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(2) Refusing to aid a law enforcement officer is a petty misdemeanor. (3) A person who complies with this section by aiding a law enforcement officer shall not be held liable to any person for damages resulting therefrom, provided he acted reasonably under the circumstances known to him at the time. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 2001, c 91, §4]
The Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) was first created as part of the Illinois State Police in 1977, until it was merged into the Division of Operations (DOO) in the mid-1990s. [1] The DCI was reestablished in 2019, under executive order by Governor J. B. Pritzker .
Jeff Shaman, of the ACLU and a professor at DePaul University College of Law, served as chief drafter of the new law, consulting the federal FOIA, similar laws in other states, and relevant case law. Other contributors to the draft legislation included counsel for the governor , a representative of the attorney general , and the Illinois Press ...
The Illinois State Police investigation has concluded following a March 16 shooting in which a Macomb police officer killed two people, including a 4-year-old boy, while responding to a domestic ...
The Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights (LEBOR, LEOBR, or LEOBoR) is a set of rights intended to protect American law enforcement personnel from unreasonable investigation and prosecution arising from conduct during the official performance of their duties, through procedural safeguards. [1]
In turn, the law requires that the officer have a reasonable and articulable suspicion of criminal involvement, and that the person detained "identify himself," but the law does not compel the person to answer any other questions by the officer. The Nevada Supreme Court interpreted "identify" under the state's law to mean merely stating one's name.
The US Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office four months after a deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey while responding to her ...
Brian Beals, wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years after being convicted of allegedly killing a 6-year-old in Chicago in 1988, greets his sister Pattilyn and his niece Tamiko Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 ...