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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.


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 Peter Mendez 
5Act.

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 Substance Use Disorder Act, handling 
10 of
juvenile offenders, recognition of
mental conditions 
11 and crises, including, but not limited to, the disease of 
12 addiction, which require immediate assistance and response 
13 and methods to
safeguard and provide assistance to a person 
14 in need of mental
treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect, 
15 financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with 
16 disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of 
17 the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the 
18 elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police 
19 vehicle
chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the 
20 high-speed chase, and
physical training. The curriculum 
21 shall include specific training in
techniques for 
22 immediate response to and investigation of cases of 
23 domestic
violence and of sexual assault of adults and 
24 children, including cultural perceptions and common myths 
25 of sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as interview 
26 techniques that are age sensitive and are trauma informed, 
 
 
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1 victim centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum 
2 shall include
training in techniques designed to promote 
3 effective
communication at the initial contact with crime 
4 victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to victims and 
5 witnesses their rights under the Rights
of Crime Victims 
6 and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims Compensation Act. 
7 The curriculum shall also include training in effective 
8 recognition of and responses to stress, trauma, and 
9 post-traumatic stress experienced by police officers. The 
10 curriculum shall also include a block of instruction aimed 
11 at identifying and interacting with persons with autism and 
12 other developmental or physical disabilities, reducing 
13 barriers to reporting crimes against persons with autism, 
14 and addressing the unique challenges presented by cases 
15 involving victims or witnesses with autism and other 
16 developmental disabilities. The curriculum shall also 
17 include instruction in trauma-informed responses designed 
18 to ensure the physical safety and well-being of a child of 
19 an arrested parent or immediate family member; this 
20 instruction must include, but is not limited to: (1) 
21 understanding the trauma experienced by the child while 
22 maintaining the integrity of the arrest and safety of 
23 officers, suspects, and other involved individuals; (2) 
24 de-escalation tactics that would include the use of force 
25 when reasonably necessary; and (3) inquiring whether a 
26 child will require supervision and care. The curriculum for

 
 
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1 permanent police officers shall include, but not be limited 
2 to: (1) refresher
and in-service training in any of the 
3 courses listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced 
4 courses in any of the subjects listed above in
this 
5 subparagraph, (3) training for supervisory personnel, and 
6 (4)
specialized training in subjects and fields to be 
7 selected by the board. The training in the use of 
8 electronic control devices shall be conducted for 
9 probationary police officers, including University police 
10 officers.

11  b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements 
12 and equipment
requirements.

13  c. Minimum requirements for instructors.

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

18 governmental agency. Those requirements shall include 
19 training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary 
20 resuscitation).

21  e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
22 probationary county
corrections officer must 
23 satisfactorily complete before being eligible for

24 permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a 
25 participating
local governmental agency.

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

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

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

17 experience.

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

25  All individuals hired as court security officers on or 
26 after June 1, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act 
 
 
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1 89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of 
2 their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, 
3 or they
shall forfeit their positions.

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

12 verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this 
13 Act and as established by the Board.

14  g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
15 police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. 
16 Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper 
17 use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, 
18 civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and 
19 response, and cultural competency.
20  h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
21 police officer must satisfactorily complete at least 
22 annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and 
23 use of force training which shall include scenario based 
24 training, or similar training approved by the Board.
25(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, 
26eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-121, eff. 1-1-18; 
 
 
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1100-247, eff. 1-1-18; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. 
28-14-18; 100-910, eff. 1-1-19; revised 9-28-19.)