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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4249

Introduced 1/14/2026, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 705/10.28 new

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois
Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall develop or approve a
standard curriculum for certified training programs in the recognition of
trauma-informed responses to traumatic events, adverse childhood
experiences, and toxic stress among law enforcement. Provides that the
training shall include (1) teaching officers how to define and distinguish
between acute trauma, chronic trauma, cumulative occupational stress,
adverse childhood experiences, and toxic stress; (2) teaching officers to
recognize trauma-related responses in themselves and others through
behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and physiological indicators of
traumatic stress, including how these indicators may present during calls
for service and during officer-public interaction; (3) teaching officers
the impact of trauma and how occupational trauma exposure, moral injury,
burnout, toxic work environments, and cumulative stress affect decision
making, communication, performance, and well-being; (4) education on the
effects of psychological safety on organizational culture of law
enforcement and the immediate work environment; (5) ways to improve
psychological safety through trauma-informed communication and interaction
skills, such as reducing escalation and engaging peers and other officers
in a compassionate, culturally responsive, and nonjudgmental manner; (6)
techniques for compassionate, sensitive, and nonjudgmental service
delivery, including trauma-responsive communication and de-escalation; (7)
procedures for recognizing and responding to traumatically triggering
situations and emphasize tools and techniques for achieving situationally
optimal outcomes; and (8) comprehensive strategies and tools to manage the
impact of trauma, cumulative occupational stress, adverse childhood
experiences and toxic stress. Provides that the training must be presented
in all full and part-time basic law enforcement academies on or before July
1, 2027. Provides that law enforcement agencies must present the training
to all law enforcement officers within 3 years after the effective date of
the amendatory Act. Provides that the Board shall evaluate training
effectiveness through post-training assessments, ongoing officer feedback,
wellness and safety metrics, and annual public reporting.
LRB104 16615 RTM 30016 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning local government.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
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adding Section 10.28 as follows:

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(50 ILCS 705/10.28 new)
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Sec. 10.28.
Training; law enforcement officer
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trauma-informed responses.

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(a) The Board shall develop or approve a standard
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curriculum for certified training programs in the recognition
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of trauma-informed responses to traumatic events, adverse
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childhood experiences, and toxic stress among law enforcement.
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The training shall include:
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(1) teaching officers how to define and distinguish
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between acute trauma, chronic trauma, cumulative
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occupational stress, adverse childhood experiences, and
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toxic stress;
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(2) teaching officers to recognize trauma-related
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responses in themselves and others through behavioral,
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cognitive, emotional, and physiological indicators of
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traumatic stress, including how these indicators may
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present during calls for service and during officer-public
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interaction;

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(3) teaching officers the impact of trauma and how
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occupational trauma exposure, moral injury, burnout, toxic
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work environments, and cumulative stress affect decision
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making, communication, performance, and well-being;
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(4) education on the effects of psychological safety
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on organizational culture of law enforcement and the
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immediate work environment;
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(5) ways to improve psychological safety through
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trauma-informed communication and interaction skills, such
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as reducing escalation and engaging peers and other
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officers in a compassionate, culturally responsive, and
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nonjudgmental manner;
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(6) techniques for compassionate, sensitive, and
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nonjudgmental service delivery, including
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trauma-responsive communication and de-escalation;
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(7) procedures for recognizing and responding to
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traumatically triggering situations and emphasize tools
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and techniques for achieving situationally optimal
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outcomes; and
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(8) comprehensive strategies and tools to manage the
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impact of trauma, cumulative occupational stress, adverse
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childhood experiences and toxic stress.
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(b) The training required under this Section must be
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presented in all full and part-time basic law enforcement
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academies on or before July 1, 2027.
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(c) Law enforcement agencies must present the training

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required under this Section to all law enforcement officers
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within 3 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act
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of the 104th General Assembly and, thereafter, at intervals
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established by the Board.
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(d) The Board shall evaluate training effectiveness
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through post-training assessments, ongoing officer feedback,
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wellness and safety metrics, and annual public reporting. The
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Board shall review and revise curricula and delivery methods
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as necessary to align with emerging research and agency needs.
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(e) Law enforcement agencies shall integrate
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trauma-informed care practices into policies, peer support
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programs, and officer resource referral procedures. Law
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enforcement agencies may build partnerships with community
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organizations and mental health professionals to support
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implementation and continuous development.

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