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SB 1953 - Requires Law Enforcement Agencies to have Stricter Hiring Practices - Illinois Key Vote

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Title: Requires Law Enforcement Agencies to have Stricter Hiring Practices

Signed by Governor JB Pritzker


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Title: Requires Law Enforcement Agencies to have Stricter Hiring Practices

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires law enforcement to have stricter hiring practices in Illinois.

Highlights:

  • Requires law enforcement to have stricter hiring practices in Illinois (Sec. 5).

  • Prohibits police departments from being able to make final offers of employment for probationary or law enforcement officers unless they review all past employment records, including (Sec. 5):

    • Background investigation materials;

    • Duty-related physical and psychological fitness-for-duty examinations;

    • Work performance records, 

    • Arrests;

    • Convictions, and 

    • Any records of criminal, civil, or administrative investigations of conduct.

  • Extends and expands the creation of sheriff’s merit boards and sheriff’s merit commissions for counties with populations of at least 75,000 (Sec. 5).

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Title: Requires Law Enforcement Agencies to have Stricter Hiring Practices

Title: Requires Law Enforcement Agencies to have Stricter Hiring Practices

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