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Training
Proposed Illinois Legislation Would Require Bachelor Degrees for Police Recruits
Under the proposed legislation, in order to receive a permanent position as a law enforcement officer, probationary police officers must have a bachelor's degree with a major or a minor in social work.
March 17, 2021
Vehicle Ops
Illinois Lawmaker Wants Money to Get Police Cars on the Road
Illinois statehouse Republicans this week proposed legislation they say would get new squad cars off state police parking lots and onto Illinois highways.
April 18, 2014
Patrol
Illinois Tosses Ticket Quotas
A new Illinois state law prohibits police agencies from assigning ticket quotas to rate officers' peformance.
June 14, 2014
Command
New Illinois Law Allows Non-Citizens to be Police Officers
The new law requires immigrants to be legally authorized to work under federal law.
July 31, 2023
Patrol
Illinois Chiefs Call for Defeat of Medical Marijuana Bill
Illinois police chiefs and other law enforcement officials are calling for the defeat of HB30, which would legalize marijuana for medicinal use.
October 26, 2011
Technology
Illinois Department Discontinues Body Camera Use
The Minooka (IL) Police Department has stopped using officer body cameras after a six-month testing phase because of the increased workload involved.
April 11, 2016
Point of Law
Illinois Now 11th State to Allow Recreational Marijuana
Legalization in Illinois also means that nearly 800,000 people with criminal records for purchasing or possessing 30 grams of marijuana or less may have those records expunged.
June 25, 2019
Patrol
New Illinois Lottery Game to Fund Police Memorials, Support Families
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed a bill on Monday to create a new Illinois Lottery scratch-off game with the proceeds "funding police memorials, support for the families of officers killed or severely injured in the line of duty, and protective vest replacements for officers.
July 31, 2018
Training
Virginia Trooper Applicants Must Allow Social Media Review
The Virginia State Police now require potential troopers to provide their social media accounts for review during an extensive background screening process. The ACLU of Virginia has decried the process as "deplorable" and akin to "asking to see someone's diary."
March 22, 2012
Patrol
Editorial: The Illinois Anti-Police Law
The state’s new massive criminal justice reform law coddles criminals and hammers cops.
March 12, 2021
Special Units
Cold Pill Access Cut
Major drug stores across the country are putting over-the-counter cold medications out of reach of customers and limiting quantities sold to stem their use in creating methamphetamines.
January 29, 2004
Command
Suburban Chicago Chiefs Support Bill to Override Prosecutors' Lax Charging Decisions
"The frustration they have is profound," State House Republican Leader Rep. Jim Durkin said. "The crime in Chicago is moving out to the suburbs. We’re having carjackings at a record pace in suburban Chicago, kidnappings, murders."
October 27, 2021
Technology
Could a 911 PIN Technology Prevent ATM Robberies?
With the goal of preventing ATM robberies, a Chicago businessman received a patent for emergency PINs that allows cardholders to create a code that when used would dispense cash while secretly alerting police that a crime is unfolding.
January 3, 2018
Patrol
SRO Association Praises Baltimore Decision to Support Arming School Officers
The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) released a statement today applauding a decision by the Baltimore City Public Schools Board of School Commissioners to support proposed state legislation that would allow members of school police departments in Maryland to carry their service weapons at all times on school campuses.
February 27, 2019
Weapons
IL Governor Threatens Sheriffs Who Won’t Enforce “Assault Weapon” Ban
The Protect Illinois Communities Act (HB 5471) bans the sale of all assault weapons and magazines in the state. It also requires owners to register existing guns, among other provisions. Pritzker signed the bill into law on Tuesday night.
January 12, 2023
Weapons
LEOSA: Don't Look Now
The 19th-century German monarch Otto von Bismarck once famously said, "Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made."
February 28, 2005
Technology
Illinois Agency Upgrades to Rugged Laptops
Rugged Notebooks' Eagle provides ease-of-use and ruggedness, according to the company. And because of the cost efficiency of this laptop, Oakwood Hills PD was able to outfit four vehicles instead of two.
March 20, 2011
Patrol
Illinois Agency Promotes First Female Commander
"She was born to be a police officer," Aurora patrol officer Christine Tunney said. "Moving up to her has just been an opportunity to make everything better for the rest of us. And it's got nothing to do with gender."
November 23, 2010
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