APPELLATE PROSECUTOR-SHIELDS

Amends the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act. Provides that nothing in the provision requiring an investigator or other employee of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor who exercises powers of a peace officer to have a distinct badge prohibits the Director of the Office from issuing a shield or other distinctive identification to an employee not exercising the powers of a peace officer if the Director determines that a shield or distinctive identification is needed by the employee to carry out his or her responsibilities. Effective immediately.