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1 AN ACT concerning local government.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Officer Greg 
5Lindmark Memorial Law.

6 Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by 
7changing Section 7 as follows:



8 (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)



9 Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall 
10adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall 
11include but not be limited to
the following:

12  a. The curriculum for probationary police officers 
13 which shall be
offered by all certified schools shall 
14 include but not be limited to
courses of procedural 
15 justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and 
16 seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights, 
17 human rights, human relations,
cultural competency, 
18 including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,

19 criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional 
20 and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and 
21 traffic law including
uniform and non-discriminatory 
22 enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control 
 
 
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1 and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining

2 physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, 
3 firearms
training, training in the use of electronic 
4 control devices, including the psychological and 
5 physiological effects of the use of those devices on 
6 humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary 
7 resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid 
8 antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) 
9 of Section 5-23 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and 
10 Dependency Act, handling of
juvenile offenders, 
11 recognition of
mental conditions, including, but not 
12 limited to, the disease of addiction, which require 
13 immediate assistance and methods to
safeguard and provide 
14 assistance to a person in need of mental
treatment, 
15 recognition of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, and 
16 self-neglect of adults with disabilities and older adults, 
17 as defined in Section 2 of the Adult Protective Services 
18 Act, crimes against the elderly, law of evidence, the 
19 hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases with an 
20 emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and

21 physical training. The curriculum shall include specific 
22 training in
techniques for immediate response to and 
23 investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of sexual 
24 assault of adults and children, including cultural 
25 perceptions and common myths of sexual assault and sexual 
26 abuse as well as interview techniques that are trauma 
 
 
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1 informed, victim centered, and victim sensitive. The 
2 curriculum shall include
training in techniques designed 
3 to promote effective
communication at the initial contact 
4 with crime victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to 
5 victims and witnesses their rights under the Rights
of 
6 Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims 
7 Compensation Act. The curriculum shall also include 
8 training in effective recognition of and responses to 
9 stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress experienced by 
10 police officers. The curriculum shall also include a block 
11 of instruction aimed at identifying and interacting with 
12 persons with autism and other developmental or physical 
13 disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes 
14 against persons with autism, and addressing the unique 
15 challenges presented by cases involving victims or 
16 witnesses with autism and other developmental 
17 disabilities. The curriculum for
permanent police officers 
18 shall include but not be limited to (1) refresher
and 
19 in-service training in any of the courses listed above in 
20 this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any of the 
21 subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) training 
22 for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized training in 
23 subjects and fields to be selected by the board. The 
24 training in the use of electronic control devices shall be 
25 conducted for probationary police officers, including 
26 University police officers.

 
 
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1  b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements 
2 and equipment
requirements.

3  c. Minimum requirements for instructors.

4  d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
5 probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete 
6 before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local 
7 law enforcement officer for a participating local

8 governmental agency. Those requirements shall include 
9 training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary 
10 resuscitation).

11  e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
12 probationary county
corrections officer must 
13 satisfactorily complete before being eligible for

14 permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a 
15 participating
local governmental agency.

16  f. Minimum basic training requirements which a 
17 probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily 
18 complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as 
19 a court security officer for a participating local

20 governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those 
21 training requirements which it considers appropriate for 
22 court
security officers and shall certify schools to 
23 conduct that training. 

24  A person hired to serve as a court security officer 
25 must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to 
26 his or her successful completion of the
training course; 
 
 
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1 (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a 
2 training program of similar content and number of hours 
3 that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the 
4 provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's 
5 determination that the training
course is unnecessary 
6 because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement

7 experience.

8  Individuals who currently serve as court security 
9 officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in 
10 that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by 
11 this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective 
12 date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, 
13 absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to 
14 forfeit his or her position.

15  All individuals hired as court security officers on or 
16 after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 
17 shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of their 
18 hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or 
19 they
shall forfeit their positions.

20  The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the 
21 Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, 
22 shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed 
23 applications to become court security officers and
who meet 
24 the eligibility requirements established under this Act. 
25 Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's 
26 Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall 
 
 
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1 establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for

2 verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this 
3 Act and as established by the Board.

4  g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
5 police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. 
6 Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper 
7 use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, 
8 civil rights, human rights, and cultural competency.
9  h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
10 police officer must satisfactorily complete at least 
11 annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and 
12 use of force training which shall include scenario based 
13 training, or similar training approved by the Board.
14(Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-358, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, 
15eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 
1699-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 
171-1-17.)