illinois must conduct
5 a thorough background check and provide verification of the
6 officer's prior training. After review and satisfaction of all
7 requested conditions, the officer shall be awarded an
8 equivalency certificate satisfying the requirements of this
9 Section. Within 60 days after the effective date of this
10 amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Board shall
11 adopt uniform rules providing for a waiver process for a
12 person previously employed and qualified as a law enforcement
13 or county corrections officer under federal law or the laws of
14 any other state, or who has completed a basic law enforcement
15 officer or correctional officer academy who would be qualified
16 to be employed as a law enforcement officer or correctional
17 officer by the federal government or any other state. These
18 rules shall address the process for evaluating prior training
19 credit, a description and list of the courses typically
20 required for reciprocity candidates to complete prior to
21 taking the exam, and a procedure for employers seeking a
22 pre-activation determination for a reciprocity training
23 waiver. The rules shall provide that any eligible person
24 previously trained as a law enforcement or county corrections
25 officer under federal law or the laws of any other state shall
26 successfully complete the following prior to the approval of a
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1 waiver:
2 (1) a training program or set of coursework approved
3 by the Board on the laws of this State relevant to the
4 duties and training requirements of law enforcement and
5 county correctional officers;
6 (2) firearms training; and
7 (3) successful passage of the equivalency
8 certification examination; and .
9 (4) training under Section 10.25.
10 If such training is required and not completed within the
11 applicable 6 months, then the officer must forfeit the
12 officer's position, or the employing agency must obtain a
13 waiver from the Board extending the period for compliance.
14 Such waiver shall be issued only for good and justifiable
15 reasons, and in no case shall extend more than 90 days beyond
16 the initial 6 months. Any hiring agency that fails to train a
17 law enforcement officer within this period shall be prohibited
18 from employing this individual in a law enforcement capacity
19 for one year from the date training was to be completed. If an
20 agency again fails to train the individual a second time, the
21 agency shall be permanently barred from employing this
22 individual in a law enforcement capacity.
23 An individual who is not certified by the Board or whose
24 certified status is inactive shall not function as a law
25 enforcement officer, be assigned the duties of a law
26 enforcement officer by an employing agency, or be authorized
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1 to carry firearms under the authority of the employer, except
2 as otherwise authorized to carry a firearm under State or
3 federal law. Sheriffs who are elected as of January 1, 2022
4 (the effective date of Public Act 101-652) are exempt from the
5 requirement of certified status. Failure to be certified in
6 accordance with this Act shall cause the officer to forfeit
7 the officer's position.
8 An employing agency may not grant a person status as a law
9 enforcement officer unless the person has been granted an
10 active law enforcement officer certification by the Board.
11 (b) Inactive status. A person who has an inactive law
12 enforcement officer certification has no law enforcement
13 authority.
14 (1) A law enforcement officer's certification becomes
15 inactive upon termination, resignation, retirement, or
16 separation from the officer's employing law enforcement
17 agency for any reason. The Board shall re-activate a
18 certification upon written application from the law
19 enforcement officer's law enforcement agency that shows
20 the law enforcement officer: (i) has accepted a full-time
21 law enforcement position with that law enforcement agency,
22 (ii) is not the subject of a decertification proceeding,
23 and (iii) meets all other criteria for re-activation
24 required by the Board. The Board may also establish
25 special training requirements to be completed as a
26 condition for re-activation.
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1 The Board shall review a notice for reactivation from
2 a law enforcement agency and provide a response within 30
3 days. The Board may extend this review. A law enforcement
4 officer shall be allowed to be employed as a full-time law
5 enforcement officer while the law enforcement officer
6 reactivation waiver is under review.
7 A law enforcement officer who is refused reactivation
8 or an employing agency of a law enforcement officer who is
9 refused reactivation under this Section may request a
10 hearing in accordance with the hearing procedures as
11 outlined in subsection (h) of Section 6.3 of this Act.
12 The Board may refuse to re-activate the certification
13 of a law enforcement officer who was involuntarily
14 terminated for good cause by an employing agency for
15 conduct subject to decertification under this Act or
16 resigned or retired after receiving notice of a law
17 enforcement agency's investigation.
18 (2) A law enforcement agency may place an officer who
19 is currently certified on inactive status by sending a
20 written request to the Board. A law enforcement officer
21 whose certificate has been placed on inactive status shall
22 not function as a law enforcement officer until the
23 officer has completed any requirements for reactivating
24 the certificate as required by the Board. A request for
25 inactive status in this subsection shall be in writing,
26 accompanied by verifying documentation, and shall be
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1 submitted to the Board with a copy to the chief
2 administrator of the law enforcement officer's current or
3 new employing agency.
