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Sen. Julie A. Morrison
Filed: 4/1/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3225
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3225 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 10.16 as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 705/10.16 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10.16. Veterans' awareness. The Illinois Law |
| 8 | | Enforcement Training Standards Board may conduct or approve a |
| 9 | | training program in veterans' awareness for law enforcement |
| 10 | | officers of local government agencies. The program shall train |
| 11 | | law enforcement officers to identify issues relating to |
| 12 | | veterans and provide guidelines dictating how law enforcement |
| 13 | | officers should respond to and address such issues. Each local |
| 14 | | government agency is encouraged to designate an individual to |
| 15 | | respond to veterans' issues.".
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