Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 3620 — Public Transit Employee Training Programs Act.

This Act shall be known and cited as the "Public Transit Employee Training Programs Act"

This Act shall be known and cited as the "Public Transit Employee Training Programs Act". (Source: P.A. 81-846.)

For the purposes of this Act: (A) "Mass transit carrier" means any carrier which transports persons by means available to the general public over scheduled routes within a certain geographical area, excluding charter operations, school buses, interstate carriers and intrastate carriers while not providing transportatio…

(a) All mass transit employees shall be required to participate in an anti-crime program that comprehensively addresses the identification of and reaction to potentially dangerous situations involving carrier operatives or passengers. (b) The establishment of minimum standards, however, in no way precludes a carrier fr…

All carriers shall submit their proposed program to the Review Committee at least 4 months prior to the implementation date and shall include in such report the name of the institution or organization providing the training, the cost of the program, the proposed curriculum, the number of transit employees involved and…

All carriers affected by this Act shall initiate the training program within 1 year of the effective date of this Act in the following manner: (a) all persons who are presently operating employees are to receive training within 3 years. (b) beginning 2 years after the effective date of this Act, all employees newly ass…

Training shall be conducted in coordination with recognized crime prevention organizations and the selection of them shall be made as far as is practicable in consultation with the Review Committee

Training shall be conducted in coordination with recognized crime prevention organizations and the selection of them shall be made as far as is practicable in consultation with the Review Committee. (Source: P.A. 81-846.)

Minimum standards and curriculum

Minimum standards and curriculum. The training program shall include role playing, lectures and case studies to be distributed as follows: (a) Assaults upon Personnel: This unit shall utilize records of past assaults on mass transit operatives to show the methods used by assailants in the commission of various types of…