Rep. John M. Cabello
Filed: 4/4/2017
 
 


 




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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1895 




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1895 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


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 
 
 
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1 seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights, 
2 human rights, human relations,
cultural competency, 
3 including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,

4 criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional 
5 and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and 
6 traffic law including
uniform and non-discriminatory 
7 enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control 
8 and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining

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

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

8  b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements 
9 and equipment
requirements.

10  c. Minimum requirements for instructors.

11  d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
12 probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete 
13 before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local 
14 law enforcement officer for a participating local

15 governmental agency. Those requirements shall include 
16 training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary 
17 resuscitation).

18  e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
19 probationary county
corrections officer must 
20 satisfactorily complete before being eligible for

21 permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a 
22 participating
local governmental agency.

23  f. Minimum basic training requirements which a 
24 probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily 
25 complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as 
26 a court security officer for a participating local

 
 
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1 governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those 
2 training requirements which it considers appropriate for 
3 court
security officers and shall certify schools to 
4 conduct that training. 

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

14 experience.

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

22  All individuals hired as court security officers on or 
23 after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1996 
24 shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of their 
25 hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or 
26 they
shall forfeit their positions.

 
 
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1  The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the 
2 Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, 
3 shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed 
4 applications to become court security officers and
who meet 
5 the eligibility requirements established under this Act. 
6 Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's 
7 Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall 
8 establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for

9 verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this 
10 Act and as established by the Board.

11  g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
12 police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. 
13 Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper 
14 use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, 
15 civil rights, human rights, and cultural competency.
16  h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
17 police officer must satisfactorily complete at least 
18 annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and 
19 use of force training which shall include scenario based 
20 training, or similar training approved by the Board.
21(Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-358, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, 
22eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 
2399-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 
241-1-17.)".