4 (3) Certification that has become inactive under
5 paragraph (2) of this subsection (b) shall be reactivated
6 by written notice from the law enforcement officer's
7 agency upon a showing that the law enforcement officer:
8 (i) is employed in a full-time law enforcement position
9 with the same law enforcement agency, (ii) is not the
10 subject of a decertification proceeding, and (iii) meets
11 all other criteria for re-activation required by the
12 Board.
13 (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of this subsection
14 (b), a law enforcement officer whose certification has
15 become inactive under paragraph (2) may have the officer's
16 employing agency submit a request for a waiver of training
17 requirements to the Board in writing and accompanied by
18 any verifying documentation. A grant of a waiver is within
19 the discretion of the Board. Within 7 days of receiving a
20 request for a waiver under this Section, the Board shall
21 notify the law enforcement officer and the chief
22 administrator of the law enforcement officer's employing
23 agency, whether the request has been granted, denied, or
24 if the Board will take additional time for information. A
25 law enforcement agency whose request for a waiver under
26 this subsection is denied is entitled to request a review
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1 of the denial by the Board. The law enforcement agency
2 must request a review within 20 days of the waiver being
3 denied. The burden of proof shall be on the law
4 enforcement agency to show why the law enforcement officer
5 is entitled to a waiver of the legislatively required
6 training and eligibility requirements.
7 (c) No provision of this Section shall be construed to
8 mean that a county corrections officer employed by a
9 governmental agency at the time of the effective date of this
10 amendatory Act, either as a probationary county corrections
11 officer or as a permanent county corrections officer, shall
12 require certification under the provisions of this Section. No
13 provision of this Section shall be construed to apply to
14 certification of elected county sheriffs.
15 (d) Within 14 days, a law enforcement officer shall report
16 to the Board: (1) any name change; (2) any change in
17 employment; or (3) the filing of any criminal indictment or
18 charges against the officer alleging that the officer
19 committed any offense as enumerated in Section 6.1 of this
20 Act.
21 (e) All law enforcement officers must report the
22 completion of the training requirements required in this Act
23 in compliance with Section 8.4 of this Act.
24 (e-1) Each employing law enforcement agency shall allow
25 and provide an opportunity for a law enforcement officer to
26 complete the mandated requirements in this Act. All mandated
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1 training shall be provided at no cost to the employees.
2 Employees shall be paid for all time spent attending mandated
3 training.
4 (e-2) Each agency, academy, or training provider shall
5 maintain proof of a law enforcement officer's completion of
6 legislatively required training in a format designated by the
7 Board. The report of training shall be submitted to the Board
8 within 30 days following completion of the training. A copy of
9 the report shall be submitted to the law enforcement officer.
10 Upon receipt of a properly completed report of training, the
11 Board will make the appropriate entry into the training
12 records of the law enforcement officer.
13 (f) This Section does not apply to part-time law
14 enforcement officers or probationary part-time law enforcement
15 officers.
16 (g) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
17 the changes made to this Section by Public Act 101-652, Public
18 Act 102-28, and Public Act 102-694 take effect July 1, 2022.
19 (Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22;
20 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-389, eff. 1-1-24.)
21 (50 ILCS 705/8.2)
22 Sec. 8.2. Part-time law enforcement officers.
23 (a) A person hired to serve as a part-time law enforcement
24 officer must obtain from the Board a certificate (i) attesting
25 to the officer's successful completion of the part-time police
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1 training course; (ii) attesting to the officer's satisfactory
2 completion of a training program of similar content and number
3 of hours that has been found acceptable by the Board under the
4 provisions of this Act; or (iii) a training waiver attesting
5 to the Board's determination that the part-time police
6 training course is unnecessary because of the person's prior
7 law enforcement experience obtained in Illinois, in any other
8 state, or with an agency of the federal government. A person
9 hired on or after March 14, 2002 (the effective date of Public
10 Act 92-533) this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly
11 must obtain this certificate within 18 months after the
12 initial date of hire as a probationary part-time law
13 enforcement officer in the State of Illinois. The probationary
14 part-time law enforcement officer must be enrolled and
15 accepted into a Board-approved course within 6 months after
16 active employment by any department in the State. A person
17 hired on or after January 1, 1996 and before March 14, 2002
18 (the effective date of Public Act 92-533) this amendatory Act
19 of the 92nd General Assembly must obtain this certificate
20 within 18 months after the date of hire. A person hired before
21 January 1, 1996 must obtain this certificate within 24 months
22 after January 1, 1996 (the effective date of Public Act
23 89-170) this amendatory Act of 1995. Agencies seeking a
24 reciprocity waiver for training completed outside of Illinois
25 must conduct a thorough background check and provide
26 verification of the officer's prior training. After review and
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1 satisfaction of all requested conditions, the officer shall be
2 awarded an equivalency certificate satisfying the requirements
3 of this Section. Within 60 days after January 1, 2024 (the
4 effective date of Public Act 103-389) this amendatory Act of
5 the 103rd General Assembly, the Board shall adopt uniform
6 rules providing for a waiver process for a person previously
7 employed and qualified as a law enforcement or county
8 corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other
9 state, or who has completed a basic law enforcement officer or
10 correctional officer academy who would be qualified to be
11 employed as a law enforcement officer or correctional officer
12 by the federal government or any other state. These rules
13 shall address the process for evaluating prior training
14 credit, a description and list of the courses typically
15 required for reciprocity candidates to complete prior to
16 taking the exam, and a procedure for employers seeking a
17 pre-activation determination for a reciprocity training
18 waiver. The rules shall provide that any eligible person
19 previously trained as a law enforcement or county corrections
20 officer under federal law or the laws of any other state shall
21 successfully complete the following prior to the approval of a
22 waiver:
23 (1) a training program or set of coursework approved
24 by the Board on the laws of this State relevant to the
25 duties and training requirements of law enforcement and
26 county correctional officers;
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1 (2) firearms training; and
2 (3) successful passage of the equivalency
3 certification examination; and .
