Amends the Department of State Police Law. Requires the Department of State Police to compile and maintain an historic data repository relating to, among other missing persons, lost or missing individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities, in order to develop and improve techniques utilized by law enforcement agencies when responding to reports of missing persons. Provides that the Department of State Police, in coordination with the Illinois Department of Human Services, shall develop and implement a community outreach program to promote awareness of the Endangered Missing Person Advisory among applicable entities, including, but is not limited to developmental disability facilities. Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Provides that a "high-risk missing person" under the Act includes evidence that a person is at risk because he or she is a person having a developmental disability or a person having an intellectual disability. Makes conforming changes.
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Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that law enforcement officers, in an effort to assist the Department of Children and Family Services in child protective investigations in its response to reports of child abuse or neglect, must, upon request of a child protection investigator, accompany the child protection investigator. Provides that it is the responsibility of the accompanying officer to accompany the child protection investigator to any other police jurisdiction that is outside the accompanying officer's primary jurisdiction. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code making conforming changes.
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Congratulates Rob Widmer on the occasion of his retirement as President of Heartland Community College.
Recognizes Prairie Central High School students for mapping gravestones across eight cemeteries within the Prairie Central School District.
Congratulates Rob Widmer on his retirement as president of Heartland Community College.
Congratulates Detective John Atteberry on his retirement from the Bloomington Police Department.
Declares February 18-24, 2018 as Grain Bin Safety Week.
Congratulates Mark Peterson on his retirement as city manager of Normal after 20 years.
Congratulates Central Catholic High School's recognition as a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School.