HB 3783

Abstract

Creates the Open Police Training and Conference Act. Provides that the Department of State Police Merit Board and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall open all police training schools to the public while training is being conducted. Provides that in order to attend, the individual or organization must submit a request to the superintendent or police chief of the police department where the individual resides or the organization is located or to the county sheriff of the county where the individual resides or the organization is located, in the case of county sheriff training, the organization is located, or in the case of State Police officer training to the Director of State Police, at least 30 days before training and get accepted by the appropriate police agency head. Provides that an individual convicted of a felony defined as a violent crime under the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act within the past 5 years may be denied admission to witness police training. Provides that the Director of State Police shall open all police conferences attended by Department of State Police officers to the public. Provides that the superintendent or chief of police of each local police department and the county sheriff of each county shall open all police conferences attended by members of their law enforcement agency to the public. In order to attend, the individual or organization must submit a request to the head of the appropriate law enforcement agency at least 30 days before the conference and get accepted by the appropriate head of the law enforcement agency. Provides that an individual convicted of a felony defined as a violent crime under the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act within the past 5 years may be denied admission to the police conference.