4 (4) training under Section 10.25.
5 The employing agency may seek an extension waiver from the
6 Board extending the period for compliance. An extension waiver
7 shall be issued only for good and justifiable reasons, and the
8 probationary part-time law enforcement officer may not
9 practice as a part-time law enforcement officer during the
10 extension waiver period. If training is required and not
11 completed within the applicable time period, as extended by
12 any waiver that may be granted, then the officer must forfeit
13 the officer's position.
14 An individual who is not certified by the Board or whose
15 certified status is inactive shall not function as a law
16 enforcement officer, be assigned the duties of a law
17 enforcement officer by an agency, or be authorized to carry
18 firearms under the authority of the employer, except that
19 sheriffs who are elected are exempt from the requirement of
20 certified status. Failure to be in accordance with this Act
21 shall cause the officer to forfeit the officer's position.
22 (a-5) A part-time probationary law enforcement officer
23 shall be allowed to complete 6 six months of a part-time police
24 training course and function as a law enforcement officer as
25 permitted by this subsection with a waiver from the Board,
26 provided the part-time law enforcement officer is still
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1 enrolled in the training course. If the part-time probationary
2 law enforcement officer withdraws from the course for any
3 reason or does not complete the course within the applicable
4 time period, as extended by any waiver that may be granted,
5 then the officer must forfeit the officer's position. A
6 probationary law enforcement officer must function under the
7 following rules:
8 (1) A law enforcement agency may not grant a person
9 status as a law enforcement officer unless the person has
10 been granted an active law enforcement officer
11 certification by the Board.
12 (2) A part-time probationary law enforcement officer
13 shall not be used as a permanent replacement for a
14 full-time law enforcement officer.
15 (3) A part-time probationary law enforcement officer
16 shall be directly supervised at all times by a
17 Board-certified Board certified law enforcement officer.
18 Direct supervision requires oversight and control with the
19 supervisor having final decision-making authority as to
20 the actions of the recruit during duty hours.
21 (b) Inactive status. A person who has an inactive law
22 enforcement officer certification has no law enforcement
23 authority.
24 (1) A law enforcement officer's certification becomes
25 inactive upon termination, resignation, retirement, or
26 separation from the employing agency for any reason. The
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1 Board shall reactivate re-activate a certification upon
2 written application from the law enforcement officer's
3 employing agency that shows the law enforcement officer:
4 (i) has accepted a part-time law enforcement position with
5 that a law enforcement agency, (ii) is not the subject of a
6 decertification proceeding, and (iii) meets all other
7 criteria for reactivation re-activation required by the
8 Board.
9 The Board may refuse to reactivate re-activate the
10 certification of a law enforcement officer who was
11 involuntarily terminated for good cause by the officer's
12 employing agency for conduct subject to decertification
13 under this Act or resigned or retired after receiving
14 notice of a law enforcement agency's investigation.
15 (2) A law enforcement agency may place an officer who
16 is currently certified on inactive status by sending a
17 written request to the Board. A law enforcement officer
18 whose certificate has been placed on inactive status shall
19 not function as a law enforcement officer until the
20 officer has completed any requirements for reactivating
21 the certificate as required by the Board. A request for
22 inactive status in this subsection shall be in writing,
23 accompanied by verifying documentation, and shall be
24 submitted to the Board by the law enforcement officer's
25 employing agency.
