SB3454 Summary

• Requires full-time and part-time police officers to obtain a license rather than a certificate, with existing certificates automatically converted to licenses upon the bill's effective date.

• Authorizes the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to require local governmental units to submit personnel rosters, employment status reports, and annual training plans.

• Establishes a decertification/license revocation process through the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel for officers who knowingly and willfully violate departmental rules carrying discharge as a penalty, or who make false statements under oath about material facts in murder cases.

• Creates a task force of 8 sworn officers (2 each from Illinois State Police, Chicago Police, county police, and municipal police) with minimum 5 years investigation experience to investigate verified complaints of officer misconduct.

• Provides accused officers the right to legal representation at their own expense (reimbursed by employer or state), protection from unpaid suspension pending final disposition, and direct appeal rights to the Appellate Court within 35 days.