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The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, commonly known as the SAFE-T Act, is a state of Illinois statute enacted in 2021 that makes a number of reforms to the criminal justice system, affecting policing, pretrial detention and bail, sentencing, and corrections. [1] [2] The Act's section on pretrial detention, which took ...
The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act ( LEOSA) is a United States federal law, enacted in 2004, that allows two classes of persons—the "qualified law enforcement officer " and the "qualified retired or separated law enforcement officer"—to carry a concealed firearm in any jurisdiction in the United States, regardless of state or local ...
Illinois law says that the state police "shall issue" a license to a qualified applicant. However, any law enforcement agency can object to an individual being granted a license "based upon a reasonable suspicion that the applicant is a danger to himself or herself or others, or a threat to public safety".
When did the Illinois General Assembly pass the SAFE-T Act? Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Safety Accountability Fairness and Equity-Today Act on Feb. 22, 2021, calling the legislation a "substantial ...
July 24, 2024 at 4:25 AM. The fatal shooting of Sonya Massey by a Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy has prompted questions of law enforcement in terms of hiring guidelines, training protocols and ...
Sonya Massey was killed inside her home after Sangamon County deputies responded to her 911 call at around 12:50 a.m. on July 6, Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Milhiser said in a ...
History. The Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 was originally passed as section 1702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990. It added 18 U.S.C. § 922 (q); 18 U.S.C. § 922 itself was added by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 . The Supreme Court of the United States subsequently held that the Act was an unconstitutional exercise ...
The Illinois State Police ( ISP) is the state police agency of the U.S. state of Illinois. The Illinois State Police is responsible for traffic safety on more than 300,000 miles of total roadway, including 2,185 miles of interstate highways and 15,969 miles of state highways. Currently, almost 3,000 sworn and civilian personnel make up the ...