26 (3) Certification that has become inactive under
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1 paragraph (2) of this subsection (b), shall be reactivated
2 by written notice from the law enforcement officer's law
3 enforcement agency upon a showing that the law enforcement
4 officer is: (i) employed in a part-time law enforcement
5 position with the same law enforcement agency, (ii) not
6 the subject of a decertification proceeding, and (iii)
7 meets all other criteria for reactivation re-activation
8 required by the Board. The Board may also establish
9 special training requirements to be completed as a
10 condition for reactivation re-activation.
11 The Board shall review a notice for reactivation from
12 a law enforcement agency and provide a response within 30
13 days. The Board may extend this review. A law enforcement
14 officer shall be allowed to be employed as a part-time law
15 enforcement officer while the law enforcement officer
16 reactivation waiver is under review.
17 A law enforcement officer who is refused reactivation
18 or an employing agency of a law enforcement officer who is
19 refused reactivation under this Section may request a
20 hearing in accordance with the hearing procedures as
21 outlined in subsection (h) of Section 6.3 of this Act.
22 (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of this Section, a
23 law enforcement officer whose certification has become
24 inactive under paragraph (2) may have the officer's
25 employing agency submit a request for a waiver of training
26 requirements to the Board in writing and accompanied by
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1 any verifying documentation. A grant of a waiver is within
2 the discretion of the Board. Within 7 days of receiving a
3 request for a waiver under this section, the Board shall
4 notify the law enforcement officer and the chief
5 administrator of the law enforcement officer's employing
6 agency, whether the request has been granted, denied, or
7 if the Board will take additional time for information. A
8 law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer, whose
9 request for a waiver under this subsection is denied, is
10 entitled to request a review of the denial by the Board.
11 The law enforcement agency must request a review within 20
12 days after the waiver being denied. The burden of proof
13 shall be on the law enforcement agency to show why the law
14 enforcement officer is entitled to a waiver of the
15 legislatively required training and eligibility
16 requirements.
17 (c) The part-time police training course referred to in
18 this Section shall be of similar content and the same number of
19 hours as the courses for full-time officers and shall be
20 provided by Mobile Team In-Service Training Units under the
21 Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer's In-Service
22 Training Act or by another approved program or facility in a
23 manner prescribed by the Board.
24 (d) Within 14 days, a law enforcement officer shall report
25 to the Board: (1) any name change; (2) any change in
26 employment; or (3) the filing of any criminal indictment or
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1 charges against the officer alleging that the officer
2 committed any offense as enumerated in Section 6.1 of this
3 Act.
4 (e) All law enforcement officers must report the
5 completion of the training requirements required in this Act
6 in compliance with Section 8.4 of this Act.
7 (e-1) Each employing agency shall allow and provide an
8 opportunity for a law enforcement officer to complete the
9 requirements in this Act. All mandated training shall be
10 provided for at no cost to the employees. Employees shall be
11 paid for all time spent attending mandated training.
12 (e-2) Each agency, academy, or training provider shall
13 maintain proof of a law enforcement officer's completion of
14 legislatively required training in a format designated by the
15 Board. The report of training shall be submitted to the Board
16 within 30 days following completion of the training. A copy of
17 the report shall be submitted to the law enforcement officer.
18 Upon receipt of a properly completed report of training, the
19 Board will make the appropriate entry into the training
20 records of the law enforcement officer.
21 (f) For the purposes of this Section, the Board shall
22 adopt rules defining what constitutes employment on a
23 part-time basis.
24 (g) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
25 the changes made to this Section by Public Act 102-694 this
26 amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and Public Act
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1 101-652 take effect July 1, 2022.
2 (Source: P.A. 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 103-389, eff. 1-1-24;
3 revised 7-29-24.)
4 (50 ILCS 705/10.27 new)
5 Sec. 10.27. Training; crimes motivated by bias.
6 (a) The Board must approve at least one training course to
7 assist law enforcement officers in identifying, responding to,
8 and reporting crimes committed in whole or in substantial part
9 because of the victim's or another's actual or perceived race,
10 color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation,
11 gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, or
12 disability, or because of the victim's actual or perceived
13 association with another person or group of a certain actual
14 or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender,
15 sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age,
16 national origin, or disability.
17 Each course must include material to help officers
18 distinguish bias crimes from other crimes, to help officers in
19 understanding and assisting victims of these crimes, and to
20 ensure that bias crimes will be accurately reported. The Board
21 must review the approved course or courses every 3 years and
22 update the approved courses.
23 In updating the approved training courses described in
24 this subsection, the Board must consult and may incorporate
25 input from the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes.
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