Illinois State Police training covers trafficking and victims’ special needs

Illinois State Police must provide training on responding to trafficking, sexual assault, and people with autism. The requirements cover Illinois State Police officers and cadets. Officer training also covers ways to avoid causing victims further trauma. Sexual assault training covers victims’ special needs, conflicts when officers know the victim or accused, and screening for human trafficking. Trafficking training for cadets includes responses that put victims’ needs first and account for trauma. Officers receive these subjects at least every three years. Cadets must complete their required training before becoming officers.

Joint local police groups may count certain government funding toward a state-grant eligibility requirement. Metropolitan Enforcement Groups are joint police groups involving at least two local governments. Their allowed work includes drug enforcement, specified crimes, and protecting federal and state officials. At least 50% of the group’s operating budget must come from participating local governments. That share may include grants or funding received through agreements with other federal, state, or local governments. Groups must also meet the law’s other organization and oversight requirements.

Illinois State Police assigns truck-safety and aviation-radio duties to named divisions. The Patrol Division administers the federal truck-safety assistance program. The Statewide 9-1-1 Division handles cooperation on aviation authorities’ radio requests. The aviation-radio duty applies when federal or state authorities engaged in aviation request use of the Illinois State Police radio network.

Illinois State Police must maintain statewide statistics about police contact with young people. The statewide police-contact system supports the study of juvenile delinquency, meaning unlawful behavior by young people. Reports must contain only statistical information and cannot identify individual people.

A police agency head or a designated person must report specified urgent drone use to the local prosecutor. This rule covers law enforcement agencies using drones under the urgent-action exception. Police must reasonably suspect that swift action is needed to prevent imminent harm to life, a suspect’s imminent escape, or destruction of evidence. The report must be in writing. This drone use is limited to 48 hours. The reporting deadline runs from the start of the drone use.